Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

because it's the ONE DELL WAY!

@ce @ce Nvidia and Dell are very different companies and do VERY different things, though... Nvidia innovates and creates superior chips and products that are meant to go inside of machines. GPU's as a prime example... They also are one of, if not the leader in AI as well. Their market is not consumer based - minus their gaming GPU's of course; but even the consumer grade GPU's are excellent for low level AI payloads. Yes, that includes the 4 and 5 series GPU's. And that's just their GPU's. They also produce far more than that that is specifically geared and created FOR AI.

Dell on the other-hand, does not innovate jack. If they have the upper end on ANYTHING it's their monitors - (Alienware included) - which Dell does make solid af monitors for the price, anyways... Their computers on the otherhand are decent but, overpriced compared to competitors IMPO.

Dell's market is consumers and business's. I suppose storage is a large market as well but, as for networking equipment (Switches, routers, etc...) all that is literal junk. Dell doesn't even use their own networking equipment lmfao. It's almost exclusively Cisco. And yes I know this because I am in that world at Dell and well, there are very very few Dell switches or Routers in the data centers...

Long story short, comparing Nvidia to Dell is like comparing a Ferrari (nvidia) dealership to a Honda (dell) dealership. There are FAR fewer salesman at a Ferrari dealership than a Honda one because they market to very different people.

I was laid off Feb 6 this year (ISG) as were many others at my site. It is not a rumour. Still waiting for my severance payout BTW.

@ce
Nvidia has unique IP and products with high value added. Dell nowadays is an assembler of commodity goods, despite being delusional about being innovative and "driving the human progress".
It's like comparing a producer of military drones with a manufacturer of fridges and washing machines.

They did a big round in April last year if I recall not so much February

@ce NVDA actually innovates and creates products. Dell purchases, rebrands, re-sells, and ultimately destroys products.

Because they're finally going after execs. Once new execs are settled expect more pain.

@ce your argument is totally invalid as you also need to consider the number of products Dell sells vs NVIDIA. We have higher headcount’s as we have higher number of products. Although those products are totally cr-ppy which is going to be a separate discussion 🤣

Let's compare and contrast.

Take NVDA for example. For FY2025 NVDA had over $130B in revenue with only 36k employees. Many leading analysts are projecting revenue between $215 - $300 billion in total revenue for fiscal year 2026.

Dell, on the other hand, had $95 billion in revenue with over 108,000 employees. Analysts predict revenues in the range of $105 - $110 billion with an employee count of 95k.

At the high end, that means NVDA will make almost 3X the revenue Dell will with almost 3X fewer employees. You tell me who is more efficient???

If you think for one second there aren't significantly more layoffs coming to Dell, think again.

You want to know why? Dell is forcing people out with CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSALS. Look up the definition. They are currently focusing on the Sales Reps, and the 60% or nothing should be the indicator for you. Maybe 1% will deny the comp plan and try to sue, but in Dell's leadership's eyes, this is still a win rather than paying out 20,000 severance packages. The coaching/pips will become more prevalent over the next 6 months. Dell only looks at you as an expendable resource and believes they will be absolutely fine without you. Dell is an absolute sh-t show, and eventually, no one will want to buy their products because of support issues and overzealous and annoying sales reps trying to get to 60%. Good sales reps will go to other companies with promising technology. My recommendation is to take your experience somewhere else soon, before it is too late and all the good companies and jobs are filled.

Layoffs are happening as per usual during the past 3 years.

@a6 I disagree actually... Dell is an 80b a year company and a few years ago, we had something like 135k employees. NO REASON for that many.

To put it into perspective here....

Apple had a revenue of 416 BILLION with an employee headcount of 164k employees.
Dell pulled in 95B last year with a headcount of 98-100k employees... Not great but not bad.

Dell has consistently pulled in 80-95b for years all while having an ENORMOUS headcount, given the revenue..

@a6 That's true but, for a company as large as Dell is... especially being global, there is a line in which won't be crossed. What that line is, nobody knows... but the more dell laysoff, the worse their reputation becomes. The more unlikely people will want to work for them, or even do business with them as they will be seen as a greedy company who dgaf about their employees. So, IMPO I feel like they have reached the ideal headcount for now...

Amazon has massive layoffs but 95% of those who get let go are drivers and/or warehouse workers - which are literally being taken over by actual robots.

Apple is the same way. They get rid of mass amounts of retail employees because why not?

Dell doesn't have any type of in-person type of presence that Apple or Amazon has (retail, basically.) The "retail" or in-person positions are easy to get rid of because they have WAY too many of them and well, amazon drivers aren't exactly skilled at anything... as anybody can drive a car and put packages on doorsteps.

@OP There is no such thing as reaching a desired headcount. Remember when it was 120k, then 110k then 100K, then 90k?

The desired headcount number at Dell is a moving target that keeps going down down down. We are in continuous layoff mode all the way to the bottom.

@a2 Yeah, only those who can't hit the pathetically low 60% quota... so basically, 1/4th of sales.

@a2 idk man, I'm not even in sales but from what I've heard and read both on here and in office... The new SCP is there to weed out those who do nothing. 60% quota is NOTHING lol. If you aren't hitting 60% then WTF are you actually even doing?

Its because with the new SCP we will be all on a PIP in the next 3 months.No need to lay anoyone off just force most out.