https://www.alternet.org/gender/employers-women-could-you-be-any-dumber-please
How many zzz for Feb?
Are we almost done? Can we get back to the task at hand? It must be close to the required HC for profitability.
Good read on How big companies are now getting around age discrmination lawsuits
https://features.propublica.org/ibm/ibm-age-discrimination-american-workers/
Michael Dell: On-Premises Solutions Are More 'Cost Effective' Than Public Cloud For 85 To 90 Percent Of Workloads"
What an idiot.......
WFR and volontary leave
maybe most of us dont wanna be laid off but someones would apreciate the package :) . is there any program for volontary leaves? what's the WFR (workforcereduction) and how does it work ? i was told that the managers put the names of those they'd... — read more
no shame
at this rate the hesitation of management to take any actions on people who do not perform and downright slack off for months and years is what will kill the company. Good people leave fed up of working at least 2 persons job, one himself another the... — read more
Mozy is now a zombie company and will soon die off...
During the Dell - EMC merger, employees of Mozy were all told what great little company it was and how Mozy was going to be helpful in establishing a cloud presence for backing up...etc., etc.,. Everyone thought that they were in the clear after the... — read more
BDC storage honeymoon continues amidst storage slump
BDC storage is the best place to be. Whole Dell EMC storage is reeling under the shadows of layoff. BDC leadership and team are having fun. Dr YouTube and Prof Candy Crush and super techies are all having fun in USA as Dell strategy is outsourcing to... — read more
Layoffs following dismal storage results
Another raft of layoffs is taking place after the dismal storage results: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/08/dell_storage_results/ Then they come out with this diatribe on how they are going to rescue storage by selling more of it:... — read more
Armchair critics of Dell
I am just disgusted reading all the nonsensical diatribes on our leader Michael S Dell. There are people here criticise Dell for buying EMC. Look this was a man who at the age of 23 took on IBM and won. This is the man who owns the biggest private... — read more
Once and for all, Dell did not ruin EMC
Good grief, Dell did not ruin EMC. EMC ruined EMC. They would not have needed Dell to rescue them if they were in good shape... years of the continual lay offs of the actual workforce that made EMC a once great company in order to appear more... — read more
Dell Tech market cap is 15B
not even enough to pay our debts. what now?
will it work?
is it possible to save dell by reverse merge with vmware and abandoning the loss making EMC? what would be the probability of survival?
Changes coming?
Our weekly tele-con meeting has been changed from Wednesday to an in person meeting on Thursday morning. Management has been hyper focused on productivity the last few weeks. Management has taken surveys on each engineer and had to identify highly... — read more
They are f---ed
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/12/dell_storage_execs/
Can we go back to innovating?
Just wondering. This is obviously not working. We actually used to be leaders in the field, and look at us now. So can we please go back to innovating?
is it dell sinking?
as per the latest published financial data, dell has 106b$ liabilities (debt) on the book against current assets of around 38b$, it is really puzzling to see how they going to manage the growing debts with the operational losses which is mounting... — read more
Dell continuing to rack up losses
More losses for the greatness of Dell: For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $3.73 billion, or $7.08 per share. Revenue was reported as $78.66 billion. Dell Technologies shares have decreased almost 5 percent since the beginning... — read more
Dell Cascade - a new winning strategy or org cleaning detergent?
My guess is the latter
Is this Dell behavior recommendations or just the management I am seeing?
Lately, I have been seeing low - mid level managers exhibiting behaviors similar to back in the late 80's - early 90's, where companies treated you with an attitude that you were lucky to have a job. Consequently, management would make the staff do... — read more
Would BDC Management mindset change after moving to EMC campus?
So far BDC management has operated within a well like a frog considering this whole world and nothing beyond this. They have done whatever they wanted. Moving to EMC will be a challenge for them because they might loose their freedom of monopoly and... — read more
My thoughts are with all this week regardless position or ranking
This week will be a stressful one coming up. I hope whomever they layoff will find a job soon. It time to get the files updated. At least they were transparent that a reorganization was/is going to happen. But always :(.
any ideas to get myself to win the court in Ontario Canada?
If Dell gave you a big promise to keep you stay, but laid off you before paying the money soon. Should Dell keep his promise while still paying your benefits? As below, I asked Dell to pay me the incentive cash right away after I was laid off, and HR... — read more
Get Ready for 3 Card Monte
VMware reports earnings today and some of the changes will be uncovered. More Class "A" swaps for Class "C" shares. Look for Pivotal to go under VMware for all cash of about ~$8.5B. SecureWorks will pay Dell Technologies ~$6.5B for RSA to go under... — read more
Reorg in HR?
Heard from word of mouth.
Appears that Miley has a history for over paying
https://www.google.com/amp/s/qz.com/1213408/michael-dell-is-the-mystery-buyer-of-the-100-million-one57-apartment-in-nyc/amp/
What you say
We don't want a manager that says the right thing as vaguely as posibble to offend as little as possible. If you are worried about not saying what we want to hear I assure you that what we want to hear is doubling our salary and benefits and cutting... — read more
Michael Dell is mystery buyer of most expensive home ever sold in N.Y.: reports
Get to work you sales guys. Need more sales if not will PIP you https://www.marketwatch.com/story/michael-dell-is-mystery-buyer-of-most-expensive-home-ever-sold-in-ny-reports-2018-02-22?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo
Announced: Change in Cyclone Organization
Cyclone the flagship product of mid range storage is true to its name a troubled and chaotic project. EMC leadership had envisioned this project as a means of survival during the time of the Dell merger. The best of engineering talent had quit from... — read more
Government and Corporate America: A Marriage Made in Hell
https://www.nationofchange.org/2015/05/26/government-and-corporate-america-a-marriage-made-in-hell/
Last week's layoffs
Layoffs in some east coast offices this week. Not huge numbers but some senior tech people. The quarter just ended so it is kind of late to help last quarter numbers. Does anybody know more about this? Which offices? I've tried to get some info from... — read more
MSD networth
He is ranked as the 38th richest person in the world by Forbes, with a net worth of US$ 23.5 billion as of February 9, 2018. In 2011, his 243.35 million shares of Dell Inc. stock were worth $3.5 billion, giving him 12% ownership of the company.
EMC code gone ???
Does anyone know what happened to the EMC Code organization ? I hear rumors that the entire pillar was let go, true ?
Dell will survive. Sales Matter. Technology and products can be brought
Interesting Post. Is this True. Dell will survive. But in what form and selling what products is the question. Dell is a company which took on the mammoth IBM in the PC business and made is mark. It is important to understand that US government... — read more
Possibility of retirement from Dell
I am a 45 year old senior principal engineer in EMC Dell. I have been in EMC for last 5 years. I have all through been a top performer and recognized as such. I plan to continue in a similar way and based on my current financial commitments want to... — read more
Dell EMC Storage Strange Org Changes
I dunno what the hell it means. The managers went to through a survey exercise where they gave data about each of their engineers and what they do and in which product. EMC storage has so many products and if you look at people working on it it's a... — read more
Dell EMC Layoff 2018
Dell Management had decided to layoff EMC legacy team members. All lead and Sr people are in great danger. They going to kick you out very quietly.
MORGAN STANLEY: A Dell and VMware merger is a 'worst case scenario' for shareholders
http://www.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanley-dell-vmware-merger-worst-case-scenario-shareholders-2018-2
Some big names (legacy EMC) on the z list for Feb 9th
D.G. and C.M. have been zzz'd
HR has lost the trust of employees. Here is who has it now
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/hr-lost-trust-employees-now-183614681.html