Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

According to Steve Young jobs are not safe.
We are setting ourselves up for job losses by driving customers online.
The next few quarters will be more cuts.

Push to move all orders to online/frictionless mode is a real 1 of 3 top priorities.for JC. The other two being one global order platform which includes subscription capability and the last being getting off SAP/MyQuotes. All are being sought by end of year. While all cannot be achieved withing the timeframe with singular Dell Digital resource that cannot grow to meet the needs, but the writing is on the wall. May not be Feb 24, but is soon thereafter. JC asks for the sun and then settles for the moon in the stipulated timeline. So still comes out ahead.
How do you interpret the push for 100% online/frictionless transactions and what it means presales, I can say for sure, but where there is smoke, there is fire.
Preparing for a major wfr in Feb and again in August 2024 are very reasonable to expect. New headcount is not getting approved in sales unless the org first shows growth. HC for growth is no longer an option.

Completely removing presales doesn't make sense. Even in a "channel first" strategy, you're going to need support for partners. Most partners are still not going to be "experts" in all things Dell. They're going to need back end support.

@pbl+1ofqkD8V, don't know what you mean to be that high up to know the strategy. I know it just like OP. Either you trust it or not. You are apparently not high up enough to know anything of what is going on.

@mky+1ofqkD8V just because you don't know anything doesn't mean that others don't. Back to your cave.

Reeks of BS. Why on earth would they remove presales? And how high up do you have to be to know the strategy 6 months from now? And if you are that high up, why would you be posting on here?

Yep.. and tons of AI talk.. but yes, this sounds about right.

AI + partners to reduce our direct sellers

This sounds about right. I see the IT changes and online push daily and with the new modifier sales will not be pushing back on the online inevitability anymore, unless they want less pay. Our org (support) is still doing WFR in Sept and many will be let go.

smells fishy like someone that was let go

there is nothing that anyone outside of very few people that certainly do not post here would know what the plan for Feb'24 are and anyone but competition would love to hear the message - so I believe it's from "I was dell but now work for and here I come"

maybe the case for laptops perhaps ... I can't speak to that.

consider yourself informed.

Are there any plans to inform us officially about massive WFR in Feb24? At least a heads up?

So time to start looking for a new job, so when Feb24 comes I’m ready

Offline quoting?

Correct, offline quoting in DSA will be gone in Q1.

Maybe 50 % layoff is the best option