Is BMC Software a good company to work for?

BMC Software has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 3,315 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 79% of employees would recommend working at BMC Software to a friend and 68% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about BMC Software have been left by employees working as Software Engineer , Business Development Representative (BDR) and Product Account Manager .

Does BMC Software pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BMC Software employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BMC Software. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BMC Software?

79% of BMC Software employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BMC Software 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BMC Software?

Software Engineer (158) , Account Manager (74) , Product Developer (55) , Software Developer (55) , Technical Support Analyst (40) , Sales (38) , Staff Specialist Product Developer (36) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (35) , Senior Product Developer (35) , Staff Product Developer (32) , Lead Product Developer (31) , Intern (30) , Manager (30) , Account Manager (Sales) (28) , Product Account Manager (28)

What are the pros of working at BMC Software according to real employee reviews?

"BMC offers a good work/life balance and respects the fact that its employees have lives outside of work." ((in 235 reviews)); "Great environment and culture." ((in 193 reviews)); "Benefits are good and you can see more change on the horizon it just needs the right people to drive it" ((in 171 reviews)); "Good work culture and employee engagement" ((in 147 reviews)); "Good Salary and Bonus" ((in 113 reviews))

What are the cons of working at BMC Software according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management threatens employees in the name of cost cutting so that they will not ask for anything else." ((in 121 reviews)); "frequent layoffs that destroy account continuity and just leave those left with much more work for no extra reward" ((in 72 reviews)); "upper management and leaders lack vision and innovation, no new product in years, just acquiring new companies" ((in 15 reviews)); "There's just no innovation as much as there is no focus on making BMC a great Company." ((in 14 reviews)); "Build Strong Middle and senior Management" ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about BMC Software layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about BMC Software layoffs and their outlook for job security at BMC Software in 2026.

What are the top reviewed BMC Software locations?

Houston , San Jose , Austin , Santa Clara , Cary , New York , Chicago , Dallas , Tampa , Detroit , Raleigh , Sunnyvale , San Francisco , Atlanta , Pleasanton , Washington , Lexington , Charlotte , Seattle , Boston , Israel , Salt Lake City , Plano , Los Angeles , McLean , Jersey City , Texas City , Minneapolis , San Diego , Denver

BMC Software reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,879 total reviews)

Ayman Sayed

84% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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BMC Software has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,879 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BMC Software employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews

3.0

Mar 5, 2023

Good People, Bad company strategy

Product account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing people to work with!

Cons

The company is going through a big change moving to their new Helix platform. They do not put the customer first and make big changes that have them losing customers. Marketing is extremely behind the competition. This would all be ok, but the lack of accountability from leadership is scary.

BMC Software Response

3y

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We're sorry to hear that your experience with our company during our transition to the new Helix platform has been less than satisfactory. We take customer service seriously, and we apologize for any inconvenience that our changes may have caused. We are continually working to improve our marketing efforts and stay ahead of the competition. We also understand the importance of accountability, and we're committed to ensuring that our leadership takes responsibility for their actions.

1.0

Jun 15, 2022

Run...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No pros at all to discuss

Cons

The sales and presales organizations are the worst I've ever been a part of

3.0

Sep 15, 2021

Great Company - Except for the constant Layoffs/ RIFS

Senior marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and overall, the marketing team for such a large enterprise company is small. So, you have an incredible opportunity to work with a lot of different teams and pilot a lot of innovative programs - I didn't experience much duplication of efforts in marketing like in other more matrixed Tech companies. When I was hired, they were incredibly open to remote work, but then a new CMO, Nick Utton came on board who was very old-fashioned and remote work hires were discouraged and targeted for layoffs - he lasted 3 years and left. Luckily and remote work is embraced again.

Cons

The constant layoffs were brutal. I've spent 20 + years in high tech but never experienced it as bad as there in my time at BMC from 2014 - 2017. It was extremely demoralizing. There occurred twice a year. Sometimes they were small and concentrated but the rumors and fear were exhausting. I finally had to leave because it was extremely stressful and depressing. Also, constant upper executive-level changes -

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