So.. The latest news is that this great company is looking to use the big axe early next year, 25% of staff will be gone.
Stay tuned and be happy. Leave while you can.
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Nice, with the severance pay and unemployment pay from government, I could easily spend one year surfing in Bali. The dream!
@vx it's gonna hurt larger than ever.
Dells gone thru the pendulum swings a couple of times. Each time at some point the everything offshore frenzy ends when confronted with real life and customer complaints and sales declines. This feels like another swing. However each time the pendulum swings back to US it is less than before.
@OP As the late, great Frank Sinatra sang: "And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain." Tha company is dying. All we can hope for is the offer of Voluntary Separation and grab it. They thin the old Executives and the young former Interns can run the entire company. Most non-Executives with 20+ years, or who are 60+ in age are getting the axe. Ageism is rampant, as is racism. Not from India? You're gone! Not from India? Your Manager (from India) will tell you that he can replace you with 4 or 5 people in India. And none of them have a clue what they are doing, or what you do. Not from India? No promotions or you! This company is doomed!
@OP if there is an ounce of truth in this statement, VSP will be offered to everyone across the board.
Sudhir says we're all be ok
Everyone who is important knows the real number is 99%
@er Yeah my super duper high contact said 92.4%
My high contact said 85% in July
Fake News.
it is 10% in Aug 2025.
I think Dell is just going to keep doing what they are doing until it becomes painfully obvious that something is wrong. Right now, I don't think it's painful enough. People are stating that they have to do more with less but this just keeps on getting worse every year. All companies are hoping that AI will allow them to cut personnel.
@d1 do what I did - ask for it :-)
How do I make sure I'm one of those 25%ers? I spend most of my working hours avoiding all work by walking around RR looking busy and occupied. All I want to do is get my severance and get unemployment which is my right.
I think a big problem is that most of Dell’s backend employees aren’t really prepared to deal with customers. They’re mainly hired to manage internal teams, which is easier since they’re in control. But honestly, if you ask any of them to face customers, they’d quickly realize how challenging it is for the people actually driving the business. Unfortunately, Dell puts a lot of focus on backend processes and mechanisms to push frontline employees to deliver results.
There are excessive backend staff and managers assigned to monitor frontend employees' work, which tends to undermine morale instead of supporting it. Dell would benefit from placing more trust in the frontend teams to lead the company’s progress. It might be worthwhile for Dell to consider moving some backend managers and individual contributors into frontend roles, where they can have a more direct and meaningful impact. This approach represents the best way forward.
The company places considerable emphasis on retaining roles centered around backend processes and internal tooling, primarily to monitor employee performance. Simultaneously, it assigns oversight responsibilities to those already committed to moving the business forward—often under challenging conditions. In my view, this approach offers limited value and can erode trust within the organization.
It's incredibly demoralizing that the company continues to retain people who offload their work onto others just to meet their own KPIs—especially when their roles don't even contribute directly to bringing in business or adding real value to the company.
I wouldn’t be shocked if they eventually close the Round Rock and OKC offices. I saw it coming years ago, back when people were clueless about it. Seven years ago, when they axed my department, I knew I was onto something, and each year, as more departments shut down, it confirmed my suspicions. It’s always the same excuse: “We need to cut costs.” If that’s not greed, then what the he-l is it? My department brought in millions for Dell each year. If they believe AI will be the backbone of their services, they’re in for a surprise—people want to speak with real native speakers.
On a different note, the AI bo-m will likely fade by 2027/2028. Companies will shift from large language models (LLMs) to scalable, less resource-intensive models (requiring fewer GPUs and less memory), favoring specialized SLM solutions, likely with a central AI coordinating various specialized SLMs.
This is fake news
The master plan is to have just managers supervising 20-40 agentic AI bots be the entire Dell workforce. Anything requiring hands on the hardware or face to face contact with customers will be outsourced.
That'll be ~50% in 4 years. Great company, great family.