In addition to other successes observed in media outlets, I wonder if this helps to further demonstrate the power of unions (despite there not having been such a thing in this case) in a subtle manner:
When people act together, they are likely to get positive results.
A different observation:
Not only are they helping themselves and improving Dell’s culture, but they are also helping the environment and inspiring others. (And preserving needless burning of person hours.)
Way to go!
I like “or else” meant no promotions, as if that ever meant anything in tech. If you want more money you jump to another company. This just gives them even more incentive to do that.
Fun fact, a big reason why innovation happened a lot in tech is because of this-- when a company fails to retain someone, they take their wealth of knowledge and trade secrets with them. It actually hurts companies more than just losing a person since it also gives the competition a leg up!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Alternatively, by classifying themselves as remote, workers agree they can no longer be promoted or hired into new roles within the company.
Business Insider claims it has seen internal Dell tracking data that reveals nearly 50 percent of the workforce opted to accept the consequences of staying remote, undermining Dell’s plan to restore its in-office culture.
The publication spoke with a dozen Dell employees to hear their stories as to why they chose to stay remote, and a variety of reasons came up.
Some said they enjoyed more free time and less strain on their finances after going remote, and nothing could convince them to give that up now.
Many interviewed admitted they were looking for work at other companies that aren’t trying to corral employees back into the office.
For example, we’ve reported several times on Apple’s internal struggles and employee revolts over remote work.
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Yeah, but where did they go?
No where. Shockingly, the article has more details than the bot summary or even the headline.
I’d love to be fully wfh, but I’d rather be employed.
The point is, enough of them said No that they didn’t have a choice but to let them do it.
Imagine what they could have done with an actual union to organize and coordinate their efforts.They’re on borrowed time at Dell.
So what? Lots of better jobs are out there. And maybe they’re not, because Dell still has to stay in business, by having employees.
They’re definitely not going to layboff half the company.
they remained on dell, but have willingly forgone the oportunity of progressing in their career within the company in order to remain at home. some are even looking for other jobs in organizations that don’t whip them back into offices.
Elsewhere.
There aren’t that many wfh options anymore.
I mean yeah, it was an “or else” joke.
Ahhh. Got it.
Clap. Clap.
The article says the “or else” was that they’d become ineligible for promotion, and half decided to do it anyway. So they didn’t lose their job.
