So is JC’s message Maverick pushing forward with training in Feb and going live in May?
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So Dell bought oracle to modernize? That’s funny!!
Part of the required training is that we all get tshirts with "All in" on the front in size S
it’s simply Oracle.
@fq well, why not to put some AI on it? 🤣
lol if JC thinks it's truly going to go live in May then he's off his rocker... Ok, to be fair maybe it will but it will be half broken half done, and cause far more grief than necessary. I mean it's one thing to go from Skype to TEAMS overnight but, maverick is taking the vast majority of - if not all - tools that are vital to the company and putting them all in one location; then expect some bullsh-t "training" is going to help?
@a8 Yep, dear Mr Customer due to the urgency you case has been closed because you did not respond within the SLA. Please come again.
Dell has been working on automation on many fronts for a long time. Some of the efforts have resulted in some tools/systems that actually were improvements while others flopped because the maintenance and upkeep remained manual, redundant, and less effective than the "old way". I am sure Maverick will be similar, and then you will see a "son of Maverick" take place someday. Inevitable - this is tech and not septic tank pumping.
The selling points of a new system are either to help handle an increase in volumes (not applicable) and/or to help reduce headcount while still maintaining some balance of efficiency. So - to pay for all this "innovation" heads will roll and that was baked in from the beginning.
Also seeing a lot of posts on the RTO philosophy. Tax write-offs are part of this as the COVID-era office usage exemptions expired. The other thing is that too many people goofed off (or chose to do other domestic activities) while working at home. They are monitoring what you do people - are you just logged in or is there keyboard and/or conferencing going on... Some people were even holding two+ jobs at the same time while "working from home". Dell was all high and mighty about how well the WFH thing was going during COVID, then the tax thing happened while at the same time the work monitoring increased.
Dell is not the only place that is/has done this. Unless you are one of the few that have a very liberal workplace environment (not politically speaking) - good luck in finding someplace else where you do not have to put up with this or something similar.
Keep your eyes open for opportunities internal and external. Dell does not owe you a living forever - you are in effect just a tool for the day and yes you can easily be replaced.
I can't wait for another session of great trainings which brings ZERO value to may day job, cant be skipped and will definitely break my brain more.
This is Dell it will end up as always - nothing will work, everybody will complain secretly and they will call it great success. Next year or two there will be another "major nothing breakthrough"
@d3 this is same bla bla bla like these memos sent to us today and the all might OneWayDell counter page :D
Where can I buy same dr-gs?
As Dell becomes more dependent and intertwined with troubled SalesForce.
I’m sure the training will be performed by cheerful AI avatars designed to DEI standards.
on projects like this...
what appears to be redundancy (opportunity to replace) is often intentional slack that allows the business to absorb volatility (supplier delays, configuration variance, regulatory differences, factory-level constraints). Removing it reduces cost on paper but reduces organizational resilience.
Consultants often misread low spend as low value, when in fact it is high return on capital.
The most successful companies are not those with the most consolidated systems, but those that know which complexity to preserve and which to eliminate.
Why Incremental Modernization Is Almost Always Cheaper (and Safer)
Empirically, the highest-performing transformations:
Leave core systems in place
Improve interfaces, not internals
Replace components only when value is proven
Modernize around the business, not over it
This approach:
Preserves tacit knowledge
Avoids big-bang risk
Allows rollback
Produces measurable value earlier
It is less attractive to consulting firms because:
It is harder to staff at scale
It relies on deep domain expertise
It does not produce large, clean slide-deck narratives.
The Uncomfortable Truth
In many cases, these programs persist not because they are optimal, but because:
Capital budgets reward visible transformation
Centralization creates executive control
Large programs justify large consulting engagements
Failure can be reframed as “change resistance” rather than design error
Meanwhile, the actual business quietly rebuilds the capabilities it lost, just more expensively and with worse ergonomics.
It’s an overlay of the existing systems packaged in a central location made to look like innovations.
@dm The term “transformation” is often a precursor to a significant workforce reduction. In practice, there is little genuine focus on online training or organizational readiness.
Calling it “AI-powered productivity” sounds great in a memo, but when the foundation is still a maze of legacy systems……. No one signed up to eat dog sh-t just because someone rebranded it as “nutrient-dense.”
Good description of Maverick here : https://www.businessinsider.com/dell-project-maverick-delayed-upgrade-ai-infrastructure-2025-11?op=1
There will be multiple spreadsheets to track all the issues no doubt! Lol
question:
what do you think the 'migration team' will be working on when the project is complete. 👋
@b6 Google does a pretty good job if you can be troubled with doing a search.
@a6 That would be a refreshing change.
@b6 EVERYTHING WILL GO THROUGH SALESCHAT. EVERY. THING.
Could someone please summarize what Maverick is?
Get ready for Dell’s one way BULLSH-T LMFAO
What are we going to train on when the final product is clearly not built by May let alone Feb? It will probably be just a bunch of talking exec heads to make themselves feel good. Who actually believes Dell can modernize and transform something as big as they say this is? That said, I have no doubt they are arrogant enough to put a half baked product into production and blame the people for not being #AllIn
500 billion dollars that it doesn't go live in May lol. People will get the training for a product that very likely won't be ready until late 2026 or early 2027...
@am I'd assume the people who didn't quit? Although I'd be surprised if a LOT of them get WFR due to the fact they didn't meet the original go live date...
@aa I'd imagine that those who are heavily involved with maverick - leads, PMs, sr engineers, and anyone who was quite involved will be let go as the "go live" date was originally set for mid February. It's been almost 18 months since it started and is not ready for production yet.
It was pushed back a quarter which grinded JC's little gears so I'm guessing he's gonna go after all the people who made him look like a fool. AKA a bunch of engineers, PMs, and managers, and maybe even some execs...
I doubt it'll affect the layoffs too much but my guess is it at least took some focus off of a lot of groups. There are 22k people on this NDA project but 99% of them are only part of it because of xyz, but ultimately play little to no part in it.
Yeah, "his" - aka his ES's message was 100% about mav. but I 500% guarentee it won't be ready by when he hopes or thinks it will be lol. People will do training while the project gets pushed back another quarter, then another, then it'll be half ready and JC will say "deploy deploy deploy!"
@a6 skilled people already left due to maverick, layoffs and forced RTO... who is going to build and maintain complex systems we had before Maverick sht?
Does this training at the beginning of February and the associated project delay until early May have any impact on February WFRs? Meaning, will the February WFRs be lower than expected to account for which employees take the training, adopt the new tool, and evangelize it's purpose? Or are the February WFRs and this tool unrelated?
“Operate with a sense of urgency. Speed matters more than ever in the AI era.”
So I guess we are to operate very quickly, in an unknown environment, because of a sense of urgency? Sounds like a wonderful recipe for success.
The email makes me head hurt.
@a5 And then slowly and quietly revert back to what used to work…
It’s kind of funny. They will have training, They will delay the project further, new training will be needed.
Any problems will be with the employees, not the usability or utility of the system, until things slow to a crawl and then we figure out there bugs.
Sound familiar?
Sounds like this summer is going to be chaos.