Dell RTO mandate said to be a stealth layoff, for women::Employees feel frustrated by lack of communication and bosses’ inability to tell them which offices are open

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    "Despite this information, leaders are still not confident that this will last long, as major metropolitan areas previously known to house large cultural pillars of the brand (Miami, New York City, etc.)

    Under that policy, articulated in a company memo [PDF] that appears to date from early 2021, 65 percent of Dell Technologies employees enjoyed flexible work arrangements.

    “Per sample data pulled, this group is disproportionately female,” with women whose partners serve in the military perhaps especially impacted as life in uniform often means relocation.

    Those who spoke to us expressed frustration with the way Dell management has handled the RTO mandate, citing the inconsistency of managerial messaging in group settings and in private, lack of accommodations for individual circumstances, and disinterest in employee needs.

    Each new memo on the RTO continues to bring AI into the conversation; positioning the solutions as bleeding edge, meanwhile the house is barely being held together internally."

    A Dell spokesperson replied that the computer corp had nothing to say beyond the statement provided for our previous story earlier this month: "We shared with team members our updated hybrid work policy.


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