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Q&A With Dell EMC Employees
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Q&A With Dell EMC Employees
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How's the work life balance at EMC?
It differs for everyone, but is encouraged by the company. If that is something important to you, provided your performance meets the requirements of your job and your expectations, you will have no problem balancing work and personal.
They allow employees to work remotely 2 days a week, provided the individual is in good standing and performance does not suffer working away from the office. It is a work-hard, play-hard mentality. They respect their employees.
It's not great. You are expected to work even on vacation. Most of us do.
If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at EMC?
Top Employee Response
They talk about "going big" and "winning big" when it comes to our work, but they turn around and talk about having comparable benefits and compensation to the industry average. Why can working at Dell EMC be as good as working for the Googles or the Facebooks of the world?
There is big difference in pay scale compared to other large tech companies. (Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.) Up double below industry pay in some cases for doing similar jobs.
In my opinion, I am not sure I would make too many. If there is one, I would be more strict on who and when people can work from home. If you reduce the amount of time people actually interact with each other, it is difficult to have a sustained culture.
What are you most excited about working at EMC?
Top Employee Response
I have a lot of flexibility and authority to work on problems the way I think best. There's not a lot of direction about the way we have to do things.
I am excited that the Dell EMC merger offers up the only company who can truly fulfill the entire "IT Stack". By that I mean, we have infrastructure of Servers, Storage, Networking while offering integration of both proprietary and open source software of VMware, Pivotal, RSA, Secureworks, virtustream and many others. This allows us to be the only company that can solve any on or off premise solution like public or private clouds, while offering the capability to write next generation apps.
New technology
What do people at EMC think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?
Overall, they have a very positive impression for the CEO. The simulation between the Dell and EMC employees took some time, but the majority believe it is getting there. It is a huge company with over 100,000 employees, so there are always going to be ups and downs. With that being said, it is a fantastic company and is a great place to work.
I don't hear people talking about him much.
Michael Dell is not seen as a strategic player - nor is he really seen as being in touch with the customer.
What's the interview process like at EMC?
In depth, technical, and concerns both industry trends and their own portfolio.
Phone interviews mostly. Pretty standard stuff.
Experienced based and not technical
Are you worried about your competitors? Do you talk about them a lot as a company?
Top Employee Response
No and no. EMC is fully aware that while there is competition the quality of their products and their "Value Add" are far supiorior to similar companies.
There is always discussion about competitive aspects, but in no way is the company worried. Dell and EMC combined with the family of Vmware, Pivotal, Virtustream, RSA, and the others combined with a strong governance for R&D organic and acquisition allows us to be ready for most technological disruptions.
We are pretty secure here competition wise
What's the work from home policy like at Dell Technologies EMC?
Some departments are different. Usually, after the first 3-6 months, sometimes a year, you are permitted to work from home 2 days a week
Awesome. Assuming you have built trust.
How difficult is it to maintain a social life while in your job at EMC?
Not difficult, at all! Your job at Dell EMC is very social in general.
Not difficult, but it is impacted with the always connected lifestyle of sales / presales.
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining EMC?
If working in Sales / Pre-Sales, Dress well. Dress very well.
The lack of transparency between divisions.
How often do raises happen at EMC?
Annually.
never
How common is it to switch departments or teams at EMC?
Common after a commitment of a year or more to your department is fulfilled.
not common at all
How common are layoffs at EMC?
Pretty common as Dell and EMC continue to trim redundancies out of the workforce.
Pretty common
What kind of people succeed at EMC?
Motivated, intelligent and positive.
Hard workers
How does EMC make decisions around promotions?
They don't. I only know 1 person that was ever promoted in my 3 years here.
If you are a rockstar - every 18-24 months. If you are good/above average, 36-48 months.
What are your coworkers at EMC like?
Mostly nice and well meaning people.
Old timers are back stabbing people who don't like change even if it improves efficiency or profit.
Is it normal for your coworkers to spend time hanging out together outside of work, or is it a less social office?
Top Employee Response
Depends on where you work. In the main offices you will find that it's common to hang out regularly. Telework is encouraged and that does affect your social interactions, but personally I am a remote worker, but when we go to offices for training or meetings, many us go out on social interactions. The internal chat tools like Skype and Slack allow a continual interaction with co-workers.
Some do that live local to each other.
What's the company culture like at EMC?
Top Employee Response
Very pro-employee. Everyone in my department, Microsoft Practice [Washington, DC] got along really well. Dress was business casual [Khakis and Polo Shirt].
Since the Dell EMC merger, management is heavily pushing the #culturecode. What that means is that we have shared values of Customers First + Winning together + innovation + results + integrity, and is "activated" by setting expectations for How we work + How we lead. So managers do have some pressure to be a better leader via Net Promoter Scores for employees called the eNPS through the "TellDell" surveys. The downside is that I have yet to see any actual changes from the November and February surveys, but they sure do talk about it plenty. What you will experience depends primarily on where in the company you will work. Sales and Pre-Sales engineering are high pressure get the sale, internal product engineering is more of typical get the products out the door, and other groups are more of a plod along.
What makes you most happy at EMC?
Top Employee Response
The people, the products and the customers!
Delivering something, solving a problem
What is most positive about the culture and environment at EMC?
Top Employee Response
Need to deal with too many personal issues
Everyone works hard & helps each other out close deals.The talent is the top in the industry and it shows when customers give their feedback
What perk or benefit should Dell Technologies EMC have?
Stock options
How often do promotions happen at Dell Technologies EMC?
Usually there is a pretty good flow of promotions. If you are rocking your job you will get noticed and promoted.
What is Dell Technologies EMC's policy towards pets in the workplace?
work from home. have all the pets you want.
What is the daily attire at Dell Technologies EMC?
work from home... sweats and t shirt
What makes you the most proud about working at Dell Technologies EMC?
big company, well respected
What kind of activities do employees at Dell Technologies EMC participate in outside of work?
Biking, basketball, surfing
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Should I work at Dell EMC?
33% of Dell EMC employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 34% are neutral and 33% would not recommend working at Dell EMC to their friends.
| 33% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 34% | Passive |
| 33% | Detractors |
