Penny rich pound poor - Advisory Consultant Dell Technologies Employee Review

2.0
12 Jan 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The expense policy was generous. The team was mostly full of nice people and the line managers were generally good.

Cons

The changes post EMC acquisition were chaotic, with Dell taking over a lot of the organisation. Culturally Dell seemed very top down and I didn't sense any desire for anyone above local management to listen or care about what IC though. Dell also seemed to struggle to execute on anything other than volume hardware sales. The pay and promotion structure was very rigid in consulting/services. You have to be a flight risk to get a promotion and pay is below market rates unless you come in on a high salary, especially in roles involving skills outside of the Dell portfolio. Aside from expensive laptop, there was a dearth of tools and internal resouces available. No labs to let people experiment and you had to fight super hard to get access to non Dell training.

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5.0
24 Mar 2026
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Pros

- benefits - work life balance - culture - great product

Cons

Once you get to a senior AE level there are few areas for career advancement.

1.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Today? A job that helps pay the bills.

Cons

The culture completely changed circa 2022. Layoffs happen every month in small batches, so they are not covered in the news with big layoffs, but the total over the last couple of years is 10-20K people per year. Current employees that I still talk to live in constant fear of being laid off. The salary gap between employees in the same function is ridiculous and discriminatory. As a leader, when I'd raise it with HR, it was never addressed. Had a situation where I was hiring an underpaid employee from another team. I wanted to give her a 60% pay increase just to match what her peers on my team made, and I had the budget to do so. HR denied my request to do that raise and only gave her a 20% increase. They didn't want to send the "wrong message" that she was underpaid before (which she was) or that other employees could expect that level of pay raise in internal promotions (regardless of whether they should). They have to come into the office 5 times/week, even though Michael Dell once made fun of CEOs that didn't adopt hybrid/remote work. Just last week, I had a former colleague resign because the stress in the current environment was taking a toll on her mental health. If you have any other option, I'd highly recommend you don't take a job at Dell.

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