Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

@e4 Yes, RR is considered Austin as RR is "technically" considered a suburb of Austin

@e4 I think by "Austin" it's considered RR... As far as I'm aware, there are no AUSTIN job sites other than two data centers. One in Phlugerville and the other in East Austin. RR is literally Dell's HQ and the amount of buildings there + all the renovations they've done? Yeah, no way is RR going anywhere

@q6 That was great.

I think this captures the RTO plan pretty well https://x.com/gothburz/status/2009386221521244406

Field sellers must be in the field, near their customers and / or partners. Frankly, solutions architects should be near their customers too - especially for enterprise customers, large or national partners, and other strategic accounts.

What is the grade level range for field sales and architects at Dell? Are any below an I8?

Just can't see it. Sure, there are probably a few US 'metros' that are smaller and could be shut down, but there are decent sized engineering offices in important places where talent exists, and it wouldn't make sense to close them (unless Dell plans on shutting down multiple product lines).

People really think we will close dozens of offices in the US?

Yes it’s accurate.

This is accurate and will play out in 2026

Doubt much, if any of this is true but if so... I'm fine with it. I go to the RR location 5 days a week and am below an i8 so sh-t, if this is true then layoffs will affect remote ppl before me

I have a hard time believing some of this but, if dell is truly wanting to get rid of remote positions all together then this does kinda make sense... Eventually they are going to have to start body slamming the remote folks for that to happen, though. Remote people are not eligble for promotions unless they are able to go into an office - aka relocate - so, it's only a matter of time before they quit anyways.. sadly.

Realistically, the majority of the company is below an i8 level so idk, i feel like it'd be the opposite actually... it's the i8's and above who are making the "real" (if you can call it that lol) money and, it's typically more efficient to get rid of a few higher salaried than a ton of low salary people.

There hasn't been any growth at dell for the last 6 years anyways so, those who are remote wouldn't have any better chance of promotion going into office versus being remote, either. Until they bring back promotions then, there is no incentive for remotes to relocate unless it involves a nice hefty promotion. Otherwise, why? Dell has been on a layoff frenzy for 6 years now so why tf would anybody relocate anywhere only to be laid off a month after moving? Yeah, f that bs lol.

Please let this just be sales. My entire engineering team coffee badges and life is ok, but I wish we'd cut the cr-p and just let remote come back.

@e4 I agree, I don’t think the RR HQ campus is going anywhere. Especially since building five just had a massive desk, cubicle, and infrastructure change. No way would Dell sink what little money they have into an endeavor like that just to leave in a few months.

So is Round rock considered Austin? No way would the entire round rock campus be uprooted just to go 15 miles down the road to Austin.

I heard they are buying the tower in downtown Austin that Meta was supposed to fill.

Dell is just waiting for Travis County tax abatement to be approved.

you should all unionize.... alot of these problems and fears would go away..

@d2

There’s no culture bro

@aa

Uniform rules are safer than honest ones - Saying “below I8 must come in” is cleaner than admitting these roles don’t need to be here, but Dell wants leverage and optionality.

So they frame it as fairness and culture.

It’s more about control, optics, and risk management and the pressure lands on the lowest leverage people. You know who you are, because you feel it.

This is what I see happening, Dell appears to be in a defensive posture:

• Cost control over expansion

• Internal mobility slowed

• Fewer new leadership roles

• Growth expectations muted outside a few strategic areas (AI, infra, services)

Most jobs below I8 are dead-end jobs with little to no upward mobility. There are exceptions high-growth orgs, a strong sponsor, a sudden reorg but that’s the point - they’re exceptions. Most sub-I8 roles are designed to stabilize the machine, not move people through it.

That’s the quiet shift people are reacting to. Not the commute. Not the badge swipes. It’s the sense that RTO is being used as a sorting mechanism, not a collaboration tool.

Yeah, this RTO push is largely aimed at inside sales the one group the company consistently undervalues and doesn’t seem particularly concerned about.

Sales has effectively become the red-headed stepchild of the company: full in-office requirements alongside diminishing commission outcomes. Leadership has signaled this model is here to stay. The culture it fosters feels transactional and survival-based, less about selling and more about navigating internal systems to endure.

And we're gonna move out of hopkinton within a year?

This isn’t true.

You're full of sh-t.

I think it’s official that if you want any real info you can join the glass door bowl with proof you’re an employee.

This site needs to go back to just people posting when a layoff happens. D-mbest of the d-mb are posting here now.

Just heard some sales sites had to go in 5 days a week, 8 hours a day. Nothing about other sites being remote. Someone is taking liberties with this story.

@a1

Source: Trust me bro

But then again, like the other guy said... It's Dell so something this id--tic would make a lot of sense.

This makes absolutely zero sense. Santa Clara is a big engineering office, so is Seattle, not to mention Hopkinton... are you seriously trying to tell us that the people in those offices, who have been showing up every day for the last 9 months, are now going to be considered 'remote' with no ability for promotion? I call BS on this... (yet it's so absurd that with Dell it will probably be true).

Sources?