Here's the thing. Dell isn't going to suddenly start caring about you. Accept that. Then use it. They offer education benefits? Max them out. Training programs? Sign up for every one. Tuition reimbursement? Take every dollar. Upgrade your skills as much as you can on their dime. Take on responsibility, not because they'll reward you, but because it makes your resume stronger. Then you have two paths. Path one, you become so marketable that you can leave for a better job with better pay. Path two, you become so essential that they keep you when the cuts come. Either way, you're in control. Stop waiting for them to be good to you. Use them.
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We were expected to resolve VMWare problems, but not allowed to take classes. Our manager said if we took classes we would quit. Told him yes, get paid more, put up with less cr-p and probably have better management
Its too late "its over Johnny"
Dell hasn't pulled back from any of those programs. They're corporate wide initiatives. If your manager doesn't support them, that's a leadership failure which Dell is full of.
Dell has pulled back on a lot of those benefits now. But nice idea though. Dell su-ks!
"seen the best in all areas of IT" --- those people have been doing the same job for 20 years and never had any incentive to improve. That's why we've been stuck with legacy sh---y systems. That is about to change. Get onboard with learning new tools and automating or find another job by this time next year! Same goes for managers as well.
Nope... in my role i have seen the best in all areas of IT... the people that keep the lights on in a crisis be canned...management at all levels are given financial targets to cut and try to keep as many direct reports as possible to keep their own position hoping sh1t will be brought back online by pure luck with L1 support.