It's obviously always a possibility and I'm honestly tired of the stress every 6 fkning months.
I am not in sales, nor an org that generates money if that matters.
Historically we rarely, if ever get hit - other than sales 9/10 times - but that is one thing I do love about FED. We generate a massive amount of money considering the fact we make up a tiny fraction of the company (there are roughly 1657 FED employees. Don't quote me on that but it is between 1650-1690 total employees.) And yes, I know this for a fact.
Like I said, FED has rarely been hit by layoffs and if/when it happens it's typically the sales org for some reason... And sometimes IT - devs specifically. Overall though, for the 6 years I've been in fed I can only think of one person who has been let go, and he was a sr. softeare engineer (a developer.) IMPO, those in the fed department are harder to get rid of for a lot of reasons, and even moreso now that Dell is trying to get rid of remote.
Can't be offshored - MUST be a US citizen and live IN the US. - This is not a Dell choice. This is a government requirement.
As of last year, ALL new roles/positions MUST be local to a job site/office - no future remote hires anymore. Dell has slowly been closing down small satellite offices in the US so that leaves people local to the major offices; which are only a few.
Most people are still wanting a remote or hybrid thing (and there are more than enough jobs out there who offer this) and I mean, having a 5 day onsite policy isn't exactly going to be appealing for a LOT of people.
Background checks/vetting is more expensive for new employees and are done via US government approved BG checking services. Which are more extensive and thourough than what corporate BG checks do.
- Small af teams throughout, so one person being let go on a team can be detrimental
- A LOT of sensitive information that could be leaked by a bitter employee
- As a whole, the entire FED department is tiny as he-l and Dell tends to forget about the majority of us lol - except sales...
TLDR: it's not really beneficial to get rid of FED employees as it's significantly harder to replace them, as fed is not global and there are far less candidates to choose from. Especially now that ALL future roles/positions are on-site only.
Not saying FED is safe from layoffs as I know Sales got hit hard a few years ago but, other than that I can't say I know anybody who's been let go in the last 6 years from any department (minus one person.)