From the earlier posts on this site about the bloodbath that was supposed to happen by February 1st, I'm quite surprised that things weren't as bad as projected. I understand it may be ongoing throughout the years(s), but I guess I had expected more... — read more 

I think Dell is the only company in the world where you can advance through the company structure, but at the same time earn less and less. The managers keep on giving me new job titles, new assignments, they assign people for me to lead, but at the... — read more 

Has anybody else noticed how much opinions of certain people matter more at Dell than actual, fully measurable data that proves them wrong? Especially when it comes to assessments. People use their clout with the management to get rid of people they... — read more 

EMC Bangalore storage group (ViPr, SRM, vplex) has been sold off to HCL by Dell. All the 215 employees from senior director onwards are asked to resign and accept offer from HCL. Their salaries are matched. This is in effect from Feb 1st. Dell wants... — read more 

I have been around a long time in the industry to realize never to approach HR against your manager, never seen it work for anyone, on the contrary, it creates bigger problems. As a matter of fact, I have left Dell, the reason was my manager. He... — read more 

I’m not even sure whether I have the right to complain, keeping in mind what other people are going through here and at other companies. I can say that I am satisgied with my pay and benefits and have a good flexible work schedule, given that I work... — read more 

I'm just wondering if there is any actual use from it? We have a manager who was reported at least three separate times by different employees for behavioral issues and somehow he is still here. There was no follow up (at least none that I know of)... — read more 

There arent many layoffs so far but a lot of reassignments. Many competitive roles have been removed which in my personal opinion is good as there was a lot of overlap and people tripping over others and competing. Those staff havent been layed off... — read more 

IMO, Elliot Management & Joe Tucci will be laughing their a-- off. https://www.ft.com/content/f5e39ffe-1b6d-11e9-9e64-d150b3105d21

Happened today. This may be the one that breaks the mast off at the deck; lots of very senior people leaving in this round.

IT All Geo, getting hit by Feb. 1, 2019.

There was a small layoff in Isilon Seattle. Exact number of impacted employees in unknown at this moment.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year... layoffs picking up again 1/16/19... and the cadence is accelerating ... with two rounds planned in February 2019 alone.

Great news for Dell now that they are public and will be under the profit microscope every quarter Let the cutbacks and job reductions continue and the offshoring ramp up... — read more 

Assuming I'm not already on some list, does anyone have insight into how long it takes for Dell to go through whatever processes that happen for a layoff if I were to go today and ask to be placed on the list?

I know several people have been laid off in the past few days, do we know if that was it or if that was just a prelude for something bigger that'll happen today and tomorrow or sometime next week? Also, does anybody know which departments were hit... — read more 

Any rumors of layoffs before Feb, the start of the financial year??

Yay. Fun times again and head count reduction. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dell-debuts-46-return-market-152018499--sector.html

It dropped like a rock at opening. Can’t figure out why.

Not sure in what basis head count reduction list is prepared Even who r so workaholic is also in the list they don't even have rights to know the reason Only reply is higher management don't want offshore anymore... Really pathetic

Not sure in what base is preparing headcount reduction list

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/11/dell-votes-to-buy-back-vmware-tracking-stock-and-will-likely-go-public/

Good read, for anybody who is interested. A company once valued at $18bn on the US stock market will come full circle on Tuesday when shareholders in a little-known listed entity called DVMT vote on whether to accept a reverse merger offer from Dell... — read more 

For me, following: Learning. Inventing new markets. Work from Home. Competition. Discounted corporate shopping. What are your reasons?

Shareholder Vote 11th Dec All hands has been called 12th Dec Dell will be going Public 28th (Ticker - Dell) if the vote goes ahead. This is all public info. Layoffs. There has to be, so what. It's a big company. We have too many overlapping and... — read more 

It’s fun for the rest of the year at NDC QA, we are now all over the place, dev, qa, support, sustaining and in every projects EqualLogic, Compellent, Cyclone, Trident. Thanks to matrix management and dumb Hop. Lol :-)

Shareholder Vote 11th All hands 12th Going Public 28th (Ticker - Dell) Layoffs. There has to be, we have too many staff need something to do and reporting up/filling in forms. Strategy has to change and shareholders should demand it.

with the IPO rumour and trade war some are bound to lose their jobs. Anyone has information and location?

"No one is buying Data Centres anymore - I wouldn't go that far. Oracle is still selling SuperClusters. and from what I have heard the numbers are good. Not everyone wants to jump into the cloud. But On Prem's days of ruling are over." The quantity... — read more 

Specialist on specialist on specialist all with competing products and overlapping commisions, fighting for the shrinking On Prem market. It's inevitable that this is reduced. We could do this with half the staff if they just fixed the goaling... — read more 

Dear DT thug, How far is your destination home?

Another large WFR is in the works and MRS is going to get hit hard.

Rumours going around that Dell is going Public in January. There will be huge huge layoff before IPO. This is going to be a bloodbath. This site will be abuzz with activity.

I worked twice (yeah was dumb enough to come back a second time) for Dell first as a Storage overlay then in Networking and BOTH times it was in the end terrible. Constantly seeing my goal raised by a million or more the last month of each quarter... — read more 

This article announced this quarters ranking on the PC market. Dell lies in the third position with 17% market share with a significant advantage over the lower placed peers, as 4th placed Acer made only 7.2 % of the market share. The downside to... — read more 

Seems the rumor mill is quiet regarding layoffs? I thought a big one was planned for November. Anyone hearing anything concrete?

If you are in sales dont go here. Sales targets have beeb increased massively to reduce payroll and no matter how hard you work you will never be successful or make money. Targetting for sales reps is way too high and so complex on purpose so that no... — read more 

I've been out of Dell for a while now, but I would recommend to others that are still there to be prepared for some fallout from the recent IBM and RedHat announcement. This gives Carl Icahn all of the ammunition he needs to shut down the public... — read more 

ZZZ coming. Expect news very very soon. Q4 is here. Winter coming.