Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

I dont care, i like my direct manager, but my anger and frustration is stronger so i am going to give brutal feedback - be honest and have no mercy

Tell Dell is a good opportunity to be clear. That employees are not happy. For years we have always been told we have to take it. Push to take it early so the managers get Credit and make sure to give them all high scores because it's important for them.

I've never had a manager tell the team to be honest. If everyone is honest and scores truly reflect the need for change maybe they will actually listen.

I urge people not to boycott Tell Dell.
It’s not the best way to give feedback but upper management seems to believe it.
Remember, if they don’t get a response they will assume everything is okay and continue to stay the course.
I haven’t seen the format, but if there are places to put comments, use them. Be specific about your gripes.
Just don’t insult people by referring to them by disparaging names. I, for one, will put something in about how I expect people pulling in more than a million a year they should dress better than t-shirts that a middle schooler wouldn’t think are clever.

Either that or they WFR your manager and your team gets absorbed into other teams.

Tell Dell isn't normally about Dell.
I think it was only last year they introduced a section where they ask your opinion about the company (so ELT) itself, otherwise it's a tool to evaluate managers.
If they get poor scoring (where "poor" means anything other than 9 and 10, another BS metrics only a re--rd could conceive), managers will be asked to have dedicated sessions with the team (so extra BS for you, too) where they should analyse what led to that score and define a "recovery plan" to improve their scoring next year.

Same manager as bellow. TD is anonymous however you can cut the results by country.

If you report to a manager who has reports from multiple countries it’s pretty easy to work out who’s who.

We get completion reports but we cannot see who did and didn’t fill it out. We also can’t tell who gave what answers but usually the nature of the complaint and the way it’s written give it away.

Your answers are anonymous, your participation is not. Boycott TD at your peril, they will know.

As always, answer the questions in a manner you wish it to reflect how you feel about your manager but make your feedback in the comments section. I’m always very honest!

It really su-ks your manager gets sc--wed with Dell is a Good Place to Work part if your manager is great. I mean, I don't want to take this thing. This company su-ks in so many ways. They rig this friggin thing so even though you want to bash exec level you really end up also bashing your manager, or not taking it is a hit to your manager as well. This is some propaganda BS tactics from the German 40's right here.

I’m a manager. Can confirm the “is dell a good place to work” question definitely roles up to your direct manager as well as the manager section.

If you have a good manager boycotting TD will also hurt them as it decreases their denominator. It’ll mean any negative scores from other people will increase in weight as your score is no longer there to offset it.

If you have a good manager but aren’t happy with the direction give good scores but bad comments. A good manager will drive fixes with your words but won’t be punished with your scores.

I doubt TD is anonymous anyway.

It my belief that if you slam the ELT, it's seen as your managers fault because they are messaging properly.

My manager got bad scores/feedback and had the nerve to ask us who gave him the poor feedback.

Well.... if he was a good manager he would be getting positive scores. Talk about mo--ns!

Don't respond to Tell Dell Survey. They obviously are not reacting to all the great feedback being received. The company is only getting the 'check mark' so they can maintain PR.

When the time comes, your manager will not hesitate to put you on the list, set up the 1x1, read the script, hand you off to the WFR Operations generic mailbox, move on with their life and barely give you a second thought. It doesn't matter how many years you have worked with them or if they are a "good guy" or not.

Just be honest on the questions and let the chips fall where they may.

The "Dell is a great place to work" question 100% affects your immediate manager which truly isnt fair if you have a great
manager who empathizes with you about all the senior leadership mo--nic decisions.

Youre kind of left with a dilemna if you want to be honest.....rate that question bad and it hurts your manager or just not do it at all so that the wrong people dont get punished. Make no mistake its made that way on purpose so senior leadership has no accountability

You leave negative, they strike out to your nearest skip. Meaning its obvious the manager is not doing the correct dell indoctrination

and the manager will put a stranglehold on the team for not being indoctrinated enough.
literally beat them till the morale improves

either way dell spins it ignores it and spins it to their favour