I've seen a few people promoted into new roles recently. Can someone make it make sense? We've let go of some really good people only to promote some others into their roles who definitely aren't what I would consider competent enough in these areas.
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‘ The ppl let go probably made $100k+/year and the person promoted to replace them hot a hefty raise to $80k/year and is happy to have it.’
Bingo!
As far as raises go, there’s only 2 reasons you get less than everyone else. 1) you already make alot more, so a small % to you is equivalent to someone elses high % at a much lower salary. 2) your manager thinks you did not add as much value for that year as your other teammates.
That’s it.
@d8
"Been with the company nearly 19 years. Got a recent 3.3% raise while many of my colleagues who have been here less time, have less experience, and produce less sales results, got 8%+ increases and promoted to Senior level roles in their position. It makes no sense."
It makes perfect sense. Someone who has been at the same company for 19 years will most likely never leave on their own. Consider yourself lucky that you got a raise at all.
Been with the company nearly 19 years. Got a recent 3.3% raise while many of my colleagues who have been here less time, have less experience, and produce less sales results, got 8%+ increases and promoted to Senior level roles in their position. It makes no sense. My team exceeded our quota in 2HFY25 by over 28% so I was not an underperformer.
Kissing a-s and being a shameless self promoter has always been the main way to get ahead at Dell. Being a DEI pick is helpful too.
Hiring new employees is costly for IT companies, and Dell incurs significant expenses when recruiting new talent. However, replacing younger workers with older ones offers no financial benefit. A young tech support recruit can lead to losses in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in their initial years due to training and onboarding costs and dispatching costs. The salary difference between younger and older employees doesn’t offset these hidden expenses, yet Dell appears to pursue this strategy.
Each time Dell lays off staff, it loses valuable expertise. Replacing experienced workers with younger ones delays knowledge recovery, and rapid turnover deters top talent while lowering the company’s Net Promoter Score (NPS). The talent drain at Dell is remarkable. Entire departments vanished because management struggled to lead their teams effectively. For instance, a few years ago, the L3 software team in Round Rock resigned en masse over a salary disparity with the Oklahoma City team. Consequently, the Round Rock team was completely lost, and Dell never rebuilt it.Every member of this team who left Dell has gone on to become an IT director—without exception. Dell attracts talent but struggles to keep them due to issues like stagnant wages, lack of promotions, and micromanagement, resulting in a continuous loss of skilled employees.
I saw a guy go from isr to ae and he was HORRIBLE at presentations. I remember when it was announced I was like... good luck to the isr who get stuck woth that guy. He was 24. Never had a real job before dell and could present info to his team of isrs properly. I left before that was realized and I often wonder about him now haha hope I was wrong!
Theres one person in my group recently promoted from IC to manager. They are good at managing up but were absolutely detested by their staff last time they had a manager role. This will not end well for anyone involved and yet a few more people will probably be let go before someone recognises who the actual problem is.
The ppl let go probably made $100k+/year and the person promoted to replace them hot a hefty raise to $80k/year and is happy to have it.
The play favorites game. I saw it in my group. Promotions going to friends. It is the Dell way.
No. It’s impossible to make any sense of the decisions being made today at Dell. You have the worst set of leaders I’ve ever seen here. Not just a couple of a few. All of them. That’s why we have such poor decision making.