Been in the company 20 years, never known anything like this. It's been constant uncertainty for 2+ years. There are team members who have joined in the last two years that have only experienced churn, uncertainty. The execs are ripping the heart of the company. Employee loyalty is being destroyed, seems like the company is self destructing driven by incompetent execs who need to come out of their Ivory towers and get back to basics.
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As a long time employee it’s sad to see what an empty husk this place has become. Used to be a fun place to work, teams worked hard, customers were happy. Then something shifted in 2020 - all the best leaders quit and it’s become an endless low morale brain drain with the worst possible leadership. Yet another once strong business ruined by MBA “consultants” who would mug their own grandma to make a buck.
Cultural toxicity cascades from higher levels. Senior execs set the tone or worse, tolerate the toxic leadership behaviour of their direct reports. I call them the smiling as-----ns.
Dell is the most toxic place to work. It’s filled with ego driven execs who think their failures are someone else’s fault. It’s pathetic and sad. The company is pathetic and sad.
Work on yourself first and foremost. Don’t put in extra hours. If there’s a gap that needs filling then that’s Dell’s problem and let them fix it. I’ve just seen highly competent colleagues, who regularly went above and beyond, get laid off.
The best thing you can do for the young guys coming up is to make them aware of this site. Don’t swallow the “Dell Family” diatribe.
Reality is Dell bit off more than they could chew when bought EMC. The golden egg of EMC was VMware and what did Dell do they sold it! Why because they were over 42 billion in debt and VMware was only division worth anything. Why because VMware was software company hardware was out with Compaq LOL!
For some of us, the uncertainty started in 2001 and was disruptive to productivity and your health for predictable intervals thereafter. Some events were larger than others. I had my 15 minute script reading after 21 years. There is life after Cisco, but the culture in the company is far from what it used to be. The sense of pride isn’t what it used to be. Cisco is still an industry respected company from the outside, but it doesn’t carry the same level of respect it once did for those who are now on the outside.
Feel bad for individuals that roll up to the new vp of sales in DTS. Talk about a micro managing fool drunk on a power trip.
Dell has been the worst tech company for a long time. The implosion was imminent
I have worked for various companies in various industries and can honestly say this has to be to most toxic place I have ever worked.
The last few years things have become so bad I honestly cannot see any light at the end of the tunnel.
Nothing but take take take take and kicking people when they are down.