Leadership is clueless

I am working in a global function, but my employment is not within the United States territory. I attend on a daily basis many meetings which span across various departments—Sales, GBO, Marketing, CoC. What I have observed during the last five years is a significant degradation in leadership behavior. The use of data has shifted—not to create transparency, but rather to generate confusion. Continuously, they request further cuts of the data, not for driving decisions forward, but rather to postpone action and cover the lack of decisiveness.

Many SVPs and VPs spend much energy in asking the lower-level colleagues about the problems, yet they themselves do not contribute any innovative thought or concrete solution proposal to the discussion. It is, frankly speaking, a demonstration of complete intellectual emptiness among those who should lead.

I am also in a senior position, but I try to not be a burden to others—I do not ask nonsense questions and I do not create work which has no value. My continued presence in the company is only due to my proximity to retirement. Secretly, I hold the hope to be selected for WFR with a generous financial package. My annual compensation is less than 10 percent compared to my full net worth, therefore I am no longer concerned about what impact this firm might leave on my professional legacy. However, for those who are in their 20s, 30s, even in their early 40s, remaining in this company at this critical juncture in the technology sector can only be described as career su----e.

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"They haven't told us what is the endgame."

This is because they don't even have a plan beyond wfr until earnings per share hit some arbitrary number and damn the long term consequences.

I worry that countries that control dell manufacturing will take over those sites

@OP Very well written, and very insightful. It is good to be in a position being near to retirement, and able to aford to retire with a few million in savings and a mortgage paid off, no car loans, no credit card balances. BUt still not wanting to be forced out by some young, unskilled person from a certain SW Asia country with a ake resume. "Oh, look - I worked for TaTa motors (just like everyone else). You'd think the Execs and Managers would be smart enough to see all the identical resumes. Of course, the ones actually hiring are from the same place, and only care about hiring their own country folk and moving them to the U.S.

What is needed is someone in your position - financially able to be done, even without the Severance - to take Dell to court for age discrimination and racial discrimination. Dell is counting on no one being in a financial position to sue them. Worst case - they will settle out of court for more than the severance would have been. The key is to take it to court so they get exposed. If only someone would do that.....

nobody cares

Your observance and your perception of what is happening will be misleading. They haven't told us what is the endgame. They never will. You won't know until the firings have stopped and you notice the people around you are still there. It isn't fun at all.

This has been very obvious to those who were watching.
Dell in of itself is a dying brand. Leadership has been irrelevant for over 10y.
MD himself is a grifter. From pumping wfh to now rto to next AI

In a time when companies expanded, dell contracted. Even liquidating land/buildings and cutting employee amenities.

Why couldn't you just say that 'the place su-ks?'

Had the exact same experience the last 2 years I worked there, it was terrible. Also had a senior position and what you describe is 100% true. Then I got WFR'd in 2023, best thing that could have happened. :)

@am

More like a disgruntled ex Dell employee posting stuff and using AI.

This sounds like AI

Now 50% of employees in this company are waiting for WFR.
the other 50% of employees

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