Dell Technologies reviews

There is a total lack of transparency when it comes to the pay raise and promotion process at Dell. I worked there for three years and had to figure it out by talking to coworkers. They have no documentation anywhere of what salary expectations should be for your level. I was considered a "top performer." I was promoted twice at Dell, but I only received a 2-5% raise with each promotion. During 2020, my responsibilities increased significantly, but Dell stopped giving any promotions or raises to any employee. My salary ended up being about 15-20% less than market value, and my manager did not want to take any action to get me to at least market for PM in my area. In IT, Dell typically underpays and overworks its employees. I know a lot of people who had a similar experience. It's going to be really hard for the company to retain top talent with this approach. Besides that, the politics with leadership and legacy tech stacks for certain teams makes true product management and agile development extremely difficult. My team could only release features once a quarter. Some product ownership and decisions are driven by org structure - it's far from "user-centered." Also, the amount of time zones across one team made collaboration extremely difficult. At one point, I was working with a team with people in six different time zones. I met great people and enjoyed working with my direct team, but other tech companies have much better work culture and benefits when it comes to pay, bonus, stock options, and PTO. People would say Dell offers great work/life balance, and in my experience that was absolutely not true. I worked long hours - sometimes until very late at night on deployment calls. Overall, I wouldn't really recommend working at this company to anyone.