“Some employees have accused Dell of trying to reduce headcount with RTO policies. Other companies pushing workers back into offices have also been accused of this; there’s research showing that at least some companies have used RTO policies to lower headcount while avoiding layoffs. Dell laid off 13,000 people in 2023 and plans more layoffs. In August, it announced plans to lay off an undisclosed additional number of people. The company is expected to have 120,000 employees.
Dell’s RTO change follows an announcement this week requiring Amazon employees to work on-site five days a week starting next year. Following the announcement, a survey of 2,585 US Amazon employees found that 73 percent of Amazon workers are “considering looking for an another job” in response.”
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Dell sales team told “we’re looking to get rid of some of you”
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Abject_Economics1192 on
When too few people are leaving this is what companies are doing to try to force attrition
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I’m kind of torn on the whole RTO thing. On one hand there is no reason people like purchasers need to be in the office. On the other, in my experience, dealing with engineers and designers who were working remote was a nightmare. On the third hand, if a job can be 100% done from home, then why don’t they just outsource that whole department to another company for less money? On the 4th hand, if you allow certain departments to work from home, and not others, then those other departments would probably get upset.
On the last point, it kinda seems like it needs to be an all or nothing kind of thing.
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If an employee values their position and what it provides them … they will stay. If they do not, they will leave. Working from home is not a right, it is a privledge.
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Similarly, Redditors are told to repost this story daily, 7 days a week.
AzulMage2020 on
Wow. If a team is specifically being targeted to RTO, how can there be any question of intent and/or why the action is being taken in the first place??? There go all those arguments of ” management just wants to appease their local government overlords for tax breaks, man!”
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Those quarantine promises were a joke
“Some employees have accused Dell of trying to reduce headcount with RTO policies. Other companies pushing workers back into offices have also been accused of this; there’s research showing that at least some companies have used RTO policies to lower headcount while avoiding layoffs. Dell laid off 13,000 people in 2023 and plans more layoffs. In August, it announced plans to lay off an undisclosed additional number of people. The company is expected to have 120,000 employees.
Dell’s RTO change follows an announcement this week requiring Amazon employees to work on-site five days a week starting next year. Following the announcement, a survey of 2,585 US Amazon employees found that 73 percent of Amazon workers are “considering looking for an another job” in response.”
Dell sales team told “we’re looking to get rid of some of you”
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When too few people are leaving this is what companies are doing to try to force attrition
I’m kind of torn on the whole RTO thing. On one hand there is no reason people like purchasers need to be in the office. On the other, in my experience, dealing with engineers and designers who were working remote was a nightmare. On the third hand, if a job can be 100% done from home, then why don’t they just outsource that whole department to another company for less money? On the 4th hand, if you allow certain departments to work from home, and not others, then those other departments would probably get upset.
On the last point, it kinda seems like it needs to be an all or nothing kind of thing.
If an employee values their position and what it provides them … they will stay. If they do not, they will leave. Working from home is not a right, it is a privledge.
Similarly, Redditors are told to repost this story daily, 7 days a week.
Wow. If a team is specifically being targeted to RTO, how can there be any question of intent and/or why the action is being taken in the first place??? There go all those arguments of ” management just wants to appease their local government overlords for tax breaks, man!”