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Dell demands employees to work 5 days a week in office and ‘grow skills’
MSN.com ^ | September 26, 2024 | Reuters

Posted on 09/26/2024 6:34:01 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Dell Technologies said Thursday that their global sales team employees who are able to work from the company offices must do so five days a week, starting Sept. 30, according to a memo seen by Reuters.

The change is to leverage collaborative environment and “grow skills,” which requires the team to be in the office, the memo said. “Working remotely should be the exception rather than the routine,” it added.

The field representatives from the sales team are expected to spend five days a week with customers and partners, or in the office. The team was previously required to work from the office for three days per week, according to the memo.

“Remote sales team members who can’t go into a Dell office should continue to work remotely,” Dell added.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dell; fallingdominoes; rto; wfh
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The dominoes continue to fall. Might as well make the most of it whenever we're called back.
1 posted on 09/26/2024 6:34:01 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
This isn't about "back to the office". This is about having a round of layoffs without having to announce it and take a hit on their stock price.

Even if staff returned to the office, they'll still face the same layoff. Being in the office doesn't guarantee one doesn't get laid off, it just makes HR use a different approach.

2 posted on 09/26/2024 6:39:46 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

But, but. Will I be harassed for wearing my face diaper?


3 posted on 09/26/2024 6:40:36 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Even if office workers around smell bad and pass gas?

And do people have to wear pants in the office?


4 posted on 09/26/2024 6:44:56 PM PDT by frank ballenger (so then let us set up a last agonizing, bloodcurdling howl, a screech of defiance, a war whoop! )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Or don’t. That’s just fine.


5 posted on 09/26/2024 6:45:37 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
How dare they! Back to the office? The nerve of some people!!!

6 posted on 09/26/2024 6:46:00 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. -- Psalm 106)
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To: blackdog

I love Regus Patoff. He’s my hero.


7 posted on 09/26/2024 6:46:49 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I am just as effective at home as in the office, without the hassle of the commute, dry cleaning, packing/buying lunch, gas, etc.

Since I’m a COVID long-hauler and now restricted from driving, working from home is my only option and I give it my all.

Some people slouch around and slack off. Being in the office where someone can supervise them is a good way to separate the wheat from the chaff.


8 posted on 09/26/2024 6:59:49 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (🇺🇸✝️🙏🇮🇱)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Oh no people will have to get up early take a shower in the morning and look presentable. Then drive for an hour in rush hour traffic. People will want to get paid for all that effort before and after work. It’s only fair.


9 posted on 09/26/2024 7:06:53 PM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: TheWriterTX

I agree. I’ve been ‘remote’ since long before ccp-19. I wanted to be remote since late last century but it took until 2011 to find a willing employer. i’m much more effective while ‘remote.’


10 posted on 09/26/2024 7:07:26 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Slowly reeling the serfs back onto the manor...


11 posted on 09/26/2024 7:14:24 PM PDT by glorgau
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I am just as effective at home as in the office

I'm actually MORE effective at home than I was in the office.

No more distracting people walking by, playing putt-putt in the aisles (Yes, that did happen every day), conference calls on speakerphone, faulty lighting, bad climate control, or any number of other things.

12 posted on 09/26/2024 7:16:07 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

after De took a sledge hammer to one of our computers in their warranty repair shop, at least they bust it up into dozzens of broken pieces...and after we had to sue them to get paid for it since they refused to even respond to customer correspondence

we haven’t purchased a De product since.

they lost a lot of business, that’s for sure


13 posted on 09/26/2024 7:16:42 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It's just a euphemism. If the boss wants you back at the office, I would oblige. Look for another job otherwise.
14 posted on 09/26/2024 7:18:56 PM PDT by Fungi
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after De took a sledge hammer to one of our computers in their warranty repair shop, at least they bust it up into dozzens of broken pieces...and after we had to sue them to get paid for it since they refused to even respond to customer correspondence

Wow. We buy a lot of Dell, and the only time they repair a server is when we need a motherboard replaced. Otherwise they send the parts, and we do the work. If they do need to replace a MB, they send a technician to our site and perform the work under supervision of our employees.

Once we get a server, it does not leave our premises.

15 posted on 09/26/2024 7:19:39 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: glorgau

If the Davos crowd had their way, I bet we’d all live in 15-minute cities, take mass-transit, eet zee bugz…and work from home.


16 posted on 09/26/2024 7:23:34 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It must be terrible nowadays to be forced to work with woke leftist Nazis and assorted control freaks in HR. After the hiring indoctrination process, say the wrong word and you’ll be escorted to your vehicle. Life is just too short for all that.


17 posted on 09/26/2024 7:48:23 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ShadowAce

It sounds like you may have it under control.
We haven’t purchased a Del product in years so I’ve don’t have recent experience with them. Nor will we ever again buy their stuff. At one time Toshiba computers were almost indestructible. We use mostly hp now. Have had some issues but a mile better than De was


18 posted on 09/26/2024 7:55:55 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A company executive can run the business as he sees fit, but this whole thing has become a farce.

These business leaders destroyed their credibility back in 2020 when they allowed a bunch of government Nazis to declare their employees “non-essential” and force them to work from home in the first place.

19 posted on 09/26/2024 7:59:16 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: crusty old prospector

Of course, as you should be by everyone.


20 posted on 09/26/2024 8:37:50 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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