Seriously, I was thinking the other day, trying to figure out how we went from the top to where we are right now in relatively short time.
It's really sad for me to see this once great company as it is right now. I used to love coming in to work, and now I'm putting most of my energy in finding a new job.
What happened?
The problem with Dell is that they never were innovators from a technical perspective. They have always been noted for their supply chain management but as far as technology, they are not even fast followers, but just part of the pack following the leaders. The supply chain advantages have eroded over time leaving them trying to buy their way into a leading position. Look at the purchases Dell has made over the last several years and the fact that none of these purchase have worked in their favor.
It's a sinking ship
Not a bloated workforce but a bloated layer of obsolete, incompetent, overpaid, clueless, greedy people who have accomplished nothing in their careers except kissing the right a $$ which qualified and earned them the title of manager and the ability to do nothing for 25 years and never have to worry about losing their make-believe jobs. What a joke EMC managers are. Now they are Dell's problem but looks like Dell buys into the good ole boy management program too. Move on, you cant have positive growth in an organization with that kind of dysfunctional, greedy leadership. They are clearly not getting rid of the problem, the problem is all that is going to be left. Hint: layoffs to make your numbers doesnt = profitable. It = crash & burn coming.
We just did some of the new patches to our VxRail system. We lost almost half of the processing power. It wasn't so bad on the Hybrid version but on all-flash units it was extremely noticeable. Management is not happy, they are b--chc'ed out the EMC reps and told them they better fix it. Looks like we might be selling for Compellent Arrays!!
.. Six months ago there was promise.
There was a promise only if if you were really naive or really unexperienced. I left more than 2 years ago before the merger because even 3-4 years ago it was obvious where the things were heading.. EMC is dead..
i liked going to work the first 6 months too until the century eggs starts to have too much time b--ching about how busy they are and how much help they need because they dont know how to any f---ing thing. The big a-- M&A is just a coincidence. It is already a sh-- hole full of lazy folks who outsource everything even their own work. Hot damn.
Dell is a commodity company. EMC became a commodity company. Merging the two to compete in the IT sphere would be like merging Sears and JC Penny to compete with Amazon. With the massive debt, lack of direction, poor (at best) management, and a bloated workforce, the downward spiral was inevitable.
What happened to us is nothing new really, it happened to many big & slow technology companies, they went from top to down in a short time, same happens to many engineers who are part of the industry. This is how technology business is, each one of us should have second source of income to fallback on, the career spans are also reducing rapidly.
Dell is becoming the WalMart of IT... Oh yeah. For customers and employees alike. After 'adjusting to market' (reducing) benefits like insurance coverage (less for hugely higher cost), handing out ridiculously small raises ( which do not cover the increase of insurance cost increase) and generally treating employees like crap, Dell is definitely headed the same way as WalMart :D
Like it was said in two separate posts earlier - lack of innovation and EMC happened. Face it - on the Dell side, there are only so many ways you can take an Intel processor and package it to look innovative, and the tech world has evolved to where that stuff isn't as important anymore. Sure, the VXRail shills will claim they are moving the needle on the future, but at the end of the day, it's all repackaging stuff that already exists and calling it new - a hyper converged chassis with VMware for software. As for EMC, their flagship product that built the company is based on a technological approach from the 1980s. Note I addled "approach" there - they did evolve to Intel processors and Infiniband, but the method of how the array is implemented, operated and grows is still rooted in how it was designed to support mainframes...not very agile in today's data center. And, any other company their former CEO bought was simply to be a gateway to selling VMAX.
EMC also happened in the dimension that the merger brought in the vilest, most repugnant sales force in the tech world, headed up and deified by a guy who would sell his family's soul if it meant hitting a number. Sure, they will call it "results-oriented" and "world class", but once you start peeling back the onion on how the EMC salesforce truly operates to make a quota, you'll want to take a shower to keep your morals clean.
It's the sad truth, but Dell EMC is becoming the Walmart of the IT field.
Dell has never been a leader in innovation. They look to take what others have done and do it cheaper (@ low margins). EMC is getting hammered by Cloud storage providers as the addressable market for on premise or private cloud storage continues to shrink. The other parts of Dell Technologies (VMware, etc) look more promising moving forward.
Have you tried out AWS or taken a close look at Azure? Especially Azure which is the hybrid solution? I noted Dell EMC has a version of Azure Hybrid they offer, but I don't see how Dell EMC's offerings can compete in Wave 2 (or Wave 3) with AWS or Azure. Both offer about everything a company could want and if you don't have to get your data off the cloud, present quite a economical solution. And why would you have to get data off the cloud once you run your apps in the cloud? Analytics are wonderfully supported, especially in Azure ML. Why would I put data in my own data center anymore? Sorry guys - got to agree with the sentiment on the website, get Dell EMC to pay for your cloud training and move on.
EMC happened. Before EMC gets butthurt over this hear me out. Dell and EMC should never have combines. We tried to collaborate once it failed. Now we tried again by merging both company without learning from why the first collaboration failed. It is like dating that doesn't work then force marriage hoping it can work.
It is now a forgone conclusion that Dell EMC can ever make a comeback. Six months ago there was promise. Now the only question that remains is how slow or fast this downward spiral cascades. A mega failed merger is a capitalist holocaust. Employees will witness the modern version of concentration camps and gas chambers. These will be layoffs and pink slips. Much better and humane than the Nazi pograms. Count your blessings and bank balance. Find a new job or start a business. Dell EMC is finished.
China happened and is wiping out all industries from tech to medical to farming and now even real estate.
China happened and is whipping out all industries from tech to medical to farming and now even real estate.
It's hard to predict an outcome right now...If Dell doesn't turn a profit... This could be like Compaq and the digital deal...or it could be the best tech deal in 20 years...
Totally Agree, like we've fallen off a cliff.
Geez. All I see on this site is whining. Change is hard. The Dell EMC merger was vital for both companies to move forward. Also, Dell EMC and the wider Dell Technologies is leading in a lot of areas. Yes, there will be consolidation due to overlap and the need to streamline some of the product lines. That is part of a merger of this size. But to say the best days are behind are absurd. The future is bright and there are a lot of signs the company is moving in the right direction. FYI, i started after the merger so i don't have this cult like love for either of the old models.
Are you talking about Dell or EMC?