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Around a decade ago I was working at a developer tools company. An org within Dell was using our product. When we spoke with their management about how it was w

Around a decade ago I was working at a developer tools company. An org within Dell was using our product. When we spoke with their management about how it was working, what their feature requests, etc. were, they'd frequently refer to the engineers as "the cattle" and were not speaking humorously. I am not surprised that behavior is present elsewhere in their employee relations. It does not seem like an environment that sparks joy.

malfist 2y ago
When I worked at Dell it was....not great. My org had a tendency to fire any manager who set realistic expectations and put in place anyone who would always say yes to the client. It got so bad that my direct manager had a literal mental breakdown one day over someone resigning that was key to the success of a project. Like sobbing, throwing furniture at walls out of control break down. I got out of their right after that, last I heard my direct manager quit tech entirely and went back to his home country. That org was not setup for anyone to win. But it was my first non-intern job out of college and it introduced me to the perk of WFH, we all had 2 WFH days a week and I loved it (especially since at home I could stream music, at the office 30+ people shared a T1 line). A couple years after I left, I got laid off, and desperate for a job, came back to Dell, but at that point almost nobody was coming into the office and I didn't have any teammates there so I just worked from home all the time. that was 9 years ago I think, and I've worked remotely since then.