Working at VMware in Livermore, CA: 1 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Livermore, CA Area

"I probably won't stay here very long."

What do you like about working at VMware?

"Engineering centric environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The interviews are pathological - mine was 8 hours of writing code. It shouldn't take that long to tell if a developer has talent. This betrays gross inexperience in the leadership here and when offered the position I almost said no as a result of the interview process. It soured my view of the place."

What don't you like about working at VMware?

"It's very much a Linux or Unix culture. Windows development is somewhat backward and the build system is really last century."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Update the development technology in-house - use Microsoft compilers to compile code that runs on the Microsoft platforms. Stop developing for Windows as if it is a college environment that uses UNIX. Also,the HR at VMware is just bad. Not what I would have expected - not helpful any way and absolutely no infrastructure in place - no on-line forms of any type (W4, PTO, sick-leave, etc)"