Bullied to Overwork in Boys Club Culture - Sales and Marketing Dell Technologies Employee Review

1.0
Oct 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent 401K match Some decent extra perks like insurance discounts, etc.

Cons

Minimal room for growth given flat org structure, which means first time managers are managing 8 people and don't know how to manage and support teams. Also means promotions hard to come by and need to hire externally because impossible to get experience. Expected to overwork well beyond 40 hours a week and receive no recognition for it. Get called out if you don't. Worse during the pandemic/virtual world. Sales has a bulling/boys club attitude that only people on the inside to do well. If you don't fit the mold then you get blacklisted and your life will be miserable. You don't go along with them and if you question or propose new ways than you are seen as a traitor. Sales leadership needs to change or the culture will continue to get worse. They don't care about you as a person, just what you can bring to the business.

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1.0
May 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Today? A job that helps pay the bills.

Cons

The culture completely changed circa 2022. Layoffs happen every month in small batches, so they are not covered in the news with big layoffs, but the total over the last couple of years is 10-20K people per year. Current employees that I still talk to live in constant fear of being laid off. The salary gap between employees in the same function is ridiculous and discriminatory. As a leader, when I'd raise it with HR, it was never addressed. Had a situation where I was hiring an underpaid employee from another team. I wanted to give her a 60% pay increase just to match what her peers on my team made, and I had the budget to do so. HR denied my request to do that raise and only gave her a 20% increase. They didn't want to send the "wrong message" that she was underpaid before (which she was) or that other employees could expect that level of pay raise in internal promotions (regardless of whether they should). They have to come into the office 5 times/week, even though Michael Dell once made fun of CEOs that didn't adopt hybrid/remote work. Just last week, I had a former colleague resign because the stress in the current environment was taking a toll on her mental health. If you have any other option, I'd highly recommend you don't take a job at Dell.

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