ElderberryLow@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDell finding ways to absolutely suck as an employerarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down116
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minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down3·1 year agoBut it loses the best people keeping the worst. Dead Sea.
minus-square0110010001100010@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·1 year agoManagement doesn’t care as long as line go up. Corporate America is constantly chasing short-term gains and damn the future.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·1 year agoEh… why would Dell need the best people? They’re a mediocre company. Mediocre staff are sufficient.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoMaybe that’s what they realized!
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhen you’re doing professional services, having mediocre people means no repeat business. Unrelated, but my company is working with a 3rd party for the second half of an addition to a platform that dell professional services helped us set up.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoBest people = expensive people in management speak
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoBest people = your entire product Usually
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoThat’s a problem for next quarter
But it loses the best people keeping the worst. Dead Sea.
Management doesn’t care as long as line go up. Corporate America is constantly chasing short-term gains and damn the future.
Eh… why would Dell need the best people? They’re a mediocre company. Mediocre staff are sufficient.
Maybe that’s what they realized!
When you’re doing professional services, having mediocre people means no repeat business. Unrelated, but my company is working with a 3rd party for the second half of an addition to a platform that dell professional services helped us set up.
Best people = expensive people in management speak
Best people = your entire product
Usually
That’s a problem for next quarter