I went back to work a few months ago, and what I’ve seen is heartbreaking and infuriating. Most of the team is gone, and the way it happened is outright unethical. The best people were put on PIPs and eliminated. How? Simple: the harder you work, the more mistakes you make and the more “productive” you appear so you get canned.
Now we’re left with people afraid to work hard, terrified of PIPs. Productivity has tanked, and the top talent, the people who could get another job in a heartbeat are already gone. Dell is the textbook example of what a company shouldn’t do. And they are dumping everything they can at us, like a stupid gorilla throwing his sh-t at the zoo, and in the end, they’ll probably tell us they can’t find talent and outsource our teams abroad.
The company went global, sure, but at the expense of employees under constant pressure, all for financial decisions. People on my team have emailed upper management about working conditions and treatment. Nothing. Upper management refuses to acknowledge the problem, yet they enforce return-to-office policies while they work from home. Meanwhile, some employees are still on payroll and haven’t touched their computers in ten months.
2025 has been brutal. My paycheck no longer covers my bills. While Wall Street celebrates record profits, the average employee is crushed. After 20+ years at Dell, I’ve never seen management fail so spectacularly at handling layoffs and treating people. I’m done. I’m looking for another job. I can’t watch this abuse continue.
Reposted from @bd+1kdx0h388, an on point post.