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Dell is not American anymore

Software Development Advisor
Former Employee
Worked at Dell for 4 years
December 29, 2016
Round Rock, Texas
4.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Dell provides flexible work hours. Dell provides good benefits.

Cons

Dell relies heavily on outsourcing jobs in the USA to other countries like India. Both tech and management jobs in the USA are outsourced to India.

They lay off US employees and hire H1B visa employees.

If you are an employee working in the US, you will have to get adjusted to a remote Indian manager dictating your career at Dell.

There is always a lot of 'us' and 'them' in any team at Dell, and they do not use any collaboration mechanisms to function as a global team.

Agile practices are a namesake and not updated with the latest technology stack. They still use huge monolithic applications and mainframes.

Most of the managers in India are not qualified for the job, and loyalty plays a key role in promotions rather than performance. This is a red flag for many aspiring US tech job seekers at Dell.

Dell has scaled up its assets to the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google with the merger of EMC but is not focused like its competitors in terms of driving the company to a position in the future technology marketplace.

Dell has mediocre pay.

Advice to Management

Focus more on extreme innovation and bring back critical management & technology jobs to the US to help achieve the above.

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