Here you go: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/12/emc_layoffs/ Look for the section: "Another anonymous note to TheLayoff.com yesterday, from a person claiming to be a staffer based out of Hopkinton, suggested Dell EMC would commence the laying... — read more
January 17th-19th, 2017 - Part II
More coming next week... After Dr. MLK Day, more cuts to come. Primarily Tuesday through Thursday will be the majority. The cuts will be on par with this past week, reportedly. Many locations and long-termers greenlit for RIF. Good luck, to all.
EMEA
Any rumors about this hiting EMEA anytime soon. Have not seen or heard any massiv cut down on people here?
Dell Networking Status? Cisco Partnership Brewing?
Can't sell a product line without people internal and in the field. Heard the EMC storage sales are lower than expected in the channel due to the Dell Networking with EMC push. Partners make more money with Cisco. Cisco + Nimble seems to be the... — read more
12 people were let go today at Burlington, Canada today.
A meeting will be given to all employees tomorrow, maybe an even bigger news will be announced, who knows.
https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/819288831207862273
https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/819288831207862273
Remote Worker Layoff Notifications
Anyone know how do remote workers get notified?
Entire team, gone!
My entire team was let go from the Director level and below. 23 Folks in all. Other teams were allowed to work remote. Got an e-mail from facilities before we left: This campus will be equipped with state-of-the-art flexible workspaces that enable us... — read more
Inside Sales and GBS - Massachusetts
How about Inside Sales at 55 or GBS at 50? Both are located on Constitution Blvd in Franklin, MA. Thanks.
Layoff Count: 75 people at Hopkinton
Number have grown to 75 people at Hopkinton office as of 2:52pm EST today Wed 1/11/2017
Any layoffs in the Santa Clara office?
Either Dell or EMC?
Clean up
I know someone that got walked out the door from bldg. 176 so I guess they are sweeping both buildings 176 and 228 today 1/11/17. Good luck to all.
Networking
I have had a gut feeling that Networking will get hit and hit hard as we are a side show for Dell. They bought into it with out grasping that its not a commodity 90 day sale which is the company and the sales forces model. I am looking hard as I half... — read more
Hopkinton
I'm based out of Hopkinton and here are the general numbers/dates we are hearing as of today. Expected total 20-25% cut for DellEMC employees (this includes product/departmental cuts that extend beyond the dates listed below) Expected 10-15% cut... — read more
Wednesday, January 11th, 2017
Heads up that next week's Wednesday, January 11th, 2017, is reportedly D-Day. Good luck, everyone.
Good News -New GOP H-1B bill appears to fall short of Trump’s goal
"The bill only touches a small subset of H-1B employers abusing the system," said Hira. "The vast majority of employers that hire H-1B workers to replace Americans will continue to do so."... — read more
Dell Sees Uptick in PC Sales, Decline in Server Sales
http://www.wsj.com/articles/dell-technologies-revenue-rises-on-emc-deal-1481201380
Michael Dell pays $11M for Millennium Tower condo
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2016/12/13/michael-dell-pays-11m-for-millennium-tower-condo.html
How to keep your best employees from quitting, according to the CEO of Chevron
Not at Dell. rather PIp folks than to keep em. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/keep-best-employees-quitting-according-185807343.html
Dell EMC Teases Plan To Merge Partner Programs
http://www.channelpartnersonline.com/news/2016/12/dell-emc-teases-plan-to-merge-partner-programs.aspx
Back up a minute. So you're saying they're buying fewer appliances?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/20/idc_pbba/
Ten Cowardly Things Only Weak Managers Do
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/12/06/ten-cowardly-things-only-weak-managers-do/2/#77f14d827fba Article did not cover PIP in the discussion however Dell loves to hand out PIPS
Next round of layoffs on January 2nd week
2nd week of January 2017 get ready for another round of big layoffs. mainly targeted middle till upper management and some non profitable products.
Many impacted in Hop 176 on 11/30/16, ASD
The ASD team (Advanced Storage Division) was hit today in Hopkinton. Some projects like ECS and Neutrino were hit especially hard. Managers and IC's were laid off.
Donald Trump hits out at IBM for shifting out American jobs to India Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/55289239
Wonder how long before HPE, Dell all come gets discussed.