Dell

Dell has a fun and friendly culture. The people make it a great place to work.

People are supportive, collaborative, and laid back. There are a lot of great mentors and outstanding thinkers.

Networking is huge, and there are lots of opportunities to move around by utilizing your networks. Dell is very open to letting you dictate your career path.

Dell is full of politics. The politics make it difficult to move forward. Some of the best ideas get forgotten or shot down due to politics.

Performance is based on your visibility across Dell, not on your actual performance. Employees who "boast" about their projects with management seem to progress much faster than those who actually do the best job. If you have a quiet or shy personality, Dell would be a struggle for you.

There is a lot of internal conflict among the Operations team and the Quality team. Ops management is more concerned with getting the product out the door, and less concerned with getting it right. A lot of defects could have been avoided if Dell considered quality a priority.

Employees are your best asset.

Be more open to risk-taking and new ideas.

Move past all the politics.

Performance should be based on your work, not on how much visibility you have throughout the organization.