Vmware Workstation 14.1 Pro Guest OS X 10.13 prevents laptop from going to hibernate

[laptopower]

I can go to sleep mode just fine. I can go in to hibernate mode when I have other VMs up and running (Ubuntu, other Linux),

but having OS X up and running prevents hibernation from failing. The behavior goes like, as soon as hibernation is executed, the laptop and external monitor is blacked out

but after about a minute later the laptop screen turns back on.

I am grateful to have the VM running, but there have been many instances when I forget that the laptop will not go into hibernation mode when the VM is up and running and I end up with a hot laptop in my bag

or the battery just dies when I open up the laptop.

 

Has anyone experienced this problem? I am running Windows 10 1803 (OS Build 17134.254)