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Unfair treatment of non-developers and lack of values in practice - Technical Writer VMware Employee Review

2.0
17 Aug 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- Lots of benefits, including an ESPP stock share program - Good salary overall

Cons

- inadequate management for the Bulgarian geography - overloading with work which is outside of official job descriptions - HR and Recruitment teams fail to protect employee rights which results in high levels of exploitation of some employees at the expense of others - breaching of well-described rules for internal mobility despite a constant narrative of supporting personal growth and mobility across teams. After working for 2 years at the company I tried to move to a higher level position in a better paid job category with a pay range almost twice higher than my current one and they tried to 'offer' me the same salary as my current position. When I cited the official mobility guidelines for them, which state that salary should be readjusted in such situations, asking for a better (or should I say real) offer so as to have an incentive to move out of my current position, they withdrew from the offer because of my motivation being 'mainly financial'.... Thereby questioning my work integrity and conflating it with my professional and human right to earn more as I develop and become more valuable to the company. - lack of well-established processes for passing work to technical writers which results in spending hours or days trying to figure out if something has to be documented and what exactly. Incredibly frustrating. - Absurdly incompetent high-level employees (PMs, TPMs, RMs) that can't type a single sentence without a mistake who constantly try to blur the line between their responsibilities and that of other employees so they can basically do nothing I could go on and on and on. If salary and benefits is all you're looking for then you might be okay. If, however, you get frustrated by the complete lack of professional culture and adequate management then do yourself a favor and avoid this pile of crap.

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5.0
24 Jun 2019
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Pros

VMware is a big company but in many ways had a startup vibe. That was great because the resources and infrastructure of a big company were there, but it gave most people I worked with freedom to work on many projects, influence, move around, and contribute in many ways. Plus, many things moved faster than they might at other companies of the same size. Perks were really great including bonuses, events on the campus, opportunities, etc.

Cons

The biggest con is the annual layoff. During most of the years I was there, we were growing like crazy, beating expectations, gaining in stock price, etc. It was always positive and upward. However, every single January, it was known that there would be a round of layoffs, even when all numbers were looking great as they almost always were. Management called it restructuring. But, over the years, some really good people were let go for no apparent reason. Then to add insult to injury, a week or two later, there would be a company quarterly meeting discussing how VMware was doing so well and is still hiring, but they had to make some changes. It always felt dishonest and the sympathy for those let go came across as disingenuous.

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