I've lost the will to go "above and beyond."

I dont know where Dell is trying to go or what their "plan" is but, I feel like at this point people are just doing the best/minimum they can simply to keep their job - considering the consistent, constant, and year round layoffs they've had for the last 5 years.

There literally is no incentive to do more than the minimum anymore and to literally do what is expected of you, and no more than that. Insperity points are fine but like, I think people would far prefer actual MONEY than points you still get taxed on... and yes, you DO get taxed on those points. Go look at your paycheck stub things on Fidelity or whatever the site is and you'll see. Last year (2025) we couldn't even give out points for half the year because of the minimal budget lol.

Promotions seem to be a thing of the past at Dell so, why do extra work or try being a "star" when there is nothing in it for you at this point? If not for my insanely good raises the last 6 years, and constant promises of promotion, I'd have been long gone by now. My first year at Dell (2020) I got a 9.7% raise which was insane. Then last year I got a 12% raise which was mind boggling lol. The other raises were between 4-6% so pretty normal I suppose. That's all great but I want my promotion that I'm owed now.

Then, since they flattened the mid level management and basically put everybody under a director, which ours wants nothing to do with my little team and has NO idea what we do, chances for promotion are slim to none along with solid raises.

Then with the RTO bs, I'm now also driving 64 miles round trip every day + spending $30/week on tolls alone, and another $40/week on a tank of gas, only to go into an office in which nobody on my team works at/goes to. An unnecessary $70-80 a week and wear and tare on my car. I wouldn't mind if at least SOME of my team was there but I just go sit in a comfy booth for an hour, then go home. IF I even go into the building, anyways lol...

You know what makes employees work harder and better? INCENTIVES! aka promotions, better raises, more money. Let's be honest, nobody works for Dell because they love the company. People work there for a paycheck and that is IT. I personally do love my job but I'm at the point where I am looking to get out since I'm not seeing growth opportunities anytime soon.

#Morale #Layoffs #Promotion #RTO

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no one believes you ever went above or beyond/make sure your in the office and PIPe down

@es Correct, I've heard it referred to as an "IJP". The bad part of this is that a REQ is created, and the manager has to interview a certain number of people for the position. So - you waste the time of your employees to interview people that are hoping for the position, but that have no chance of being hired for it.

@ab Yeah but most managers dont promote with the raise bucket though. they backfill positions. so if they are given a REQ, they use that to promote someone

@e6 lol well i dont know what to tell ya but those were my raises so, get a better manager i guess? idk man.

oh jesus christ - How many times are you going to post this exact same rant with your imaginary high raises? Does this type of troll get your jollies off? Is it some sort of psyop from HR or someone else in the company? AI experiment? Either way, you should really change up your schtick. It's very old.

"Last year (2025) we couldn't even give out points for half the year because of the minimal budget lol."

Comical to read this when senior leaders were giving them out to people for a
successful golf tournament.

I have a coworker who gags on the company hotdog and I do the bare minimum and get the same or better raises.

after being let go from Dell and moving into a new company for about a month now, I don't know why you folks try so hard for Dell. I did and it got me laid off. In hindsight, I should have cared less than I did as it was definitely not a two way street. You really are a pawn and when they're done with you, they're done with you. All your effort was for naught. Do less than you can, at least when you finally let go, you won't have to wonder.

The one constant of every workplace I have ever been in is that if you go above and beyond enough times (in some cases only once) then the "above and beyond" becomes the new minimum expectation from your manager.

Dell doesn't fund promotions. A promotion of one person pretty much requires taking bonus money from other employees to fund the raise required for the promotion.

You can always go sideways and stay within the established boundaries. Also you can look casually for an exciting new job for the above and beyond thing.

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