Does anyone feel let down by their Manager or Director? I feel that my experience has definitely been a bit eyebrow raising for me and I expected much more from someone in a leadership position. My Director preachers what good leadership is but the actions NEVER match their words.
Curious about others feedback.
And thank you
Nobody gives a hoot about you! Managers manage people because they have no viable skills! Don’t need them
They all follow the same playbook. Notice if you call them out, they will gaslight you or not respond to your email so they don’t have a paper trail.
How often have you been told that you are lucky to work at Dell?
They never specify what mode of transportation they are measuring the time by.
I'm a 90 minute bicycle ride away. Apparently we're dropping the facade about saving the planet.
My manager solely cares about his MSP. To the point where he talks about it at nausea. You can set your watch by it. Buzzwords and metaphors he will beat to death like a horse, including “we are a family on this team” it’s pathetic. Of course if you don’t hit he won’t even remotely step up for any of his reps. Plays favorites for a handful of sycophants we have on the team. And has driven off over 10 reps in the last 12 months. And guess what? He kisses directors a-s so well he’s probably going to get promoted. Welcome to Dell. Everything is trash and it won’t be getting better. Happy FY26…
My last leader was all lip service. She never did anything she promised. She was late for every one on one but the one when HR was on the phone. She was right on time! She was no leader. She was a manager.
my leader was let go this week so we don't have one currently. NOt sure what is going to happen. Su-ks when bonus/merit is right around the corner.
The issue is leaders who have been here for 10+ years have never done sales in their life or don't realize how things have changed. Sales 10 years ago was great as dell was great ..not today. Sales are tough quotas are unrealistic so people don't make money ...certain leader P...... Q.... Things hes awesome ...he's a micro manager and has no clue how tough most people's jobs are.
I also had a good manager who had been at Dell over 10 years and was a strong advocate for her team members. She always followed policy but made her numbers. Apparently she wasn't ambitious enough for some. I would walk over coals to have her back.
A message must be sent this year, even if the "dell is a great place to work" question that impacts your immediate leader.
Fk this nonsense.....1's across the board
“I find the most disheartening things that happen involve people who have been around for 20+ years who feel entitled”
Keyword in my experience as you mentioned is “entitled”
I’ll add self-centered, apathetic and easily capable of tossing people under the bus when the opportunity to save themselves from their own mistakes arises
Front line managers typically have zero influence on business decisions but are expected to carry out orders regardless of their personal views.
Stop blaming the messenger!
Completely let down. They make business decisions that make zero sense. They pressure you to blindfold your morals, integrity and free thinking and force you to agree with them. Or else. They can turn on you in a heartbeat.
I find the most disheartening things that happen involve people who have been around for 20+ years who feel entitled. To be a people leader, to be promoted, whatever it may be. They have big egos and readily throw anyone under the bus (especially when WFRs come around). Truth is, most people who have been around 20+ years may not be qualified to be people leaders or entitled to everything they want yet they continue to step on anyone they can and kiss ar-e all day long to save themselves. These are the people that should never be leaders and cannot be trusted.
Some of these managers have been in the same role for 10+ years. Keep rehashing old ideas that failed.
There is your problem. There is no leadership at dell.
I make it a point to never trust anyone working there over 10y. It tells me you lack ambition and are okay with being sub standard.
I felt betrayed by my leadership in that I trusted I was in a good organization and that the work we were doing was valuable. I was literally doing more and making more impact than at any previous time in my 20+ year career. It was meaningless because they built an organization that was steered and shaped to the point where it was hit with wave after wave of layoffs that I survived, until the last big restructuring in the summer.
Further, I discovered that the way they structured our roles, the responsibilities, duties, business priorities, etc. were not valued in the marketplace. I had to focus mostly on my experience from 10 years ago, before Dell turned into a dystopian hellhole, to craft a good story and sell myself as a candidate. I think my managers meant well, but they drove is into a damn ditch, and it didn't matter how hard i worked or what impact i was making.
I told my manager why don't we do something about what's happening? Why should we all be miserable? I was told. Maybe it's time for you find another job at another company if you are unhappy. They don't care about us because their bosses don't care about them.
My manager has been at the company for over 20 years. I don’t feel it is new management specifically. Feel the same.
Frequent a snake pit. Get bitten by snakes. That’s about the size of it people…
I had good managers up until a year ago. They laid off my manager who advocated for us and for remote work and replaced that person with a "yes" man. New management rides the company line. Right now, they won't do anything to advocate for me staying remote (I'm just beyond the hour commute) and has stated that we are expected to work in the office for at least 6 hours each day. No exceptions. No workarounds. No postponing past March 3rd.