Rumours going around that Dell is going Public in January. There will be huge huge layoff before IPO. This is going to be a bloodbath. This site will be abuzz with activity.
The reality of working at Dell
I worked twice (yeah was dumb enough to come back a second time) for Dell first as a Storage overlay then in Networking and BOTH times it was in the end terrible. Constantly seeing my goal raised by a million or more the last month of each quarter... — read more
Dell ranked third this quarter in the traditional PC market
This article announced this quarters ranking on the PC market. Dell lies in the third position with 17% market share with a significant advantage over the lower placed peers, as 4th placed Acer made only 7.2 % of the market share. The downside to... — read more
No Rumors?
Seems the rumor mill is quiet regarding layoffs? I thought a big one was planned for November. Anyone hearing anything concrete?
Dont be in sales at Dell
If you are in sales dont go here. Sales targets have beeb increased massively to reduce payroll and no matter how hard you work you will never be successful or make money. Targetting for sales reps is way too high and so complex on purpose so that no... — read more
IBM+RedHat NOT good for Dell-EMC and VMware
I've been out of Dell for a while now, but I would recommend to others that are still there to be prepared for some fallout from the recent IBM and RedHat announcement. This gives Carl Icahn all of the ammunition he needs to shut down the public... — read more
vote class v
ZZZ coming. Expect news very very soon. Q4 is here. Winter coming.
Dell reward and recognition in a nutshell
Rising favourites of a VP/Director or VP/Director itself reads a line in powerpoint > cheers, bravo, best performance cum a laud! Here have a silver award! Have some best of the best award! You earn it! A nobody prepared the whole powerpoint, does... — read more
Authoritarian rule
Authoritarian rule is prevalent as a result of incompetence and fear of losing power. My manager will do anything to maintain his pathetic inflated titled. He drives conflict to feel relevant and create diversions from his subpar performance. If... — read more
BDC layoffs
I heard one of the BDC super techie got fired. Are there more layoffs coming in BDC group ?
Talk more do less
Yes, very Dell like guys. Talk talk talk till the sun goes down and no facts or any output. As usual, from top to bottom all just breath e with their mouths. useless. Here is a real news for you. Dell is cutting budgets and reaping us off despite... — read more
80% @emc.com on ZZZ lists
It seems to be mainly EMC people on the ZZZ every day. Very few dell, rsa, vce, virtustream etc. Thoughts on this?
Is legacy Dell who bought EMC so dumb
Why are they letting NDC qa work on cyclone, why no action is taken on people with fake resumes and experience in VMAX qa. So the bottom line is, any one can get a job from reference or fake degree...experience....resume and be nice to directors and... — read more
Layoffs in MDC (Modern Data Center) GTO team
Hello all, I am hearing rumors on some up coming lay offs in GTO team of MDC. Are there any confirmations of these?
Something positive for the EMC guys at Cork
Dell EMC is taking production into its own hands after the termination of contract with their supplier Celestica. The author of the article claims to have insider information that there will be an increase of workforce at the Cork facility. Think... — read more
Who cares about layoffs
We all know the system, best engineers were shown door and insiders always survived. How ? NDC qa is master of deception. Politics can destroy company or products like Cyclone/Compellent and evil employees are untouchables. It’s a place for bag man... — read more
Culture code
Customers is first unless employee is crony, then crony first, manager second, employee last Winning together. If you are good with what you do and bad at a-- kissing or just not blood related, then you should work your a-- off so the other 9 people... — read more
Are layoffs done?
Was the last two days it or can we expect even more before the end of the week?
Durham and NC
No layoffs for now, is this just a reprieve due to Florence? What are your thoughts?
Confirmed
4% of storage engineering laid off.
Likely to be more layoffs in Mid-Range Storage today
More layoffs coming to Dell Mid-Range Storage, likely today. This is now the... 7th round of layoffs in 5 years in this division. Pretty apparent its time to move on since their latest product will never see daylight.
Hiring freeze in SDS
Heard there is a hiring freeze in SDS. I'm wondering if this a precursor to layoffs or a mechanism to avoid them. How can the company continue to stay afloat if they continue to incur debt as a result of operating costs?
What To Expect Upon Leaving
Anyone got a clue as what Dell does when you give your two weeks and are in Sales? Is it the door immediately and if so do they pay the last two weeks or is it just the boot and goodbye? I have two weeks vacation left and plan on using that and... — read more
This is not Layoff Rumors
Many of the subs have nothing to do with layoffs. It is a lot of disgruntled folks complaining when they should consider moving on. This needs to be cleaned up.
Dell Q2 Revenues above estimates
Transcript here: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4204606-dell-technologies-inc-dvmt-q2-2019-results-earnings-call-transcript
Layoff hitting Virtustream starting 9.17
A large round of layoffs will hit Virtustream starting on 9-17-2018. USA and EU will be hit. India was hit last week. If you notice your manager is out most of the week this week, that is because he or she is in required HR training on how to layoff... — read more
Discussion time
This is a job and we all want job satisfaction. We have enough directors dragging us into their political games as their main job description. Leaving is always a choice and with that aside how do you handle incompetent local boss who restrict every... — read more
It is sad
It is sad that Dell is so busy firing people when the useless directors and global teams continues to terrorize even the new employees. If you love them so much, move them to a department called Dell's Favourite Things and keep paying them while they... — read more
Money money cost cost
It is better to layoff expensive people who sits around than 10 cheap people who sits around. Basically everyone is sitting around nowadays except the stupid few who thinks what they do is going to make a difference. Whole year do nothing but one... — read more
It is a shame to work at Dell or Dell EMC ....
I guess only folks who are unable to compete in the market are left over here. Rotten work culture, r----ded managers who do not understand a bit of technology, bootlickers, people charmers are the backbone of the workforce. They work with an... — read more
It's time to layoff for older EMC Manager people
September starter with new layoff
Layoff implications due to Dell going public by end of year
Dell's going public without IPO through backdoor VMWare tracking stock. This is planned to happen by end of the year. This is the macroeconomic stuff. But what do we hapless proletariat class of engineers need worry about now. Going public means... — read more
Question
Hello, If you left DELLEMC with a package, can you get hired again with DELLEMC?
Rumblings about SDDC and VxRail
Been hearing some rumblings that SDDC and VxRail will be transferred from Dell Emc teams to Legacy Dell, putting many Dell Emc employees out of jobs ( myself included). Been hearing this for months and from several other co-workers from higher ups... — read more
Startups?
Anybody here has any experience with startups? I got an offer which I have been seriously considering, but I still can't get rid of that startup related fear - what do I do if it fails? There is very little job security at Dell, but I think the risk... — read more
Micromanage everyone to death.
The constant spreadsheets on every metric is supping the life of out of the support folks. I spend 1/3 or my day filling in spreadsheets about every aspect of a service request.And now we have to report to coaches and SMEs who no longer take cases... — read more