Decent pay and benefits, but you have to put up with being at a large company - Development Engineer Dell Technologies Employee Review

2.0
Aug 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The benefits are decent, even if some have been cut back recently (no more Employee Stock Purchase Plan). The salary seems competitive, although yearly raises aren't keeping up with inflation anymore. There is a fairly large variety of positions at this company and you have an opportunity to switch career fields if you want. There have been engineers that have switched to marketing, for example. This would be a good place to work if you came here right out of college, but you might have some problems if you've worked somewhere else first.

Cons

It's a large company, and with that comes the inevitable corporate stupidity. Sometimes change seems to happen for no other reason than padding the resumes of executives. People at this company are addicted to e-mail and meetings. It seems like everyone's answer to any kind of problem is to hold a meeting with as many people as possible without regards to the applicability of that meeting to its attendees. The organizational structure of the company in a constant state of flux. It seems like there's a reorganization every quarter. The sad part is that my job is reminding me of Initech (from the movie Office Space) more and more each day. There are 7 different people in various levels of leadership positions on our team alone. This has resulted in some unfortunate situations for the average cubicle drone. There was one task our team was working on that we had to reaccomplish 3 separate times because different "leaders" on the team couldn't figure out what they wanted. There are days when an argument comes up about some process or task that makes you wonder about the place, since the problem should have been solved several years ago. Usually the argument is over which team should be responsible for a task, or how that team should accomplish that task. When I'm working on a new task or project, it sometimes feels like it has never been done before at Dell. One great quote I heard from a co-worker sums up this situation: "Is it me or does it feel like Dell just started making computers a couple months ago?" Keep in mind that everything I have listed here may not apply to everyone at Dell. Within engineering itself, I have heard that some groups definitely have a higer level of employee morale than others.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

The people are the best part of this job. I have met so many amazing people in this role. Even some I would consider life long friends. I think the experience gained from this job has also been useful for any sales role you may need for any future endeavors in sales or the tech industry.

Cons

Upper management has made many changes to the compensation and the metrics which has for sure effected employee satisfaction. Turnover rate is insane as there’s a new hire class literally every month. Dell itself is running out of room and they are not making any new teams for the new hire classes which has left more tenured reps in a vulnerable position.

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