Dell complaints

[ShaftDu]

first a side note:

I keep on reading FallenAngel and thinking it is Funnystuff's post. I was confused a little this morning.

It is funny but I actually welcome people like Funny to post on these boards. As long as he can tell us why he loves his job. And it isn't personal, why not hear from people who believes in the Dell system. I know some of you might disagree but if we all agree on the same things in life then we wouldn't be human. Once in a while, we get Dell 'fanboys' writing on here explaining why they LOVED their Dells or why they love their jobs. I don't mind that.

I tell a lot of people if Dell does anything right is that their systems tend to be a lot more quieter. And the fact you could 'easily' go to their website and price out a system. However, with a system like that you have beware of the outside chance something might go wrong. This board is a great example of things that go bad either ordering online or through a phone rep. Even though, I think the practice is a tad outdated with places like Best Buy or Circuit City easily carrying the majority of computers, why would you wait for 3 to 5 weeks where you can pick one up in a 3 to 5 minutes.

Hey, when you make a website for the sole purpose of bashing Dell you shouldn't be surpise it will attract people who have different opinans.

Funnystuff, I believe two things about you by reading your posts. You either really love your job and want to counter the opposition OR you are just bored and want spir up the hornet's nest. If you doing really well and making a great living, i say good for you. If you pride yourself as a Dell employee, more power to you buddy. You have to also realize that there are people who don't believe the same way. The internet came bring together people who share ideas and thoughts. They can also bring together who believe differently.

However, it is possible that you are just bored and want to talk some crap. I have seen all the time. Some guy who believes in Darwin would go to a Christian board and tell them they are wrong. Why even bother? Are you thinking that somehow you can convert someone who is Christain to the light. Or maybe you are liberal, why even bother to go to a ultra right wing board and yell at them about Bush. Now if you want to have a civil debate, that another story.

Funnystuff, if you truely love Dell, I say welcome!

[FallenAngel]

Ack. I'm being compared to a troll? Gah!

[Grissom]

[dhell vet]

Hey Funnystuff, wake up!!! Things are nice when you get there, but there's one truth...it's not what you know, it's WHO knows you and hears your name and sees your face on a frequent basis. It's an ass-kissing circus made up of jacked-up MBAs and geeks. I'm still there, but one foot out the door trying to decide which offer to take after bonus time.

I would only recommend the place if you want to get the company name on your resume for other job/career opportunities. Other than that, go down the road and work somewhere else. People get content working there and don't leave unless they're squeezed out the door. I can't tell you how many MBAs came into the department where I work and couldn't even write an email without sounding like a dumbass. Not to mention the numerous screw ups that cost the company millions and they still weren't fired.

From what I hear from others, the entire business world is made up of yahoos like this...from GM to J&J. We'd better get used to it...it is WHO knows your name, face and all the positive bullshit you can make smell like roses.

[i_escaped_dell]

LOL..MBA's...what a waste of time.....its like a freaking bachelors in Communication everyone has it and it doesn't prepare you for anything. I guess the paper looks pretty hanging on the cubicle.

[hotrodlincoln]

[FallenAngel]

If you wanna get vindictive, then that's the easiest way to do it.

Sexual harrassment? Pffft. Sadly that's the way the world has become...piss poor "politically correct" nose bleeders.

[Blaze]

[StrangeFarer]

[sickofdell]

[FallenAngel]

Remember, termination for "cause" has to be proven beyond doubt.

[StrangeFarer]

[sickofdell]

[FallenAngel]

I keep forgetting that most of you are from the States where the worker is considered disposable. In Canada, they have similar laws, but there's nothing stating that you can't send email home. If it contains proprietary details then yes you may have a point. What we're addressing though is valid arguement against "just cause".

As for what you can use, Email and anything written will suffice. Email because it contains unique headers that can quantify any claim you had that something was sent to a certain someone at a certain time on a certain day.

Anything written because mostly, you requested it. That's right. If you're asked or expected to do something you are leery about, or outright suspicious, request to see it in writing first. If the deny it and then make action against you, you can force them to prove why you "needed" to do this special thing that no one else seemed to have to do, or at the very least doing something that appears out of sorts.

It's harder for a company to prove a point than it is for you to disprove one. All of this is called a paper trail. I have a right to keep accurate work records at my discretion. I have every single, pertinent email that I've sent or received since I started. I also have several paper documents that I may fall back on if needs be.

It's one of the things I love about working for a country that values their workforce to some extent. "At will" is a foreign concept up here, as I've mentioned before.

[Gearbox]

Wish the States cared about their workers. All they care about is fattening the wallets of the elite and making everyone else who needs a living to work like dogs.
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