Solid company better than most - Controller Dell Technologies Employee Review

4.0
11 June 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Dell is very good place to learn how to run a company on fundamentals, namely grow the top line and manage operating expense. The decision is data driven. Management at every level look at financials on a daily basis. Operation is the best I know. Finance is very powerful function. The pay is not bad. Austin is great city to live

Cons

The biggest downside of working Dell is that PC industry is maturing more like auto industry. The growth or opportunity is limited. Dell is more or less operating at quarter level. It really needs leadership and culture change to have everybody pay more attention to long term growth.

Explore other reviews about Dell Technologies

5.0
5 Feb 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great Place to work and advancement.

Cons

New Organization structure during 2025 ended team building by making one company/Division team instead of smaller specialized teams.

1.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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.

2
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All