It seems like Dell is leaning towards engaging consulting firms that charge 10x more for considerably less output, rather than investing in retaining its in-house talent (whatever is left). I’m curious — is this a broader trend across the company, or has it been like this for a while?
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The consulting firms are a rip. Bunch of kids fresh out of graduate school or with < 5 YOE telling us how to steer the ship. Id--ts aimed us right for the iceberg, and the C suite is too chicken sh-t to call it since theyve dumped cash into it
The consulting firms are a racket. They’ll put a senior member on the project while all the work is done by interns and junior associates.
I thought consulting and contract work had significantly taken a hit since Covid. I haven’t seen or heard of consultants like Accenture in years. My previous team tried to hire consultants but it was denied.
Consulting firms have been embedded at Dell for decades. Kevin Rollins, the only CEO we've had not named Michael Dell, was ex Bain. During the go go years of the 90s and early 2000s, half of Dell's marketing department were former consultants.
they did that in EMC also.
Deloitte, Accenture, HCL, Insight Global, experis, list goes on - all do that to Dell in their own ways for years.
You clearly don't know the history of Dell. Consulting firms have been milking Dell since the beginning of time. I mean dude, Bain at one point was running the entire company.
Pretty sure the consulting costs are tax-deductible.
Common among many "bigs" these days.