It’s worth asking why Dell dominates layoff forums: the highest volume of posts, the most active threads, and some of the most negative employee sentiment on the internet.
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I think the reason Dell dominates layoff forums isn’t mysterious - it’s cultural. We don’t talk about technology, innovation, or improvement. We talk about redundancies, because redundancies are the culture.
From day one, the dominant narrative is layoffs. Not growth. Not learning. Not building. Just who’s next.
I don’t expect a lifetime job anymore - that era is gone. But while people are employed, they want the work to matter. Even if it’s only for a few months, people want to focus on doing good work, not constantly preparing to be cut.
When layoffs are constant and normalized, they stop being an event and become the identity of the company. And culture like that is extremely hard to change - especially when there’s no indication that the cycle of firing will ever stop.
@e6 idk man, even the monitors that are on every desk in offices are pretty fkn solid monitors... Not saying they are "top of the line" but they are solid. Also, does dell even make LCD anymore? That is outdated and trash now lol.
I've had 2 alienware monitors and both were amazing. The monitors I use at work are $300 each and they are 24" monitors. I use a 43" ROG Asus monitor for personal use at home which is far superior to anything dell but, it was also $2500 bucks lol
@cb LCD they gave me and my teammates were joke. Dell used to make solid stuff, now its all cheap hardware and broken firmware.
@aa I disagree. At one point in time, Dell truly was ahead of the game and had the market cornered. My dad worked there from 95-2005 and made millions and millions from their stock splits but, the problem Dell ran into is that they don't innovate. NOTHING they do is "new" or bleeding edge or whatever. I'd say the only place they have a "one-up" on companies is their monitors. Dell DOES make solid monitors. Other than that though? They are lagging behind competitors and offer nothing of interest or anything special to consumers.
Low pay. Bad coffee. Ten years of consistency.
The hierarchy is clear: the more expendable the role, the stricter the RTO enforcement one of several factors pushing the workplace toward full toxicity.
Dell was successful because it was really good at logistics and selling commodity hardware at velocity. It was never a leader in technology. When it acquires good technology companies, it assimilates them to the strategy of selling undifferentiated products at velocity. That’s a race to the bottom for margin and takes all the fun out of working at a technology company. Michael sells himself as a tech visionary but he was never that. He’s always been a good businessman.
so leave!!
In the best of times it was a mid company. It didn't just turn bad 5y ago.
MD has not been relevant in over a decade.
Dell is closer to AOL than AI.
Constant layoffs for 5 years. If you stay, there is no real talk of what is happening.
The 1 ply is rubbing me raw
When people feel invisible and disposable they stop caring. And when they stop caring, they start posting. That’s why Dell dominates layoff forums. It’s the threat of constant layoffs.