VMware

"There is good opportunity here but you are going to have to fight some battles. Allies exist though so it is doable, but it's not a cake walk."

"Don’t expect to grow your career here, but it’s a nice place to land for a few years. "

"If you want a promotion you'll note that you have to provide a lot of evidence on why you should be promoted. This isn't something that I just had to deal with, I saw women (particularly in engineering) that had to write up evidence and show it to get the promotion, whereas men did NOT need to provide this level of evidence. I'm not against providing evidence, but this is something that should be balanced and equal. It also speaks to poor people management if your manager is also not attempting to help you with career growth."

"Great place to work and grow. Amazing mentors, and support from colleagues. "

"Good work life balance. But opportunities to grow for women don't exist. "

"Do not work in IT org. The rest of Vmware is fine."

"Lot of office politics. Maternity leave is only given if you finish 1 year in the company."

"Be careful where in the company you work. Strong women are routinely let go."

"Great benefits, good work life balance, decent number of women in leadership position "

"Great place to work, supports flexible schedules and work like balance — but you have to take the opportunity to enjoyit, rather than working too many hours."

"I feel like super management hears me when I address the needs of my customers. "

"IT is not female friendly, you can expect to have people on your team that will go over your head to a male manager with *everything*. "

"VMware recently added 14 weeks paid maternitiy/paternity leave which is a great benefit."

"This can be a laid back or stressful place drpending on the team. Beautiful campus and good benefits."

"I observed and experienced a lot of gender bias. But most of all, the company is going through some tough times after growing too fast, increased competition, and acquisition by of parent company EMC by Dell. There have been multiple restructuring and layoffs, with high percentage of women over 45 impacted. If you are the breadwinner or your salary is essential to your household, VMW would be a risky choice."

"I have worked here for five years. The company has around a 20 / 80 split women to men. There are many more women in marketing and support functions with a few sprinkled in sales and engineering. The environment encourages a lot of backstabbing and cur throat behavior. Work / life balance is virtually zero, there are now layoffs and the future is uncertain due to the upcoming acquisition by Dell."

"The maternity leave is not consistent across locations in the U.S. The California leave is more generous due to California state law, but if you are located outside of California, you will mostly likely receive little to no paid leave."

"It is tough for women in IT generally due to being in the minority, and the burden to be excellent to be placed in the first place. There is a general push to get women into management. At this time, technical leadership diversity is still lacking. There is also a large amount of inflexibility within Global Support Services for scheduling."

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"The company has a strong will to gain more female talent within their rows, especially engineering. The culture is very welcoming and family-oriented overall, work-life balance is excellent and volunteering (to any non-profit such as schools) is highly encouraged. There are times when things are very busy and it's required that you work long hours, but that rarely happens more than once a year - and for the rest everything is really flexible as long as you get your job done."