Two weeks ago, Dell announced the layoff of all ISG developers, here at the Warsaw hub - about 250 people are leaving this month... Before this happened, we managed to form a trade union, which turned out to be the best decision we made ever! Thanks to the union, we were able to start negotiations with the company and ultimately secured decent severance packages. No, we didn't stop the layoffs, but the union slowed the process, made it less barbaric and added some fairness to the whole process. Instead of relying on misleading information from the company, passed to us by spineless managers, we received clear and honest updates from the union. We were not taken by surprise, in fact, our brave union comrats were better prepared than management.
So, my advice to every Dell employee: Don't be afraid, unite, and form a union, now!