Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

I have no team members on the same continent as me nevermind the same city. I worked remote prior to covid, as did most of the team. We don't need to collaborate face to face with eachother or with other teams. We have virtual team meetings and those of us who work remotely flex to join the team outside of our normal hours so that this meeting can happen with most of the team. If we are forced back into the office this collaboration will not happen any more as I will not flex outside of core hours. So please don't give us this RTO for better collaboration BS because one size does not fit all. Allow managers to MANAGE their teams, they know what gets best results and are certainly the ones who get punished when those results are poor.

Before the RTO I actually followed the soft mandate and showed up a couple times a week. Then because others didn't, I was punished.

I'd prefer to just come and go as needed. If I'm in Hopkinton and in meetings with Taiwan, Bangalore, and Texas all day why do I need to be onsite?

I completely agree. When your team, customers, and manager are spread out geographically, being in an office with people from different departments doesn’t make sense. It adds unnecessary downsides for employees and hampers actual productivity. This situation highlights how out of touch senior leaders are with the realities faced by workers.

The company is imposing return-to-office mandates without investing in their employees. All the risk and costs fall on us, including expenses for gas, tolls, food, and attire, while we don’t even have our own space or private cubicles. It feels like the company is indifferent to its workers’ well-being and mental health. Profits over people has been the hard line in the sand.

the RTO is a joke. the people around me are so loud. even with noise cancelling headphones I could hear a lady talking about her weekend to a peer in way too much detail for over half an hour. I could not talk on a conf call because everyone heard this lady. mgmt does not care if it is too loud. if we have to rto, bring back the larger private cubes and assign them.

When your team and your customers and your manager are geographically dispersed, there are no actual reasons to go sit in an office with strangers from some other line of business. It is all downside for the employee and for actual productivity. It shines a light on just how disconnected the seniors leaders are from the workers.

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I want an explanation on why anyone should RTO. Is there one? Everything I've heard so far is platitudes and nonsense. We are a global company, not a bike shop”

Because they want to force attrition. And until they get to the number they want (80k), they will continue to tighten the RTO sc--w. 3 days will become 5. Start tracking minimum hours at the office. And demand remotes RTO even if that requires relocation.

If we were still EMC we could RTO, because we had offices to RTO to. Dell never had field offices and COVID was the excuse that Dell had to shut all the field offices down. Has dementia kicked in for BS, does he still think he is at EMC in 1998? Dell got what they wanted, no offices and the associated expenses, which means we all operate under the Dell remote office model. Business as usual here at Dell no matter what BS says....you can't have your office and eat it to as the saying goes.

Oh, and remember, next Friday is Hawaiian shirt day. - So, you know, if you want to, go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt and jeans.

You would first off need to make it up financially. So pay for someone to drop off and pick up my kids and do the whole Daddy taxi extra curricular stuff. (I more than make up this taxi time by carrying on with my work into the early evening at home before the comments start!)
Give me an office to hold all my Teams calls without the cacaphony in the background.
Don't contact me outside of office hours.
My leadership and team are global so be aware you are paying for an office for me to appease MD/JC et al.
Oh and a modest pay rise to pay for coffee & lunch.

Dear Useless Dell Team,

Work from home if you wish. Complain on message boards, do little to FA, moan, don’t moan, it makes no difference.

We are eating your lunch, smashing you out accounts and it’s glorious.

Best Warmests
Larry

Lmao 70% RTO'ed??? AND got 39 days? Ive got a bridge to sell you

Fortunately for Dell, over 70% of people have elected to RTO and put in the 39 days per quarter as evidenced by the data last quarter and this quarter is trending even higher. RTO is the way to go for the vast majority.

I want an explanation on why anyone should RTO. Is there one? Everything I've heard so far is platitudes and nonsense. We are a global company, not a bike shop.

There is no Dell office near me. I have been fully remote since 2008 when my division was sold. RTO makes zero sense

" 30 minute session on the throne"

you must be suffering from hemoroids

All I need is some Chicharrones Pork Rinds, a good book, and one 30 minute session on the throne. Oh…and a little privacy. I like those individual bathrooms with a lock on the door. Anything less should be considered a human rights violation.

I work better from home. I’m less distracted and more motivated. At home, I work through lunch while eatting at my desk. In the office, I’m looking for a mental escape to keep my sanity and need to take all my breaks. Most of my entire team is in a different state including my manager and core team. I truly do get more done at home saving time on the commute and distractions at the office.

What would make it appealing to me is if there was a legitimate reason to go into an office. My entire development team is in Bangalore, I go in and make Zoom calls. And on those days I do go to the office, I have to ask them to work late to accommodate. Normally I start work at 4am (CST) so we can do calls during a time that is better suited to Bangalore. Instead of asking them to call in from home or stay late.

A personal driver to drive the 2-2.5 hr round trip drive. My own noise proof office and a shorts and t shirt mandate. Oh yeah, and to be treated like an adult.