Dell announced a new policy where fully remote employees won't be eligible for promotions or role changes. WHAT? 😱 Alternative is to be classified as a hybrid, coming into an *approved* office 3 days a week: https://lnkd.in/e7zDybRy What a 180 from 2022, where Michael Dell, CEO, said on LinkedIn: 'If you are counting on forced hours spent in a traditional office to create collaboration and provide a feeling of belonging within your organization, you’re doing it wrong. [...] At Dell, we found no meaningful differences for team members working remotely or office-based even before the pandemic forced everyone home.' Source: https://lnkd.in/euaCf6_S #remote #culture #promotion
It's a passive aggressive way to do a layoff Elena Verna
So we are saying goodbye to Dell? Never really been a fan anyway…
The most shocking thing about this is that the CEO of DELL is called Michael Dell.
Hey, hey, you weren't supposed to remember them saying that! C'mon, using your memory is cheating!
I was hired Remote from out of state. But I can see for me where going into an office would help me to connect as a human with my team, and get hands on learning. I wish I could go into a Dell campus that was not 6 hours of commuting daily. And maybe have a chance to be promoted—which I have being remote. I think they would honestly still promote someone that was remote, and talented. Dell Technologies has given me much, where much was asked of me, too. And I worked my butt off everyday I showed up—even remotely. My family and I have fully enjoyed the blessings of working for Dell. Although many days of learning seemed challenging. I and Dell have successfully navigated the last few years together. So if something happens to my role, or if I get to stay, or go fo something else—I will move forward with gratitude, and a peace of mind. And forever grateful to Dell this session in my life. 💙 #IWorkForDell #DellTechnologies
I have deep empathy for employees that made decisions based on the fact that remote work was available both before and post Covid, and they made life decisions based on that fact. Think about these scenarios: an employee decides to lease or purchase a residence in downtown Austin, sells their car because it’s no longer needed., and enrolls their kids in specific schools. Now they’re in a potentially bad place requiring serious financial changes and uprooting their family. And think about dual income families that moved post 2020 to be closer to the non Dell spouse’s employer. The Dell spouse has to miss out on promotions unless they move, but that means the other spouse loses their job. There are many examples like this. I do understand the value of being immersed in the company culture. And I also understand that their are commercial real estate and tax challenges that large corporations face. And of course everyone wants to avoid the lessons of San Francisco Tenderloin, but with all the really smart people that work for Dell, Meta, Amazon, Apple, etc., can’t a better solution be crafted?
This says a lot more about Dell than anything else. Dell is demonstrating that it can be short-sighted and make decisions that are not benefiting its employees. I know many who have left Dell because they felt they were not valued - and many of them left before COVID and the chaos of forced remote workers. Personally, I've spent a good portion of my career as a remote worker dating back to the 1990s. In that time I've been promoted to chief editor of a publication for Cahners and editorial director for a publication at Haymarket - both major publishing houses. With a vendor (not Dell), I was promoted from a director position, which I held in an office, to a senior director after I moved back to a remote position. Even with some companies trying to force workers back into offices with the threat of job or pay loss if they decline, many workers are simply looking to more enlightened employers. So whether it's Dell, Deutsche Bank, Google, or JP Morgan Chase, they will discover that employees can speak with their feet as well as their voice. COVID changed the world -- for better or for worse. It's about time some of these organizations learned that remote workers are just as hard-working and effective as their on-site counterparts.
Over my career, I've seen tons of people waste time taking smoke breaks, drinking coffee, talking to their friends, having "meeting" lunches, etc. when on-site. Being in an office has nothing to do with how productive or good you are at your job. If you can't trust an employee to do their job remotely, then you shouldn't have hired them in the first place.
Sadly, on that note, yesterday I attended the CEO Virtual Summit, which featured over 25 high-profile speakers from organizations such as Citi, 7-Eleven, Dale Carnegie, Celebrity Cruises, CES, AT&T, Crunch Fitness, HarperCollins, Signet Jewelers, Allied Universal, Wells Fargo, and Jefferson. All five of the high-profile executives from the breakout room I attended wholeheartedly agreed that culture cannot be built online and emphasized that everyone SHOULD be in the office. There is an enormous disconnect between executives and the rest of us.
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4moUnless the CEO made a unilateral decision, I am actually curious what kind of bs was exchanged and nodded for in the meetings leading up to this decision.