Another day, another reorganization - Program Manager Dell Technologies Employee Review

2.0
26 Jun 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Freedom to manage work/life balance and lack of micromanagement. However, this positive morphs into a negative: management chooses to simply trust that people will deliver and does not respond to warnings of people-related risks. Anyone raising a risk flag around people issues is viewed negatively, and management loves to shoot the messenger. People know all too well that management will not take definitive action nor hold them accountable, and the result is the massive bureaucratic attitude that has taken over the company. If you want to work for a company where you can hide behind a lot of talk, then you will love working at Dell.

Cons

Constant reorganization creates an environment where people are waiting for the next reorg before they contribute significantly. This results in lack of results. On any given day, you will find yourself in a conversation about the newest reorg rumors. These conversations quickly turn in the direction of "I'm supposed to be working on X, but I'm waiting to see how the upcoming reorg is going to shake out." In other words, the reorgs become the excuse to stop performing for now. And since the reorgs never stop, those who are seeking an excuse to delay (and there are many) have no problems finding the excuse they seek.

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Today? A job that helps pay the bills.

Cons

The culture completely changed circa 2022. Layoffs happen every month in small batches, so they are not covered in the news with big layoffs, but the total over the last couple of years is 10-20K people per year. Current employees that I still talk to live in constant fear of being laid off. The salary gap between employees in the same function is ridiculous and discriminatory. As a leader, when I'd raise it with HR, it was never addressed. Had a situation where I was hiring an underpaid employee from another team. I wanted to give her a 60% pay increase just to match what her peers on my team made, and I had the budget to do so. HR denied my request to do that raise and only gave her a 20% increase. They didn't want to send the "wrong message" that she was underpaid before (which she was) or that other employees could expect that level of pay raise in internal promotions (regardless of whether they should). They have to come into the office 5 times/week, even though Michael Dell once made fun of CEOs that didn't adopt hybrid/remote work. Just last week, I had a former colleague resign because the stress in the current environment was taking a toll on her mental health. If you have any other option, I'd highly recommend you don't take a job at Dell.

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