Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

Lawsuit

I honestly find it hilarious when I see and hear coworkers talking about lawsuits and how “someone, somewhere” is going to do it. Basically, someone else, not them. They don’t have the cojones to stand up themselves; they need someone else to step up first.

The problem is, no one will. Dell can blow away any talk of lawsuits with enough coin and a stack of NDAs.

We’re all sc--wed. Nobody seems to have a real set of big, masculine te------s, we’ve all been neutered, myself included. We’ll just keep taking it up the dirt track with no lubrication and pretending it'll get better or we'll get a healthy severance.


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Post ID: @OP+1m1p9mrb3

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Some of us just wish we could but not have the funds to do so. Too busy trying to use the pennies we got to buy food for kids and pay rent instead.

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Post ID: @134+1m1p9mrb3

@e6 And that is the exact calculus that large companies have done

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Post ID: @f1+1m1p9mrb3

I took my potential case to a lawyer. It's not just about having cajones, it's about finding someone to take the case. The lawyer I spoke with said I had a case, but warned me it would be expensive and take years. I would have had to forego the severance, and by the time the his fees were paid etc., it might not be worth it.

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Post ID: @e6+1m1p9mrb3

It has only happened to me once. Not at Dell, this was at a previous employer. But another very large, powerful corporation. I knew right away that I should take the severance pay and walk out with my dignity intact. I didn't want to work for a place that would do that to me.

And then a few years later they were bankrupt.

I got 19 weeks of severance pay and it only took me ten weeks to get a good new job. I ended up with more money that year, and I got away from a very toxic employer.

Looking back, I'm so glad that I walked out with my head held high and took their money. They're bankrupt and I'm not. F**k 'em!

My opinion: don't ruin your mental or physical health over a layoff. Don't pay a lawyer to (attempt to) fight Dell's lawyers. If you're handed a severance check, it's a financial cushion and an opportunity to GET OUT. A blessing, really.

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Post ID: @cs+1m1p9mrb3

A lot of people who say it have also never read their employment contract they signed

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Post ID: @bf+1m1p9mrb3

@af Blatant age discrimination.

And they (Dell) have lost cases on that issue.

Problem is...they tie it up in court for years

(Its documented...go see for yourself, I did).

Dell
Is
Slimey

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Post ID: @bc+1m1p9mrb3

I focused my energy on finding a new job and leaving for a competitor because I don't have the time , money nor want to give the effort to organize a "lawsuit". I can focus all that into learning another company new system instead of shiiiit one dell way, and get a slightly larger OTE and a comp plan ( sales) elsewhere, which pays on bookings, gives me an annual target to hit, and a stock purchase plan and culture that isn't rattled because exec leadership is a bunch of sc-mbags

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Post ID: @b6+1m1p9mrb3

It's not that people don't have the cajones, it's that most people dont have the money to fight the army of corrupt and slimy lawyers Dell hides behind.

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Post ID: @b4+1m1p9mrb3

Lawsuit for what?

People are deluded.

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Post ID: @af+1m1p9mrb3

Suddenly I feel the need to go wipe.

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Post ID: @ac+1m1p9mrb3

That’s a very honest take and accurate.

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