Internal survey results obtained by Business Insider show that a key measure of worker satisfaction at Dell has dropped by almost 50% in two years.

Four Dell employees cited factors including the company's ongoing layoffs, return-to-office policy, artificial intelligence implementation and a culture shift as reasons for the decrease in the ...

Dell brought in a five-day RTO mandate in March. Employees told BI that managers had been taking different approaches to the policy.

Some suspect Dell's suddenly stringent office policy is an attempt to force people to quit so that the company can avoid layoffs. In 2023, Dell laid off 13,000 people, per regulatory filings [PDF].

The employee satisfaction score at Dell has fallen to 32 from 63 two years ago, with staff citing layoffs, return-to-office mandates, AI implementation and culture shifts.

As many organizations attempt to pressure employees to return to in-person work, Dell, the American technology company with roughly 42,000 employees based in the U.S., is facing increased scrutiny.

This followed Dell laying off 13,000 employees in 2023. Dell's sales team were the first to be asked to return five days a week to office in September 2024, according to reports.

Another tech company in Central Texas is supposedly going through some new policy changes. Computer giant Dell Inc. is enacting a more strict return-to-office (RTO) mandate, according to Business ...

An employee in tech support at Round Rock said they'd intentionally been coming in less since March 3 on "pure principle." They said they felt the new policy made them feel "treated like a child." ...

Dell's RTO policy has been a sore point for employees, with 2024 reports suggesting that 50% of Dell's full-time US-based employees would prefer to stay remote.

Dell employees who don’t live near an office, according to BI, will still be allowed to work remotely. Team leaders at Dell will also reportedly be able to ask for exemptions to the policy for ...