This place is going downhill fast - Strategy and Business Development Dell Technologies Employee Review

2.0
May 10, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Dell was a remote first company for over a decade and paid below market for that reason. After laying off 5% of its working in February 2023, they are making people go back to the office three times a week. The individual contributors on my team are great, smart people who are humble. I work hard to not let my team down.

Cons

The management is toxic and fake. Middle management is full of yes men and women, and they all look out for each other. It's all about who you know and how much brown nosing you do to move up. There is more politics than most companies. They pretend to care for employees but all they care about is CYA. This is evident based who they cut at the last layoff - people who are actually smart and capable and threaten their jobs. There is no innovation strategy and it is viewed as a dinosaur (too old, too slow).

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5.0
Mar 19, 2026
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Pros

Teammates/ bosses/ upper management support each other to work as one to accomplish the goals of our customers as well as lead the company in a positive direction.

Cons

My position can be very stressful working on high-end enterprise type infrastructure.

1.0
May 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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