Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

@c7 i heard it was more like 80k being let go

@c7 “Corp Functions”? Do you mean operations? Executive leadership? Marketing? Product Development? Product Management (already hit)?

@c7 you may want to create a separate post. This forum was made for this type of comment.

Let me give you some reality... And consider as the inner trait of the non altruistic human being.

Your boss, you an some colleagues where let go. It's a pitty because people need money and the life is hard. Restart is always a pain.

But who has been left out or spared, despite of initial sadness, losing mates or seeing competent people escorted out... This feeling fades and a sense of happiness takes place. One more time receiving a paycheck.

People will never comment this openly... Is a mix of fear and survival instinct. Protest openly and you can get your time soon...

Do you quit spontaneously if more is laid off? Of course Not. That's why the better we can do is remain in silence and pay some respect to who's gone

wow....massive layoffs starting this/next week through January. im hearing 20k employees and filings underway. so far big hits in IT internationally and starting to move to Americas. Corp functions are going to be obliterated through Jan. AI development in ISG is even getting trimmed. Hang in there everyone....weve all read this book before.

@ay sounds like the rule of the fight club movie "the first rule of Fight Club is : you do not talk about Fight Club". OK

@OP

Remember...the first rule of #DellLayOff is dont TALK about #DellLayOff.

Act as if it never happened.

Or else you may be next.

If you accept additional workloads without pushing back and asking for higher compensation to match, you're part of the problem.

Twice now we've had team members leave and my boss has asked me to temporarily take over their accounts. Since the return is never worth the input, I always decline.

She gets snippy about it, but if you hold fast they can't do anything.

They won't say a thing because it will bring up questions.

Unfortunately, whenever layoffs happen, never addressed with some spin of “positive “ re-org with “excited” in verbiage. Always disrespectful

Lesson #1: Dell doesn't do anything like a normal company. Everything Dell does is either backwards, upside down, or 20 years behind the times.

Sounds good to me. Until you are directly integrated to a new team, received new assignments, etc. - you are in pending mode.

Do not waste time on anything from the old boss until you can verify that it's still important. Just prepare yourself to be ready, whenever a formal transition plan materializes.

Funny that you believe there is an actual plan to communicate.