Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

@a6 Sure but, why? Dell is a global company and depending on what team you are on or what org you are in, chances are most - if not all - of your coworkers are in other cities, states, or even countries.

In my case, NOBODY on my team goes into the office I'M assigned to. Let alone even lives in the same state. So I'd love to know what the incentive is to go into an office to "collaborate" with coworkers when you are the only "coworker" in that office lol?

Pretty sure the sales folks dgaf about me telling them about how I think our current BGP configs aren't working or how we need to start thinking of ways to have a better OOB connection... Or asking for suggestions on how to better secure the edge network lol...

But hey! Teamwork right?

I was in hospital with chest tubes in, management kept calling me until my wife took phone and told them let me rest. They don't care.

Wow! So much energy spent trying keep working at home and not workingas a team together. Wonder what the real reason is? Lost social skills comes to mind. Kinda like home schoolers going back to campus

@a3 lol well, I do work and I work from home. As an i10. A team player is one who plays with the team, right? So what does it matter if you play with the team via teams or in office, in which nobody ON your team is even in your office?

Am I team player by going into an office in which nobody on my team lives in my state, in which I then just sit at a cube alone and join virtual meetings with my team who live all over the country? Or can I do the exact same thing at home.

Just work as most of us do and don't try to skirt office timiŋg where business is doŋe. Be a team player. The management is not stupid. COVID-19 is gône. Golf is for late afternoon and weekends . Simply as thîs! Your postiňg is rubbish

My advice is to make a bigger deal out of something "minor" and then give a s-b story to your manager. Be careful if your manager is a di-k or hardass but, even if they are... you can technically go straight to HR and ask for it as well. Either way, legally speaking your manager can't ask for "proof" and neither can HR.

The words and stiuplations from Dell simply state that if you have a medical issue or etc... then you need to speak to your manager first.

If you are asking for a medical reason to not go into office and it will be for under 12 months, you are basically guarenteed that with managerial approval but, if you dont think your manager would approve it then just go straight to HR. What HR says is all that matters and in this case, supercedes a manager or even VP for that matter.