I think the leadership’s motivation to impose RTO has become clear by now. It’s the attrition tactics, plain and simple. They don’t care about productivity, mismatch of teams, or all the personal expenses that grow with RTO. All they care about is to... — read more 

How long before the honeymoon phase wears off? Are folks going to comply or is the five days a week going to take its toll? Let us know in the comments where you stand?

4 weeks since Billy’s email went out and still we wait…

They aren’t calling it a layoff but really it is. Contract employees are no longer being renewed. Half of S&AS is gone with more to follow in the next couple of months as their contracts end. 6 years of working without the benefits and let go without... — read more 

What would make returning to the office appealing to you? Improved company culture, a raise, more perks, or strong leadership? Mandating a return to the office could have negative consequences. The commute and costs associated with returning to the... — read more 

There’s nothing in the world that can make you be motivated and work hard than the axe swinging around your head for months. It also helps that people around you are being let go left and right, and that your team has been in a state of chaos... — read more 

Hey, let's host a 'Cars and Coffee' event where Dell reps can stand around a parking lot for hours staring at each other's cars. ELT, is this your vision of full RTO utopia? Glad to see all this 'collaboration' is really turning things around. 😂 At... — read more 

Dell CTO: Enterprise AI poised to take off in 2025 After a period of experimentation, the building blocks are in place for wider enterprise adoption of AI, says Dell Technologies’ global CTO, John... — read more 

With the constant threat of layoffs hanging over our heads, how is everyone coping with the stress? I don’t want to rely on medication, but I might have to if I want to avoid damaging both my physical health (like high blood pressure) and my mental... — read more 

Seems like most of the post here are from the US. I'd like to hear about what's going on elsewhere with RTO. Especially if you are in one of the very few unionized countries or a country that actually cares about its workers.

seems the force is strong this was deleted. its old but still relevant

https://www.secureworks.com/about/press/sophos-to-acquire-secureworks

In office halls, where shadows play, They giveth, and they taketh away. The pay that never quite was there, A corporate culture thin as air. Unclean cubes with hair and stains, Food unhealthy, empty gains. One-ply paper, a painful plight, Coffee... — read more 

Total 2,090 Remote 1,008 Hybrid 1,082 Top 6 ===== USA 635 India 356 Japan 101 Ireland 94 Brazil 82 China 61

Layoffs happened last week and if you made the cut you are safe. I suggesst learning AI, though.

Seems that Dell is using Tell Dell against us. Taking our feedback and internally doing the opposite so that we will leave on our own.

Layoffs were completed last week. If our manager notified us that it was over, I'm going to assume that others did as well. We're all stressed out as it is, why add fuel to the fire for no good reason and claim there is more today?

Are you impacted? Role/Country or pay grade.... Do you know of anyone impacted? Take care of yourself, just a job.

Anyone get why hybrid employees were part of the last WFR and remotes on the team were not?

4 of my collegeaues in IT have last day in upcoming week of Oct 21, they are above I9 & M9 levels, they basically resigned. Lot of folks are already leaving or planning to leave. It is not a good sign for any company. No company should get inspired... — read more 

We shall see if those rumours are through about people being laid off. How will it effect the Irish workers. I am patiently waiting to see if it is actually true. Can't stop thinking about it

Hi folks. While on a weekend spelunking with my really high contact she confided in me that next week is going to be a bloodbath for IT. The information she gave to me has the potential to affect everyone at Dell. Apparently there has been a major... — read more 

Clarification on hybrid : 3 days mandatory, 2 days expected but with flexibility where needed. Remote : expectation for remote workers to attend the office but not mandatory. There is a requirement to attend training and collaboration sessions which... — read more 

There is a saying that AI isn’t good enough to replace people yet but they are being replaced by people who use AI. That might be true elsewhere. But Dell is all smoke and mirrors and run by absolute id--ts who think AI is just magic and in any case... — read more 

Are we safe for now, or will AI be completely capable of replacing me after 20 years. I am confident AI won't pick up the vital details. They won't scrub the data before it is presented. There is a lot to my job that is not very obvious. The problem... — read more 

https://x.com/g-ybearres/status/1846332221541454241?s=46&t=D5jxTjEl4m7opD65mxTjKQ Base pay cuts coming for sales…

My high contact has spoken and said there will be no changes to the RTO policy

Does anyone know when the further info for remote sales staff is coming? It's been a few weeks already

I understand that the channel is being eliminated, which raises concerns about job security. This situation reflects poorly on the company's commitment to its employees.

Does anyone know if sales (TSR, ISR, CXE etc) will be impacted this month? EMEA region

it’s time to look for greener pastures. Even without having an axe swinging around our heads on a daily basis, it’s time to leave Dell. Tech job market doesn’t appear to be great these days, but I’m still hoping beyond hope there still are places... — read more 

where are the layoffs?

https://hr.mcleanco.com/research/ss/return-to-office-playbook?utm_source=pressrelease&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RTOPlaybook

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4932602-return-to-office-decisions-motivations/

We are seeing all the impacted areas of sales, dfs, cyber, etc this week. Next week is support layoffs such as Premier maintenance, product managers, business managers and more. For all those that survive this months hunger games it will be time to... — read more 

With all the layoffs, I became proactive in looking for a new job, but it seems like nobody is actively hiring. I can't tell you the number of applications I've sent out in the last month and how few responses I ended up receiving. I realized that... — read more 

Heard rumours that the next part of RTO is to track the amount of time spent in office and not only badge swipes. Has anyone else heard it?

I saw on LinkedIn that a former Dell employee who was just let go opened a taco shop/pit room! Another guy from Exxon opened a brewery! Good for them. I'm researching franchises because I hate the idea of looking for another job and would love to... — read more 

Is there communication due about RtO and the disappearance of hybrid / remote ?

In the Telco all hands, when asked about Gartner mq showing how Dell is lagging in Storage, said A) he ignores Gartner and B) Storage is growing. So A) not fit to run the company and B) a bare faced liar