RTO - Just some clear reasons that this is good - post regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

RTO - Just some clear reasons that this is good

Short post and ready to be flamed.

I have worked from home for a decade with Dell and support work from home as a whole. It is far more productive for me and the customers we manage. So does some of the team.

But I am not the problem.

The problem is the 10 other staff I need to work with + new hires that we had added over the WFH period. They dont have the same drive we do, they dont care as much and they arent doing the work.

Their manager is also not around and they have no direction, were hired in WFH and are terrified of meeting customers or talking to partners.

So my team of WFH capable people who are doing the work well are now carrying the work of the WFH people who arent. Each of us plugging holes for the missing managers and the incapable team members that are occupying roles.

As much as a conspiracy theory fiction is that this all about forcing people to quit, managers who know their teams already know who is MIA and they will be the ones tasked with showing face and being vocal in the office. There is no grand scheme to cut staff, this is to get people engaging or not. But leaving your work colleagues to carry the load whilst you are doing the bare minimum to tick a box is no longer a thing.

Massive supporter of WFH. But also not a supporter of doing the work of 4 others that are having a lend.

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Sounds like you’re blaming WFH for what is actually a management problem. The new hires don’t suck because they work at home, they suck because their managers are d-mb as a bag of rocks and because we do not offer competitive salaries so the smart people who have options go elsewhere.
Yes, most of our team’s new hires during the last few years were also useless, but it was because our managers were hiring their friends instead of people who knew how to do the work and had no idea how to train or delegate because they were painfully unqualified to be people leaders.

Going back to the office is not going to magically make these managers know how to manage or bring salaries to a competitive level. Intelligent people have vastly better options and the management at Dell is so corrupt that even if the perfect candidate applied, they’d pick their d-mbo friends for the jobs instead.

You are not wrong in some cases but you think going into the office will make d-mb people smarter?

Nobody is a high performer in Dell. You will be rode bare back.... smarten yourself up and please recognise this fact. You are a foot soldier like everyone else...and instantly replaceable. You are also paid below market. Dont be a fool

What group do you work in? Lots of down votes because you’re generalizing is my guess. Understand your frustration, so give regional or org info please

My God. You stink of classic elitism and a martyr complex. "I am a high performer carrying the load of others on the team."
Get over yourself. Your dribbling in the minors not NBA

My biggest objection is Dell did not return things pre pandemic: buildings and employee amenities

Lets use car analogy
Pre pandemic everyone got an old Buick. Dell during the pandemic told eveyrone they will no longer need that Buick to do their job and took it to the swap and hawked it for parts. While you were giving them free internet, electricity, office space from your home

now they are saying we need you back and make due with this jalopy we have left over.

chrry on top is they do it under the guise of "you asked for this"

Big hole in your support. Those grater than 1 hour commute are excluded. We have new hires and jr team members who are excluded because of this

whereas senior and qualified people have to waste up to 2 hours a day driving in for a meeting or two.

yes i agree this is not some cordinated effort to wean staff. Dells turnover is already higher than industry so as long as they freeze hiring the burn rate is sufficient

I agree. Some good will come of this. Also there are a lot of people taking this all too seriously. I am a high performer in my role and I know I will not be asked to return to the office. If it is forced upon me I will go high perform for someone else.

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