My entire team was let go from the Director level and below. 23 Folks in all. Other teams were allowed to work remote. Got an e-mail from facilities before we left: This campus will be equipped with state-of-the-art flexible workspaces that enable us... — read more
Inside Sales and GBS - Massachusetts
How about Inside Sales at 55 or GBS at 50? Both are located on Constitution Blvd in Franklin, MA. Thanks.
Layoff Count: 75 people at Hopkinton
Number have grown to 75 people at Hopkinton office as of 2:52pm EST today Wed 1/11/2017
Any layoffs in the Santa Clara office?
Either Dell or EMC?
Clean up
I know someone that got walked out the door from bldg. 176 so I guess they are sweeping both buildings 176 and 228 today 1/11/17. Good luck to all.
Networking
I have had a gut feeling that Networking will get hit and hit hard as we are a side show for Dell. They bought into it with out grasping that its not a commodity 90 day sale which is the company and the sales forces model. I am looking hard as I half... — read more
Hopkinton
I'm based out of Hopkinton and here are the general numbers/dates we are hearing as of today. Expected total 20-25% cut for DellEMC employees (this includes product/departmental cuts that extend beyond the dates listed below) Expected 10-15% cut... — read more
Wednesday, January 11th, 2017
Heads up that next week's Wednesday, January 11th, 2017, is reportedly D-Day. Good luck, everyone.
Good News -New GOP H-1B bill appears to fall short of Trump’s goal
"The bill only touches a small subset of H-1B employers abusing the system," said Hira. "The vast majority of employers that hire H-1B workers to replace Americans will continue to do so."... — read more
Dell Sees Uptick in PC Sales, Decline in Server Sales
http://www.wsj.com/articles/dell-technologies-revenue-rises-on-emc-deal-1481201380
Michael Dell pays $11M for Millennium Tower condo
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2016/12/13/michael-dell-pays-11m-for-millennium-tower-condo.html
How to keep your best employees from quitting, according to the CEO of Chevron
Not at Dell. rather PIp folks than to keep em. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/keep-best-employees-quitting-according-185807343.html
Dell EMC Teases Plan To Merge Partner Programs
http://www.channelpartnersonline.com/news/2016/12/dell-emc-teases-plan-to-merge-partner-programs.aspx
Back up a minute. So you're saying they're buying fewer appliances?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/20/idc_pbba/
Ten Cowardly Things Only Weak Managers Do
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/12/06/ten-cowardly-things-only-weak-managers-do/2/#77f14d827fba Article did not cover PIP in the discussion however Dell loves to hand out PIPS
Next round of layoffs on January 2nd week
2nd week of January 2017 get ready for another round of big layoffs. mainly targeted middle till upper management and some non profitable products.
Many impacted in Hop 176 on 11/30/16, ASD
The ASD team (Advanced Storage Division) was hit today in Hopkinton. Some projects like ECS and Neutrino were hit especially hard. Managers and IC's were laid off.
Donald Trump hits out at IBM for shifting out American jobs to India Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/55289239
Wonder how long before HPE, Dell all come gets discussed.
If you're on a PIP
My advice to anyone on a PIP - use the time to begin your job search. Dell has no loyalty to you or anyone and doing the right thing, but coming up short, will do you no good.
Dell EMC laying off 2000-3000 US workers after requesting 5000 H1B visas for foreign workers!
http://wolfstreet.com/2016/09/09/dell-emc-lay-off-2000-3000-u-s-workers-after-requesting-5000-h1b-visas-green-cards-to-import-foreign-workers/
Quest
While the large size of Quest provides terrific advantages for us to better serve our customers, the need for speed and focus is most important. As such, we will be reconfiguring the company into four business units that will provide an uninterrupted... — read more
Prior to Dell purchasing Dell...
Prior to Dell Purchase Dell had 97K employees Globally. Now the headcount is about 140K. So long ways to go before things settle. However will be swift since Dell year ends Jan 31st 2017. Quest is already going thru it and not surprised . I wish all... — read more
Welp, it was fun while it lasted - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/01/quest_congrats_heres_a_pink_slip/
This has got to be the saddest part - - "We were supposed to have cake and celebrations in every office but instead many people were walked out the door,” one source familiar with the matter said told us today.
Providence RI
Hiring twenty New mangers and firing 15 employees here in Providence RI. I have three managers for just myself. Unbalanced much? Overseas workers have no knowledge or training but they're cheap.
Jumping from HPE to Dell?
Is it worth jumping from HPE to Dell? The perks would be that I could work remotely since the Dell position is remote.
Dell Software Group
Roumour - Tom Joyce has been given martching orders??
Dell Ireland Redundancies 2016 and 2017
Please post if you have any info on what's being planned - I am not with Dell but I have a complicated personal situation and this information would help me. I've tried looking at different news sources and it's hard to conclude what will happen -... — read more
Nashua - Equallogic
Director from Round Rock at Nashua on Tuesday/Wednesday. Friendly visit or layoffs?