Terrible work-life balance
Terrible work-life balance
It pays the bills, but...
Dell bought a company I was working for. They outsourced to India, reduced salaries and benefits in any creative ways they could. They laid off employees and put pressure on everyone to work long hours by being in constant "crisis mode". The work-life balance was terrible, and the pay was lower than at other companies. Upper management is not supportive; rather, they believe their only job is to keep pressure on to get more out of employees.
There is not much the managers can do to fix the work-life balance issue. A few that stood up to upper management were laid off or eventually left themselves.
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San Jose, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 2014I applied with my resume through my school's career center. I honestly didn't expect them to call me, however, I somehow got an interview about a week later. The interview took place at my university and was about 30 minutes long, consisting of all t
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San Jose, California, United StatesMay 1, 2014Similar to most companies, the interview process typically involves a phone interview, followed by an onsite assessment. This usually includes coding and whiteboard exercises, as well as behavioral questions. Nothing is particularly special about it.
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJune 1, 2012The interview was good. The questions were from SQL and Core Java. Since I worked in the Java and J2EE platforms, the questions were focused on Core Java and J2EE. A few questions were also from PL/SQL.
