take it or leave it.

Our normally calm and level headed director just went off on managers about protecting under performing employees. Then called in managers to ask details about specific employees. Winter is coming..... If what you are saying is true. This will be the... — read more 

I have credible info on layoff in MRES. It's gonna happen in three waves in August, September and October. This is across sites and geographies. I have personally given a named list to my manager from my team. I know for sure other peers of mine have... — read more 

Why are people in such denial that layoffs will occur. The merger of Dell and EMC reminds me of another failed "mega-merger" 20 some years ago that of Dec and Compaq it to was called a master stroke at the time but in fact like this most recent one... — read more 

How can I know if I am targeted for layoff. Can some of the seniors here explain what are the typical signs to watch out for. I have never been layed off before and would like to understand this whole process and be forewarned.

After a couple of meetings and calls that took remotelly, i want to share with you some insights. 1.Layoff are coming soon 2.Expensive reps are getting huge sales targets. Invitation to leave 3.Professional services structure to migrate 80% remote ps... — read more 

Ah, the irony... http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/dells-executive-vp-has-a-message-for-techies-upskill-or-leave-2349629.html

There is so much mis-information and fake news here nobody knows what is happening. We are expecting George Clooney to show up to start mass layoffs just like in the movie Up In The Air.

Targets are insane. Does the business not want sales staff and this is a way to flush them them out of the business? We have had several resignations of top reps in the past 2 weeks and more to come. Top reason. Target is impossible and plan makes no... — read more 

Q3 layoffs are going to be one of the biggest in Dell and EMC history is what a top finance exec from Austin told me over coffee. This is intended to shake up the current system of decentralized management of disparate groups and bring all of them... — read more 

Anticipation was high in Hopkinton for Layoff action. I had a peaceful non eventful day at office. Are there any reports of layoff.

Half 1 has gone. Some layoffs, little changes. Unity to EOL, vmax is still working, poweredge as the main rock of the datacenter (r/t/m), vrtx, vxrail, fx, nutanix, xps, a lot of latitude, networking is cheap as huawei is but cannot compete with... — read more 

There are no news but there have been exclusive HR meetups globally and given the restriction and exclusiveness, could mean layoffs planned. Existing HR management are too incompetent to get anything moving, so watch out to HR global hires. These... — read more 

Been in this company for a long time to understand how things work. Engineers who work hard, get the job done in time, made an impact to the products were all shown door or some left by own as they can't deal with politics or management in NDC and... — read more 

Can someone explain why some employees are Dell and some are DellEMC? Is there a difference? Aren't you all Dell now? Who am I losing? Dell or EMC contacts? Seriously, I like Dell prices but prefer EMC people. Can I have the best of both, Dell prices... — read more 

Those people who knows how to kiss a-- managers will be fine as they always been. No layoffs can or will impact low performers and insiders who are managers favorites. You don't have to work or contribute, just sell or bad mouth your colleagues. You... — read more 

Do you remeber the good old times when EMC was almighty and powerful and when all Carnegie Mellon PhDs would show an interest in an EMC position? https://youtu.be/wWCA5Ttw3Bs

This statement is part of recently circulated claim by EMC executives. And then the claim goes further: The new VMAX 950F raises the bar yet again for high-end all-flash storage After working for more than 18 years in the software industry and 15 of... — read more 

Dell Q3 which is August, September and October are the clean up months. Take it or leave it. This is no rumor. The layoffs list are all in place. I have seen one myself. Hopkinton,NDC and MDC will be impacted. In low cost countries layoff will be... — read more 

Whoo Hoo. Will see how many will survive the slaughter. Book them orders forget about family, life outside work today.

Today is friday ooo Today is friday ooo Today is friday ooooo i m so so happy

The Dell layoff strategy is not to knock down whole teams. But do targeted layoffs. Especially target the high net worth experienced senior folks. The strategy has been to remove these long entrenched white elephants and promote younger high... — read more 

Original deal when announced was at 67 billion but some how we bought EMC for 58.1 billion. Dell can layoff 50% in NDC, MDC and Hopkinton and still have enough people with not enough work for 8 hours a day. But Dell is doing nothing, so something is... — read more 

Many unknown faces visiting facility meeting HR. Looks like some contract workers tasked to do the dirty job. Hush hush silence by some managers. My manager gave an evasive cold look at me. Looks like my name in the list. I am having a panic attack... — read more 

Hey folks seams like dell is laying off some monitor models. Better call saul

A new month is beggining. Temperature is getting hot hot hot. People are taking their well deserved holidays but remember that our Mr. BB (belly button) will be shrinking the company. Try to save money. Layoffs are coming huge, WW impact.

While I don't want anybody to lose thier job - I'd rather if they are going to do layoffs - they do it before the holidays - when a lot of companies are not hiring then. Layoffs are sad - there is really no way to predict them. They will happen when... — read more 

Some senior level directors were shown the door, some infrastructure engineers were pushed out, and they purged a couple of PM's. More on the way

I heard rumors of spinoffS

... because VMAX 950 is one of the coolest flash storage products this year! http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/storage/300089256/the-10-coolest-flash-storage-and-ssd-products-of-2017-so-far.htm/pgno/0/1 Good luck to all involved in the production of... — read more 

Well on a sombre note layoffs are on the horizon in Hopkinton, NDC, RTP and MDC. Impacted team managers are with HR in conference rooms. Definite layoff in the next few days in these sites. Other sites maybe impacted as well. But for the above... — read more 

emc was adquired by dell. 1st anniversary coming soon. invitations already sent. sr mgmt team expecting to have Mr Drummond; Arnold; Willy, Kimberly; alf and many others at melmak facilities. Willy Tunner was also invited.

It's gonna happen tomorrow through next week. The layoff process kicked in multiple sites. It's going to be massive. Please keep reports accurate on numbers. Sorry for those impacted .. hope we find better jobs in good companies. else let's venture... — read more 

I am pretty certain this post will not have immunity from the vulgar and sarcastic comments which sadly are the bulk of most of the content on this site as of late. I am appealing to the folks who are making these comments to please STOP and be much... — read more 

I've been going through several of other tech company pages on this forum, and it's like looking in the mirror. Every one of them has the same issues we are taking about here daily. Layoffs, no raises, management issues, replacing higher paid workers... — read more 

Gartner Magic Quadrant for general purpose array is coming this October. EMC VMAX will be moving down and to the left. Nimble Storage and Infinidat will rule big time.

It is all finalized. a major reorg in August and subsequent layoff is planned in September in Mid-range entry level Storage group. Major sites affected will be NDC and MDC. Lot of jobs to move to low cost China and EMC Bangalore. HR head had... — read more 

I remember this all too well, I came across this thread looking for old coworkers in OKC. I was part of the layoffs back in 08-09? During the economy collapse. Sending good thoughts to you all! I will say Dell took care of me and my family afterwards... — read more