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Raghu Raghuram
5 Ratings
Pros
"work life balance is the best in biz" (in 663 reviews)
"amazing work environment and passionate teammates" (in 295 reviews)
Cons
"Middle management kills progressive change to suit the business" (in 108 reviews)
"Upper management is rarely genuine" (in 77 reviews)
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Reviews about "middle management"
Return to all Reviews- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Learning opportunities, Employee friendly policies, Work life balance
Cons
Middle management favoritism, Frequent management changes and policy impact
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Lots of PTO, paid for cell phone and wifi, leadership seems engaged and really wants to diversify the company
Cons
-High performers stuck in low paying positions with no career path -Internal job interview process is absolutely terrible -Lots of antiquated processes that make it difficult for sellers to sell. It shouldn't take 2 weeks to receive a quote to deliver to a customer -I didn't see a focus on bringing in diverse candidates. They would prefer to hire friends from other companies who have the same mindset and do not bring creative ideas to the table -Terrible middle management; hostile work environment; HR was useless when I filed a complaint about my manager so I ended up leaving
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
-Pat Gelsinger is the best CEO I have ever worked for -Manical focus on weekly/monthly results -Incredible passion for extending beyond core virtualization
Cons
middle management, mileage varies dramatically
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
beautiful campus, good CEO/COO, market leader, good benefits
Cons
annual January layoffs, poor middle management
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
VMWare is an ethical, employee friendly company. Customers love its products and VMware tries to make sure that a customer is at the center of their product decisions. It's a nice place to work and if you are in the right team, you get to work on cutting edge technology.
Cons
There is a general lack of accountability at VMWare, which is troubling. Middle management politics can get very ugly.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Competitive salary Macbook has been given to all new employees
Cons
Very poor middle management, the Ethics committee rejects your complaints and lots of office politics. The workforce is very poor technically and I feel this is the worst group of people I've worked in my career.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
work life balance ocean of research opportunity diverse product/technology to work on friendly HR policies
Cons
useless middle management in some teams
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Your mileage will depend on which Business Unit you are working at
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great WLB. Parking lots are empty at 4:30 or 5:00 PM. and folks come in to work not before 10:00 AM in the morning. Industry leading salaries and bonus (but very poor RSUs). The company moves at a reasonable pace and is very family friendly. The office location and campus for the HQ is awesome. The benefits and perks are also very good. The CEO and his team look to be very competent and genuinely nice people. The company has a compelling story with VMC on AWS. Hopefully it delivers on that vision or else the company is in for some real tough times.
Cons
On-prem enterprise software is not a cool technology sector to be in. Because of this perception the company does not attract the best talent anymore. Most of the A level players have left from the engineering ranks to startups or the FANG companies. So co-workers are mediocre at best. Also the company moves at a glacial pace, compared to all the companies working in the cloud - releases in VMware take months to a year. Its anachronistic in this day and age to have a monolithic technology stack. But with such a large installed base it will be near impossible for the company to pivot. Due to all of the above constraints it is hard to get excited about the technology in the company. A lot of the upper management are from the traditional old companies like Cisco, HP and IBM. This does not inspire confidence in the middle management. The company pays well on the salary and bonus front but the RSU's are significantly lower than what FANG pays. Bottom line VMware is no longer a premium destination for employees. Its more in the same league as a Cisco or Oracle. A tier 3 company at best. Go there if you are looking for a stable company and great WLB.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Unlimited vacation policy, beautiful campus, good cafe.
Cons
Passive aggressive middle management, cisco-style processes, inability to innovate in QE organizations.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
- Some of my team members were great to work with - Building events for birthdays
Cons
- Horrible Management (middle management) - Lack of Diversity and Inclusion - Managers (and up) are lacking leadership and education - No room for growth if you are not a part of the boys club - Referrals are a joke - If you a woman of color it is almost impossible to be treated fair and a part of the team.
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