Was pretty good until recently - IT Manager Dell Technologies Employee Review

3.0
21 Mar 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I am part of the Dell Services division which is said to be up for sale. Until last year, Dell was a great place to work with lots of work/life flexibility, good internal movement options, regular bonuses/raises, lots of freedom.

Cons

Unfortunately the past year has been very rough. I believe this is because Dell is trying to tweak the financials of their services division so they can sell it for the maximum amount of money. We haven't received raises or bonuses for two years. Hiring and internal movement have been severely restricted. As a manager, I can only hire IF a previous employee quits, and I am required to open the requisition a job grade lower in India. Time reporting requirements are suddenly quite onerous and any expenditure is met with a barrage of paperwork meant to slow down the process. Meanwhile, senior management vehemently denies the division is up for sale despite widespread news reports. Employee morale is severely impacted.

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5.0
24 Mar 2026
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Pros

- benefits - work life balance - culture - great product

Cons

Once you get to a senior AE level there are few areas for career advancement.

1.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Today? A job that helps pay the bills.

Cons

The culture completely changed circa 2022. Layoffs happen every month in small batches, so they are not covered in the news with big layoffs, but the total over the last couple of years is 10-20K people per year. Current employees that I still talk to live in constant fear of being laid off. The salary gap between employees in the same function is ridiculous and discriminatory. As a leader, when I'd raise it with HR, it was never addressed. Had a situation where I was hiring an underpaid employee from another team. I wanted to give her a 60% pay increase just to match what her peers on my team made, and I had the budget to do so. HR denied my request to do that raise and only gave her a 20% increase. They didn't want to send the "wrong message" that she was underpaid before (which she was) or that other employees could expect that level of pay raise in internal promotions (regardless of whether they should). They have to come into the office 5 times/week, even though Michael Dell once made fun of CEOs that didn't adopt hybrid/remote work. Just last week, I had a former colleague resign because the stress in the current environment was taking a toll on her mental health. If you have any other option, I'd highly recommend you don't take a job at Dell.

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