Get out before your skillset is no longer pertinent. Best advice I could give you.
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@rb+1k1n9m3wb. You are uninformed and naive. Of course the online training and tuition reimbursement is available to everyone. But women are actively coached on what to take. There are special mentorship programs for women. If women take the training they are told to take, they are virtually guaranteed advancement. Go to any sales conference and there will be a separate session and/or breakfast for “women of the channel.” The company will openly discuss programs they are investing in to pump up the number of women executives. If there are less women in certain roles, the immediate assumption is that it is due to discrimination. The possibility that fewer women may be interested in certain areas is not allowed to even be considered. Of course, that standard is only applied to desirable roles. I don’t see programs to ensure that 50% of warehouse workers are women.
I mean, Dell literally offers that type of training to every employee, regardless if they are women or men. I don't see them restricting college reimbursement or any of the countless courses available on our training platforms based on gender or race or anything. Has the quality of training gotten worse with these never ending cuts to Dell Learning employees and budgets? Absolutely. But that negatively impacts all employees.
... so what exactly are you talking about? I swear some people can turn anything into identity politics. Do you live your life in a permanent state of rage?
The place has definitely been a 'Ki-ling Field' for people's careers. Very sad.
@bb change if you can. I was there over 25 yrs.
You need to learn AI on your own as Dell has no training that is of any worth other than 'What is Agentic AI'. Totally worthless and not what you expect from a company which is hypothetically leading the AI charge.
I updated my skills and earned numerous certifications, but it hasn't led to any progress. I've been doing the same job for the past two decades, and I never considered exploring opportunities elsewhere, but the growing lack of trust in my current company due to layoffs of talented and skilled people is making me seriously consider a change.
After 10 years in Dell, my skill is outdated.
During my time at Dell, training was nonexistent. I was expected to learn new technology on my own. When I asked a manager for training, I was told it's just packets going down a wire. I told him you're a reliability engineer why don't you become an accountant? It's just math. He didn't get it and I didn't get my training. But was expected to debug factory and field problems.
Best post on this board in a while. Hope you younger folks read this.
Its a sh-tshow.We wont promote you but there is other ways we can promote you.By you learning and taking on more work.