Dell complaints

Apathy · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject:

The "official" word from Dell management is that TMC will be closed on December 31st. The "unofficial" word going around the rumor mill is September or October at the latest. Also the sixty day notice for severance packages started going out earlier this week and will snowball in July or August.
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Family_guy · Regular Hater Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 49

I'm still waiting for all of those packets in the Round Rock Campus to go out.

Padawan2007 · Dances with Hate Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 134

Family_guy · Regular Hater Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 49

I have heard rumors that 50% of the Round Rock campus is getting the ax and they are moving the jobs to cheaper sites. That is only a rumor but it is interesting.

Padawan2007 · Dances with Hate Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 134

Family_guy · Regular Hater Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 49

I will start to ask around a bit and see what I can find out. If I hear anything at all I will post it here ASAP.

I heard about the 50% reduction from to entirely different sources.

TestMaggot · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:04 am Post subject:

Family_guy · Regular Hater Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 49

Again, this is just a rumor.
My feeling is that all buildings and departments will be hit. I have no idea who they would need to keep in Round Rock.

Family_guy · Regular Hater Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 49

InTheKnow · Hates with a Vengance Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 72

The source I depended upon was fired a week ago. I dont haveanything further, and the terms of their separation was fairly lucrative, so they wont even answer my emails. I would be the same way if it were me. Sorry. I would expect deep cuts in anything sold or serviced over the telephone. They save money by selling in retail.

Padawan2007 · Dances with Hate Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 134

I still have an outside & two inside sources which they are saying the same things - another round coming... one inside says 60% hit in Round Rock and the other says Finance is gonna get hit in mid June... my outside source says another big round is coming - but no details... I will ask these sources again for further details without sounding like I am trying to get details...
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DellWhoCares? · Regular Hater Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 31

I believe the executives are thinking we need to save more money.

The ICP payout typically comes at the end of September.

What they will likely do is lay people off before the bonus so the people just get the severance and they don't have to pay the bonus to them.

Between now and the end of July, August time frame I believe we will see the remainder of the layoffs.

After they finish the layoffs they will tell everyone they are pretty much done and then they will bump up the ICP payout to try to bring up moral.

Also the Tell Dell Survey comes out at the end of this month. It will be interesting to see.

biff's buddy · Hates with a Vengance Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 63

In Ottawa, they have been very good about giving bonuses with the pink slip. It was my first bonus ever .... obviously I was doing something right.

FallenAngel · Super Hater Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 1490

They got bonus payouts in Edmonton as well. Perhaps the laws regarding final pay are different across the border?

Family_guy · Regular Hater Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 49

Well no real news yet but I did get a phone call from a friend who works for a partner company. He said that they have been told to prepare for big changes in Dell's Round Rock campus.