i just understand why the company lost w its employees and customers.
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Arguing that one caused the demise of the other is ludicrous. Bottom line is choices were made that obviously were in the wrong direction. Question we should be asking is who are the major shareholders and what is there final goal?". AI, transformation and pandemics seem to be a good cover to shed weight. Lets be honest, blame SOLELY falls on one person, bad decisions or backing the wrong horse in a race with incredibly high stakes will brake you. Thinking that you or any other employee could change this outcome is laughable. Choices you make howrver are under your control.
For Michael Dell, buying EMC was the best move. Obtaining Vmware launched his net worth to the moon. Then selling it to Broadcom, just enhanced his net worth even higher. It was perfect. But.... buying EMC for the good of the company (Dell), was a huge mistake. The cultures are different and has eroded the viability of the company overall. EMC was a drowning. It would probably be gone today if it hadn't been bought, because Storage is a commodity. EMC would have tried to keep it complicated and costly, saying "we are the best so if you want the best, you must pay for it" doesn't work any more. Billy S. and others having come from EMC are only driving Dell down the same road as EMC went...... to the trash dumpster.
Trust me when I say EMC was far superior to Dell in any capacity. Yes all boys club. BUT big BUT they had innovation Dell squandered it period...You cannot argue that its fact.
“ When Dell bought out a failing EMC and kept the EMC employees, that was the mistake.”
This mistake was putting people in charge that did not continue investing in EMC’s market leading storage offerings. As an example, when Dell bought EMC, Data Domain had over 70% market share. It was the standard for de-duplication and backup appliances. Now, not so much
When Dell bought out a failing EMC and kept the EMC employees, that was the mistake. D-mbest post ever. How could you have done the things that EMC was acquired for without their people.
100% when Dell bought EMC, not a merge like many EMC sp-t out.
It was a silent take over, and as the EMC boys club pushed out the Dell boys club, the company stopped being and feeling like Dell, despite the Dell logo.
The EMC employees were a mixed bag, many were arrogant and full of themselves looking down on Dell employees despite them being part of the failing EMC, but many were regular normal people who just wanted to work and provide for their family.
Dell made a mistake buying EMC and why we have arrived where we are.
When Dell bought out a failing EMC and kept the EMC employees, that was the mistake.
@b0+1jt6qvxsn, feeling like that on the one-ply as well. Heartless. They lost me.
Coming from the EMC side I would say the merging of companies was sold as a good thing with two companies with a similar culture. The cultures were different and leadership were all fighting for their spot in the hierarchy. And then to make costs work with so many employees, each side took away almost all of the things made at a good place to work. And the same toxic leaders decide to continually take away the things that make employees happy. Maybe Covid forcing remote work just lost too much momentum and blending cultures.
When has it ever gone right? You speak of EMC is when things went bad. At at least EMC had some innovation! It's been a sh!t show ever since. Nothing new just throw everything on a server see if it works. How is that innovation?
it started most recently with the purchase of EMC. The two cultures were polar opposites.
Let’s start with the 1-ply, because comfort is for closers. Then we slide straight into roll call, where the only thing more monitored than badge-ins is your will to live. Bonus points if you’ve memorized your KPIs and left your soul in the parking lot.
where do we start
bet people would stay at Dell if they had Dell Softball tournaments with winners playing for a nice big trophy
I bet if Dell gave out Houston Rocket tickets or Texas Longhorn tickets to its associates you would see happy workers
Somewhere along the way, Dell stopped being a place where people could grow and feel proud of the work they do. Now it feels like we’re all just enduring it - gritting our teeth through the meetings, the policies, the politics.
A lot of great people are mentally checked out. Some are still clinging to hope. But deep down, most of us know this isn’t what work should feel like.