Dell faces serious organizational challenges - Senior Project Manager Dell Technologies Employee Review

2.0
Jul 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Until a few years ago, you did get a decent amount of cash when you rolled up salary, bonus, and stock grants/options. You do get to work with technology, and the rate of technology adoption is not too slow in certain areas of the firm, so in terms of software engineering roles, you can work with fairly relevant technology and keep abreast of tool/technique developments.

Cons

Disfunctional work environment. They have a set of proposed conduct standards which are flagrantly dismissed and unobserved. The capability of lower and middle management is not as strong as it needs to be. A lack of developed management skills, plus an environment of advancement/recognition facilitated by the failures of others, results in a work environment for individual contributors that is uncertain, chaotic, and unpredictable. For managers, the environment makes success difficult in that managers below the Director level do not have much ownership of responsibility. Even when managers want to do something to make things better, they are not equipped or empowered to make it happen. In addition, management grooming and development activities at Dell are insufficient - you may find in your area that managers often come from 2 backgrounds: personal friends/associates of the area Director, or top performing individual contributors promoted into management as a "career advancement" (even thought they have no desire to manage people).

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5.0
Jun 27, 2026
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Pros

Very helpful and knowledgeable community, incredibly easy to talk to anyone in any part of the business. Gave me a wide range of experiences/projects.

Cons

Limited intern bonding opportunities when compared to Round Rock office.

3.0
Jul 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The people are the best part of this job. I have met so many amazing people in this role. Even some I would consider life long friends. I think the experience gained from this job has also been useful for any sales role you may need for any future endeavors in sales or the tech industry.

Cons

Upper management has made many changes to the compensation and the metrics which has for sure effected employee satisfaction. Turnover rate is insane as there’s a new hire class literally every month. Dell itself is running out of room and they are not making any new teams for the new hire classes which has left more tenured reps in a vulnerable position.

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