Working at Dell in Austin, TX: 90 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Austin, TX Area

"Great place to learn sales skills coming out of college"

What do you like about working at Dell?

"Working with many different accounts"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be very professional with a desire to promote"

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"You were pretty micro-managed"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Trust your top performers"

"good"

What do you like about working at Dell?

"Big name"

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"too many people idle"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"less manager"

"I enjoyed my time at Dell, I learned a lot, but it lost it's soul in 2000 - 2001"

What do you like about working at Dell?

"The daily challenges, and drive to excel."

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"When it started getting too big, and lost some great people."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stick with the people and processes which made you successful...don't try to re-image yourself into some other company (IBM, Vanderslice, Montoya)."

"If you are not a VP, you can't make a difference"

What do you like about working at Dell?

"The potential is great; the reality is abysmal. The gym is nice."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared for a multistage interview process taking weeks and team/panel interviews with stock behavioral interview questions prepared by HR."

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"Very bureaucratic and structured. No consideration for the individual. Senior management is isolated from rest of company; middle management is out of touch with senior management and more focused on protecting their jobs, than taking a risk."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Decentralize senior management; allow access to any employees in company. Radical restructuring of Finance and HR groups and company policies necessary. Flatten hierarchy to no more than 5 levels; install one over one approval processes. Gut hiring processes through HR and require hiring managers to interview/hire candidates."

"Dell Financial Service good division within Dell but mgmt it needs to focus more turnaround than a quick sale"

What do you like about working at Dell?

"Well managed and good environment for career development."

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"However, there is not much promotional opportunities due to Dell's financial problems. There were too many layoffs to enjoy any employment stability."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There was to much wasted effort in selling the Dell Financial Services organization when it was obvious that no buyers were available. Management should have been managing the company for a turnaround instead of seeking a quick fix by selling the organization."

"Loved working there - would like to permanently"

What do you like about working at Dell?

"You are left to do your job within the defined guidelines"

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"The insecurity of keeping your job"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep employees informed."

"good place to work but always waiting on a pink slip"

What do you like about working at Dell?

"the people & the reputation"

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"the numbers games"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"treat people with respect & not like a number"

"I had a blast at Dell."

What do you like about working at Dell?

"I enjoyed the work I was doing on a daily basis. The projects assigned to me were a perfect match to my skill-set."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't count on being able to retire at Dell."

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"The frequent change in my managers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep the good managers in place."

"I would recommend Dell to anybody starting in the industry."

What do you like about working at Dell?

"Room for advancement"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Follow up any resume with a call or email to the person posting the position so they can get you on the interview list."

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"Large company with some bureaucracy"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

"It was a great company to work for and I would still be there if not for my move to San Antonio."

"Dell is a fine employer, fun environment."

"Great experience in short amount of time"

What do you like about working at Dell?

"Gained great experience in short time"

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"No work life balance"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You'll keep good resources with better work life balaqnce"

"Corporate culture is not for everyone - running a treadmill is a fulltime job there."

What do you like about working at Dell?

"Great benefits and pay."

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"The corporate culture was too cut-throat and competitive. Not enough focus on the positive work done and too much on the work that needs improvement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More positive encouragement!"

"Excellent experience."

"Contract cap makes contracts too short, cause a lot of turnover."