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No longer a great place to work - Technical Support Engineer bei VMware: Mitarbeiterbewertung

1.0
21. Dez. 2022
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Geschäftsprognose

Pros

Not micro managed Benefits & time off

Kontras

Seriously feels like you are on an island. Extremely difficult to get any help from your team. There are tools to get assistance but the feedback you get you just feel like another customer to your "team"...80% of the time the feedback you get is a bit "snarky" when ultimately you are just trying to learn from each case you get day to day. The majority of the people here do not know each other (makes sense being at a big company) but because of this there is no relationship with your co-workers. The best way to put it is - it just feels like you are alone in space and your left to fend for yourself as you work with customers from around the country. You will have to handle your cases with customers no matter how difficult or over your head they may be, once that case is assigned to you, it is yours to solve no matter what. Yes you have a manager but even reaching out to them in difficult situations you don't get any real helpful support, just generic responses along the lines of, you can do this I know you can, just keep up the good work you'll find the answer or did you ask so and so? Extremely difficult to get to know your co workers and build a friendship with them as everyone is just "someone over slack" and everyone is extremely busy... which again makes it very difficult to get assistance. It is really unfortunate because I was really looking forward to working here.

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5.0
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Pros

Great manager, fabulous team and company.

Kontras

We got laid off due to a company acquisition.

5.0
24. Juni 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.

Kontras

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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