I found a new job and finally gave my notice. I gave them no advanced warning just as they have done to us over the past 2 years. My boss, a true piece of work called me at home to ask me what was going on. We had a tough conversation and he told me that it did not matter if I quit because Dell did not really want the work I produced. He said they were not replacing me or anyone one that has been fired. He believes that he can retrain our team to become something different by forcing us to take cert after cert but we all know this does not work and you simply become a paper tiger and get burned out over time. He is simply trying to save himself at the expense of employees under him but it will not work and he will be fired just like the rest of his employees.
Here is a list of things I saw indicate you are no longer wanted at Dell
Remote employees with all the baggage
Teams frequently moved from manager to manager
Manager gives pets in the group accolades and treat everyone else like sh!t to cause distrust among team members
No regard to actual work, only care about tasks assigned by management
Large amounts of training and certs with difficult time limes that have nothing to do with the work you do
Large sections of the country with support from you group
Remove the required tools needed to complete your job (development/Test labs)
Useless activity tracking that can be easily manipulated