If yes, how long did it take for you to recover?
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@pht Sounds like you left before we entered into the downward spiral that has turned this place into total sh-tshow. Be glad you left when you did.
I left DELL/EMC 11 years from today. I am still inconsolable, greiveing and shellshocked from my misstep.
Whoever posed this question obviously hasn't left yet. My answer is f'ck Yeah!
The only thing I miss about Dell is the wage and a handful of people I worked with while there. The new role I have ends at 4pm every day with the attitude that the work will still be there tomorrow so no need to join calls after hours. Weekend work is frowned upon and if you're working outside your core hours then you're doing something wrong.
A lot of your happiness in Dell is down to who your manager or senior leader is. The big problem towards the end of my time there was there were no roles to move into.
I feel like a new person ever since leaving Dell. It took me about 5 months to go from barely hanging on to life to cherishing every moment I have now. I'm in awe what I've been able to do for myself after choosing to leave Dell.
"Don’t let those that have been with the company 10+ years try to convince you otherwise"
reminds me of a comedian's bit: "misery loves it company. You never see the trapped flies wave other flies from the sticky paper."
When I was there the most insufferable were the dell-lifers. I died a bit when I saw them bring in rotationals or jrs for tutelage.
I screamed so loud secretly inside "run out of here and dont look back"
I never realized how hard the hours worked and weekend on calls were… not for me but my wife. She is fortunate enough to have a job that is pretty much 8-4 everyday.
She never complained when, during the lockdown, about the times I was at my home office desk and she had to bring me a plate of food for dinner. It seems I was never on time for an afterwork appt or meeting. I’ll never forget the time that I was nearly fired for not taking an on-call weekend because my sister was getting married. The boss knew about this four months in advance.
On my last day, a Saturday, I promised to be home on time. And I was. She met me at the door dressed like we were going to a fancy restaurant. She hugged me being careful not o muss her makeup (An inside joke) the scent of her perfume was soon taking a backseat to another of my favorite aromas. She had spent the day making my favorite dish, lasagna with home baked bread and carrot cake for dessert.
I started a new Job a month later. Lower pay, but better hours. That following Saturday I made her favorite dinner.
It’s funny, but it took a layoff to get me to realize what a lousy job I had but more importantly, what a lucky man I am to have such a wife.
100 times better. Haven't felt better for the past 25 years. :-)
10x better since leaving Dell. You don’t realize how bad it is there until you leave. Don’t let those that have been with the company 10+ years try to convince you otherwise because they don’t want to feel/look like fools for sticking around.
@d4 - I dont need it… yet. But at this rate, I may have to.
The stress of the Dell job before the layoff was bad. It’s not easy right now trying to find something full time. I am working a part time job at Home Depot which is kind of fun and I meet some nice people, customers and employees. But I don’t see it as a long term thing.
@cz I have yet to find a new job but I must be doing better. I overheard my five year old daughter tell her grandmother (my MIL) “Mommy isn’t grumpy anymore”.
I asked my husband and he said for the year before I was laid off he felt like he had to tread carefully for the first couple of hours after I got home.
I can’t believe I put my family through that.
I am still stressed about getting a new job.
@cz lots of cialis on hand
Retired.
I feel free.
Able to watch football on Sunday without thinking about Monday.
My doctor has said I can stop taking my blood pressure medication.
I feel like I’m back in my 30s se-----y. I can perform anytime my wife is in the mood and since I stopped coming home stressed out - she wants to make love more often.
i live in an asylum right now and i could not be happier..
100% mentally happier. I am sleeping more, I've been going to the gym everyday, reconnecting with friends and family more, just relieved. It took me a couple of weeks to unwind from the Dell culture I have been a part of for 16 years, but I feel better. My only pressure now is finding another job which is a stressor, but not nearly like anything I felt from Dell.
not really. No new job yet and things weren't so bad at Dell.
Yes, never been better. Dell cannot make it's mind up with Organization structure. It is all over the place with bi-yearly restructure. It's an excuse for WFR.
I did enjoy my time with Dell, thanks to the good people i met and worked with.
I appreciated the investments made in coming with with reports and tools.
I think the downfall is the lack of strategy. Investments made for additional headcounts on WSG, that is a low margin business unit.
The uncertainly to when my time is "up" affected my mental health.
I was glad to be out of this circus..
yes, the day after being laid off!
Yes, while at Dell my physical and mental health took a hit, my personal life was affected as the days and hours I had to work and travel were significantly eroding my family and personal life. The excitement and joy working at Dell was eaten away as all the work, politics and atmosphere was grinding on me. I spoke to others and they said that word was perfect, they too felt Dell was grinding on them. It took 3 months for me not to jolt awake in the morning, lose my breath thinking I was late for work or I had forgotten something. It was six months before I allowed myself to go back to my hobbies and start enjoying life again. It has been a wonderful change and my life has improved significantly. I've gone back to young adulthood, paddleboarding, running, reconnecting with old friends, deepening my relationships with my children and rest of my family, and really embracing all life now offers me. There is life after Dell. Dell is transforming and it sounds like that transformation does not have any fans for those doing the hard work and heavy lifting. My advice is ... life is short, figure out what you need to do, then go do it while having fun and fulfilling yourself. Dell may not be the place you need to do it at.
Mental, physical and financial all improved.
20 years at the shop and I had optimism until the “integration” and then all the Legacy/Heritage infighting blew it all away.
Finally, I was broken and didn’t know any better. Waking up dreading the day and it affected my home life. My health deteriorated and my soul was crushed. I welcomed a WFR and quiet quit once it became apparent that was the path laid out before me.
I still care for a lot of my old compadres and hope Dell turns it around for their sake. If offered a boomerang, I wouldn’t dare to take it. Not after having been on the outside now.
Yes and Yes.
It was pure misery working there. Never been to a company where it had an active disdain for its employees.
What made it worse is how dell is so low-budget but they keep on trying to gas light people into thinking it was more.
this is true:
"You don’t realize how bad Dell is until you get out"
I left last year and it's 100 times better right now. i am making 20% less but my quality of life is 500% better and the stress levels are super low.
it took me 6 months to recover.
Laid off spring 2023 after 9 years in sales at Dell. It took 3 months to find a new job in tech sales at a slightly smaller, but less toxic, tech company. Pay is better, work life balance is better, and the level of respect I get was a head spinning difference. You don’t realize how bad Dell is until you get out. I appreciate what I learned there and the life changing money I made right out of college, but don’t linger too long like I did. Dell doesn’t appreciate you.