Pros
- Work/Life Balance - Remote/Hybrid/On-Site working options - Great People - Company isn't going anywhere soon - You'll know which Managers are there for their subordinates when the yearly layoffs come around. - If you move from an area in which the standard of living is lower than the former, you'll retain that pay. For example, if you lived in Hopkinton, MA, and you got paid 130K; if you move to Austin, TX (in which this same position pays 95K) , you'll kept at that 130K. So to all job seekers out there, if given the choice of locations to work, pick the location that pays the most - you'll be able to work remotely anyway.
Cons
- No measurable path to advancement - Training opportunities diminished. What used to be an advertised budget to allow an individual to take the training they needed/wanted, we are now force to pick from a limited catalog which only benefits a subset of people - Salary has NOT kept up with the industry, and more importantly the Market. As the Austin Tech scene is heating up, everyone coming in is offering substantially more than Dell, yet Dell has been "looking into..." the market for the last 3 years. - IT is not one big team. It's a big pool of many small independent teams - each with their own way of doing things, and communication is abysmal. - Once+ a year, Dell will do layoffs, and many times there isn't any reason why some people let go (who are excellent performers), while retaining people who aren't. - If you move from an area in which the standard of living is higher than the former, you'll retain that pay. For example, if you lived in Austin, TX, and you got paid 95K; if you move to Hopkinton, MA (in which this same position pays 130K) , you'll be kept that 95k.