What you would expect from a large company - Principal Software Engineer Dell Technologies Employee Review

2.0
18 Feb 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Dell generally has an even pace to their working days. There are lots of nice people to work with.

Cons

The benefits are marginal except for the 401k which is great. Management is below average. They are a meeting happy company so if that is your cup of tea, then this place is for you. They are still in transition of learning how to be a software company.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
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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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