50/50 - Software Engineer 2 Dell Technologies Employee Review

1.0
Feb 7, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are decent benefits and good team members. Great people all around and rarely get stressed. I do good work that makes an impact.

Cons

When I first started, I believed that Dell’s culture was the best. Work/life balance was great. BUT now I realize leadership consistently changes their mind. 0 consistency and have been slowly diminishing Dell culture that made me believe this was the best place to work at. I was even willing to go under the median and an entry level software engineer.

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1.0
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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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