Morale at an all-time low, endless waves of WFRs - Human Resources Dell Technologies Employee Review

1.0
Feb 7, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Dell has great benefits, including health insurance, paid time off, wellness stipends/rewards, philanthropic giving, etc.

Cons

Leadership stopped pretending to care about employees; results of the annual Tell Dell employee listening exercise have been ignored. The return-to-office and hybrid work policies are draconian and an unsubtle effort to force employee attrition. Hiring has essentially been frozen since July 2022, with a few limited exceptions. They have done waves of layoffs every six months (Feb 23, Aug 23, and Feb 24); only the first round got significant press attention. The picture they paint is of a company in significant distress, yet Michael Dell and investors continue to be financially rewarded. Internal mobility, once a hallmark of Dell, is a fiction. Dell considers itself a meritocracy, but top talent is laid off, while leadership plays favorites. It’s common for the chosen few to be moved to safe roles/teams in advance of WFRs. For a company that has long prided itself on its “special, unique” culture, they are failing.

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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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