4.0
18 Apr 2013
Current employee, more than 8 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Dell is expanding beyond their traditional businesses, aiming for new market segments that they know and understand very well. Michael is very clued in, and knows where to aim his company.
Cons
Aligning old silo'ed teams, with their short-sited rear-guard perspective and quarterly focused outlook around reviews and bonuses, is going to require some tough love. Dell's implementation of stack-ranking does not build a strong company, but instead enforces a bell-curve of mediocraty.