Take the feelings out of it and think. You can opt for remote and not ever be told you have to go to the office ever again. . . and just get on with your job. No more anxiety. Getting on with work. But you have to prove your value. OR Position to... — read more 

On a scale of 1 to 10. How does everyone rate the current level of Toxicity at Dell? No HR trolls just honest answers. Lets have a poll. I myself am currently at a 9 maybe even a 10 and thinking of handing in my notice in the coming weeks. I just... — read more 

That's not the plan. It's much cheaper to offer a severance package than to let people quit on their own. What happens is the good ones are the first to quit; the poor performance ones linger and stay on. They don't want that. That is why there is... — read more 

Has anyone got news on sales teams? Praying my name is on a list for WFR

Usually, when any tech company has major layoffs there are countless articles about it. This has been true for Dell in the past as well. I don't know why there's barely any coverage this time. I guess people are getting desensitized to layoffs in... — read more 

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/03/dell_return_to_work/ "It’s clear from the details I’ve seen that this is a way of thinning the herd," our source said. "Folks who live a few hours away from the office will have to go into an office and if... — read more 

What is happening with this company? Is there an actual plan behind these layoffs? At this point I can not discern any reason beyond basic cost-cutting, hitting the obvious and easiest target - employees. That may come back in the near future to bite... — read more 

The policy says all employees regardless of distance to office will be classified as hybrid and must be in office 39 days per quarter. they are going to track badges. remote employees have one time opt unity to change from hybrid to remote but it is... — read more 

Sales were hit? I see that Synergy might be next. Is there any info on next week?

If you are hired with an understanding that you can work from home, and they fire you for failing to obey RTO mandates...with no other performance claims...hmmm. I'm no lawyer, and Dell won't let me expense a Holiday Inn Express...but it sure sounds... — read more 

There it is..

Now that Dell has rescinded the agreement with Broadcom, all of the Synergy roles have been affected as they were co-funded roles. Just found out as of next week Synergy will no longer exist and await for HR packages

Strap yourself in.

We are being treated badly by these companies; who is to blame? Us. We give them permission by how we vote. We are so conditioned to be wary of government tyranny and vote against every regulation that we end up accepting and promoting corporate... — read more 

Hi all! Recently got word that a good amount of Dell Small Business Sales Account Managers are being sent to MB to backfill the Account Managers that were recently laid off. Those new account managers are being paid less and told they have a 1 Q... — read more 

Should I bother my boss about it yet??

Layoffs

https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/dell-layoffs-hit-multiple-roles-sales-marketing/

With all the layoffs happening, not just with Dell, but it could be that MD and JC long term strategy would be indirect sales. Look at HPE, IBM and others. No need for ...overhead... and partners will be happy. Right? Not to mention AI that's... — read more 

When will the time clocks be installed? Can we badge-in and go home or do we have to badge out? Can we badge in at 11:55 PM and again at 12:05 AM to count for 2 days? Can we give our badges to someone else to badge in for us? Can we badge... — read more 

All managers received communications today regarding a full RTO 5 days a week. there you go baby. get your a$$ back to the office. 🙃

Hey all, Anyone heard rumors about a potential broadcom acquisition of the company? I've heard a couple mentions of this from colleagues but hard to pin down a source. Has anyone heard anything?

Hi! I’m hearing rumblings of leadership Layoffs in SB for underperforming teams. Has anyone else heard anything?

In my larger team, it appears that the people who were laid off were those who were remote and not within commutable distance to a Dell office... Honestly, mgmt may have been doing them a favor by giving them severance.

anyone see the email that went out today that was quickly removed. Looks like someone sent an email about their layoff. It wasn't in english. Anyone have any better insight into what the contents were.

The logic is, they are going to try and get rid of people and pile more accounts onto existing salespeople. This is why I think that those who remain are not that much luckier than those who are shown the door. Things will change for everybody and... — read more 

They’re going to release their RTO policy. Yes, badge tracking will be in place. Hybrid model is recommended 3 days a week and remote workers will have no career advancement. Here’s the most foolish part about it. You don’t have a permanent... — read more 

The layoffs, the push for RTO, all of this is part of a larger whole to create a hostile work environment that will get more people to quit. It's much cheaper for Dell if we decide to throw in the towel and walk away instead of having to give us a... — read more 

With current corporate mgmt style, reorgs/cuts in big companies like Dell have been a mess. Sure seems like they do not really know what they are going for beyond immediate cost cuts, especially in the long run. I have seen over the past couple of... — read more 

The layoffs are real, the RTO is real, the sc--wing over remote workers for promotion is real a few more to go. Michael Dell steps down next week Jeff Clarke is CEO Quarterly layoffs Under 100k global employees target Consumer (classic... — read more 

Top brass is simply too ignorant and or arrogant to think of the ramifications. NO ONE will quit because of RTO. You will just quiet quit and play the system until you find another job and/or get pip'd years later. Repeat the last two lines... — read more 

If only people realized that if we stuck together, we could fight this. If everybody refuses to show up, they can't fire (or lay off, whichever) every single one of us, even if they would like to. Sadly, I know that's never going to happen. That's... — read more