Dell lässt alle auch ins Büro zurückkehren

Got to indulge the control freaks and ensure your real estate investments don’t stop producing.

TFW you need to do a layoff but don’t want to pay severance

I may have an unpopular opinion but I think it’s harder to monitor everyone’s doing their job fully in big companies when they work from home. In my smaller company <300 people if someone isn’t doing their work it stands out. In a big company you can fly under the radar. I really don’t blame companies for wanting their employees back in desks.

Also even on my own small team we meet 2 days a week to work from the office and it’s a big productivity boost those days to have face time with co-workers, work a problem as a team. I’d not want to work from office 5 days a week but 1-2 days a week would be great.

Worked for Dell for a good while, they suck as much on the inside as they do the outside.

The letter is so full of contradictions and goes against all research into this topic. Why can he not just say what this is all about? Valuation of corporate real estate and impacts on stock price.

The letter assumes physical presence drives productivity, but research consistently shows remote and hybrid models are at least as effective, if not better for knowledge workers. It claims office work leads to faster decision-making, but digital collaboration tools reduce bottlenecks just as effectively. It frames passion and energy as office-dependent, but research shows that engagement is driven by job autonomy, not location. It promises flexibility while eliminating hybrid work, which contradicts flexibility research.

**Claim: „Nothing is faster than the speed of human interaction.“**

***Contradiction with Research***: Studies have shown that while ad hoc conversations can be efficient, constant in-office interruptions (chats, meetings, and background noise) can actually reduce deep work productivity. A study from Harvard Business School found that open offices reduced face-to-face collaboration by 70% as employees compensated by relying more on digital communication. Remote work tools (Slack, Teams, Asana, etc.) facilitate rapid decision-making without the inefficiencies of physical workplace distractions.

**Claim: „For us to lead, the speed of our business must continue to accelerate.“**

***Contradiction with Research***: Productivity metrics from the Stanford Work From Home Experiment (2021) showed that remote workers were 13% more productive than their in-office counterparts. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that remote employees worked longer hours but experienced less burnout due to better work-life balance. Microsoft’s New Future of Work Report found that employees were more efficient remotely, particularly in roles requiring focus and problem-solving.

**Claim: „We’ve already asked our sales teams, manufacturing teams, engineers in the labs, onsite team members and leaders to be in the office five days a week, and we have seen these areas come alive with new speed, energy, and passion.“**

***Contradiction with Research***: While some roles benefit from physical presence (manufacturing, lab work), knowledge workers do not require full-time office presence to be engaged or passionate. A 2022 McKinsey & Company report found that employees with the flexibility to work remotely were more engaged, happier, and less likely to leave compared to those forced back into offices. Gallup’s workplace research shows that autonomy and flexibility—not physical location—drive engagement and motivation.

**Claim: „We remain committed to flexibility within your workday.“**

***Contradiction with Research***: – Flexibility is not just about work hours—it includes location flexibility. Gartner’s 2023 Hybrid Work Report found that companies that eliminated hybrid work in favor of RTO had higher turnover rates and decreased employee satisfaction. Deloitte’s 2022 Workplace Study showed that forcing employees into offices without compelling reasons led to higher attrition rates.

**Claim: „We continually evolve our business to deliver the best value and service to our customers and partners.“**

***Contradiction with Research***: Remote and hybrid work models have not shown a decline in service quality or business value—in fact, companies that embraced hybrid work models reported increased output. The PwC 2023 Future of Work Survey found that remote workers were just as productive as in-office employees and that hybrid work led to higher employee satisfaction without harming customer outcomes. IBM’s Work-from-Anywhere Study found that companies that embraced remote work outperformed competitors in revenue growth and talent retention.

In the film This Is Marshall McLuhan (YouTube), McLuhan declares the end of the office and rush hour traffic. He claimed telephones and closed circuit TV could allow anyone to do office work anywhere they were connected. The film is from 1969.

The only Dell I trust is DelTaco

Honestly, the Dell of the last 10 years seems to lack any real direction anyway.

They acquire this company, sell off random parts of it, rename this or line of products, enter and exit this market and they just can’t quite seem to decide if they want to be the a premium brand or a budget brand for computers.

Michael. Please. Pick a lane. Commit to it and try to excel in it please.

Dude, you’re getting a ~~Dell~~ return to office memo

If human interaction is so important will they stop outsourcing jobs and have all their employees in the same US offices? Doubt.

I heard about this coming. One of my neighbors work(ed) for Dell. She had all her years in and was really just working to stay busy.

There were rumblings coming down about an RTO mandate months ago. It got more real and my neighbor just opted to retire.

Dell has some real problems with the age of their leadership from mid-level on up. They’re all around retirement age and will take that out over going back to an office.

God I wish workers had the power to just say „Oh, you will? Bye bitch“

How is this new? I mean nost of half year last year was about Dell pissing on their pandemic commitment to hae remote work forever.

Can’t get those free layoffs legitimately. Gotta make people quit.

After these cramped offices get jam packed with people commuting from two hours away, they’re going to start disconnecting the A/C and backing up the toilets. Whatever it takes to make workers quit. Get every company everywhere down to an absolutely skeleton crew just like every restaurant and retailer in America.

Dell hasn’t been relevant in at least 15 years.