I’ve been in corporate for eight years now and learned the hard way that extra effort doesn’t lead to better rewards. When I pushed myself, I got small raises and more unpaid tasks. Now I focus on staying steady, doing what’s needed, and nothing more. Last year I barely stood out and still got a better raise than the years I gave everything. Makes no sense. I’m putting everything I can into savings so I can walk away from all of this on my own terms.
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@gj Yeah and it sure as heck ain't gonna be me that picks up that garbage.
same here. at most 2-3 hours a day. it's fine and dandy until they start reducing head count in your group: that work now needs to be picked up by someone else.
I did less than 10h a week. I even went out to find a 2nd part-time job becasue I felt so bored during the week day. Sometimes I was just thinking those who got laidoff in this company was working less than 10h a week? Otherwise why they can't survive from layoff.
Now I am working at different company with 8 hours/day, 5days/week. Busy than before but I feel happier and secure.
Dell is not going to fly.
How it usually goes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l6sFdJDM_9U
Busted my @ss one year in times similar to today, grabbed a shovel and was a real team player. Got a performance rating of 3 on a 5 scale. Next year I did a couple of meaningless but visible 6 sigma type projects and told my overworked co workers to go pound sand. Got the highest possible rating, promotion, options and a fat raise. That's classic Dell.
This is literally the idea behind Quiet Quitting/working your wage. I've been this way for years now once I also determined that going above and beyond just got you hammered back down with more work and no reward.
Interestingly, it works exceptionally well at Dell. When I was an ISAE in MB, for more than 2 years I made exactly 20 calls per day, but each and every single dial was pulled from an excel document I created that had all my clients with a phone tree that never went anywhere. So I'd spend an hourish every morning with my phone on mute dialing phone trees to make sure the dial metric was ok, then I'd go and do real business with actual customers via email.
I never did any prospecting whatsoever. Fu-k that sh-t.
I pencil-whipped my leads. I never watched a training video and just marked it as completed.
I never put any customer info into SFDC and did the bare minimum of pipeline work just to get DIDs when needed.
After years of this nobody said a single word and I recently got promoted into a new role where I basically do the same thing. I'm getting paid more than I ever have before as a X-X-4.
The funny part is my attainment is in the lower half of the upper third of my department, so I'm "ki-ling it" on paper, but if they knew how much time I spent sat in my home office smoking blunts, je-king off, and playing games they'd fire me in an instant lmaooo.
Quiet quitting is the best way forward @ Dell. I barely work and have managed to fly under the radar for the last 2+ years. Average day, I put in about 2 hours in front of the PC, I estimate that I work a total of 10-15 hours a week. I have recieved larger than average pay increases vs my peers and my focus has shifted towards family and personal well being. If you are still a Dell employee, try doing the below the bare minimum. I am cutting back on my hours for the second half, sub 10 hours a week is my goal.
I go to work with a IDGAF attitude.
See recent Ford postings for my complete thoughts. Once I totally stopped caring after a decade of over performing and stagnant career opportunities my career soared. I would come to meetings totally unprepared, walk out and take phone calls CEO style ...at that point they knew I was one of them...current senior level professional
You should try quiet quitting. I received raises that didn't even match the inflation rate for years. In 2024 I started doing just enough to stay out of trouble. Got a 17% raise.
You need to max out savings when times are both good and bad.
These days, with uncertainty in Tech, people need to save like never before.
always invest in yourself first and foremost.
But don't be disheartened with the corporate world. Dell is an especially terrible low tier outfit.
it's below standards in every way.