BMC Software reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,879 total reviews)
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Ayman Sayed

83% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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).

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3K reviews
2.0
Oct 28, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Little travel, headquarters based in Houston, technology industry

Cons

Arbitrary career advancement, little investment in people, lack of caring about career paths/promotion readiness. The company does not invest in a basic understanding of the company among its people (half the financial analysts could not tell you exactly what their company sells). In fact, people are often told that learning what the company does is something that they should do on their own time. Career advancement is based rather blatantly on kissing up to the boss, and as a result, Sr Finance leadership has little experience of best practices outside the company or knowledge of how to run a Finance organization inside the company. Each individual is technically qualified but the lack of leadership means that each individual operates as an island.

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They hardly ever fire anyone.

Cons

They hardly ever fire anyone. Comp plan is terrible. You get paid on Opportunities sources but there isn't any criteria written down on what makes a discovery call turn into an opportunity. Leading them to cherry-pick deals and choose if you get paid or not. They don't have product market fit. The entire new logo space didn't close anything last year. Getting placed in a good, high paying seat is all dependent upon nepotism. No clear path for growth. Constantly moving the goal post and changing promotion criteria. The promotion path leads you to a role that has historically not closed a deal and the role is a huge pay cut for some BDR's leading to high churn or career BDR's.

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