Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

@OP You are so naive. Nobody is free at Dell. When Dell wants to lay more people off, who do you think is the first and easiest target ... like next week? Lots of RTOs are on the list for WFR.

I can’t believe RTO is still a topic. Please move on.

@aa THe org I work in but, ultimately it does still semi come down to what that orgs VP wants

@da Well first off... while TEAMS "technically" can do this, Dell does not utilize that feature because there is no point. They can already see if and when your computer connected to an INTERNAL IP address - aka an office WiFi hotspot.

EVERY employee has to connect to the VPN regardless of where they are which, also cannot track your location. They can already see if your computer is connected to an office internal IP or not so, why would they use teams to do this? It's redundent and 100% not needed.

Basically, if your computer doesn't have a 10.146/147 or whatever tf the WiFi network range is, then you are not in a Dell office. When you are at home, you get a public IP address which is assigned via your ISP - clearly not a dell IP - so bo-m.

Teams does not have a GPS feature, either...

Thats probably true to some extent if you sit outside in your car in the parking lot and watch people come and go as well as the amount of parked vehicles you get an idea when everyone wfh/office also in teams there is the location tracker managed by your organization and which cannot be turned off,Teams access location constantly.

Xbox all day, $160k yr. Nobody watches

@af You shouldnt need to be told that. Imagine the liberties being taken when you dont come to the office. You are the reason remote work must be only used as a last resort

@af Sounds like you have a cr-ppy leader. Good leaders know that if you get out of way and let people just do their jobs they will produce more. When I had teams (not at Dell) I didn’t care where they were. I only cared that the work got done and it was done correctly. I had one employee that liked working later hours. He’d be on at noon and work until 10pm. Worked great for the west coast clients. And he would come into the office maybe twice a month. I didn’t care. Clients were happy. Other employees would be in early and leave earlier. Again, didn’t care as long as their work was done and clients were happy. I had the lowest churn than any other team. If I sent out an SOS every single one of them would step up. They had my back and I had theirs. I couldn’t give them raises, but I could make their work lives more bearable with flexibility and schedules that made them more productive.

It definitely depends on who runs the org at this point. I deal with a few different departments and know quite a few managers. What I hear is its about if the Director enforces it. Its been that way for a while. What I also see is people in the same group across different countries or states, people doing the same job, some work full remote and some are forced in. Most people full remote are due to buildings being shut down others went full remote and moved when they were promoting "connected work place" All in all its not fair some people in the same group are forced in while others are remote.

Wish it was the same in my dept. we are told not only to come in 5 days a week, we are expected to be there from 8-5 no exceptions. Everyone of us, has been (and continues to be) called out when we leave at 3/4pm, and reminded that this is a “8-5 job” no exceptions.

@OP And...you believe him?

Just sayin. At the end of the Dell Day they will sell you out in a heartbeat to maintain their salary.

Which org?