Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

Micahel the only thing "alive" is our will to survive your mandates till we get hired somewhere else.

Sounds like the “sense of urgency” mantra of the past couple of decades. No one could define it but they knew it when it was missing.

Current manager here; everyone posting here is spot on. No one has any motivation due to the senseless actions being taken. The company is being destroyed. The Excutive leadership truly has their heads in the sand.

Which managers? Then ones that good team members had a long standing working relationship with for which many were happy to go the extra mile for, whom you just demoted/WFR'd? Or the Managers who now 'manage' these team members from a completely different continent and will fail to get the best of the people who work 'under' them? Remember, we can't collaborate in the office with these remote managers either...

Nobody in Dell has any motivation anymore so you can take your 'Alive' and stick it. Your 'leaders' have bled the company dry of any positivity. I hope as many people as possible quiet quit and continue to be a drain on your payroll until you WFR them at the company's cost.

While the world innovates around and past you Mike, it’s hard to feel ”alive” when you and your COO pedal a strategy of “same as last year” and then couple that with thousands of WFRs of really good/innovative/smart folks. Millions of $$ spent on consultants like Bain & internal company execs to literally copy and paste a strategy! A day late and a dollar short as usual…..

After knowing my manager for almost 20 years in various roles in finance, it was surreal to hear him reading the WFR script to me in an emotion-choked monotone. Didn't seem too lively on that day.

Like beating a Dead Horse

“Alive” managers? You mean the ones who nod enthusiastically while the ship sinks? Got it.

Dell and EMC once thrived on bold leadership and real innovation not fear-based mandates and mass layoffs disguised as strategy. People aren’t stupid, Michael. They see through the forced cheerleading.

You want a company that survives? Try giving employees a reason to believe again. Because right now, the only thing alive is the exodus.

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