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To: Dell-icious who wrote (55159)	7/29/1998 11:09:00 PM
From: DoggieDude	Respond to of 176387

The person in that article may have met many people who disliked working for Dell, but I don't know of any job I've ever had where most of the people working there considered it to a lousy place to spend their days. Bitching about one's job is America's favorite pastime. You might also want to look at the other side of it. IMO most people who complain about their working conditions are those that work in positions of little or no authority. If the management at Dell is being strict & demanding on their employees than it most likely in pursuit of an even higher level of efficiency. For those employees who don't like, are unwilling to participate in it, and can't handle it, good riddance to them!

To: Dell-icious who wrote (55159)	7/29/1998 11:16:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 176387

I worked at Dell last year as a consultant (Im from Silicon Valley). I found the mgmt there to be pretty arrogant about what they had to offer their people. For example I dont think the mgmt I had exposure to had any idea how to manage people that were already wealthy and did not need to work (its a different scene managing people who dont have to work, good managers dont have a problem with it however). I found this to be truly odd given the performance of Dell stock over the years, but thats how it was. I guess Dell is just representative of a more old-line mfg company from an employee sense than Im used to (you know, director better than mgr, vp better than director, etc). In any case, I don't think mgmt arrogance is any big deal in terms of the future performance of Dell stock - the outlook is excellent, and every company has its funnies anyway. Michelle

To: Dell-icious who wrote (55159)	7/30/1998 7:34:00 AM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 176387

More than one person has referred to the golden handcuffs of soaring options. Fit me up for some of those handcuffs, if there are any left...

To: Dell-icious who wrote (55159)	7/30/1998 8:31:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 176387

The letter sounds overtly suspicious must be a salesman for Compaq. The last I heard Dell has one of the lowest employee turnover in the industry.

To: Dell-icious who wrote (55159)	7/30/1998 9:10:00 AM
From: K. M. Strickler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

D, >> For the Dell of It James Cramer: I live in Austin, and thought I'd pass along a "man on the street" observation about Dell. ----- <<<< Very interesting article, and interesting replies so far. Here is another look --- As pointed out, there are always those that may be dissatisfied but are staying for the money. (This happens everywhere.) In one of the replies, it was mentioned the problem with managing wealthy employees. (There are always problems with managing people, and 'rich' ones can be a little independent.) The 'top down' management approach, if it is position, is the most problematical IMHO because it effectively 'stiffles' innovation from the 'work force'. I don't know what the real problem might be, but from the article and the replies, it appears that there may be an area to be improved upon. I would task the DELL 'lurker' to escalate this line of posts to upper management. The BTO-JIT model is very efficient, as we all have seen, but if the 'line employees' felt that they were being listened to and 'appreciated', the model may work even better. Nothing affects the morale of a company more than feeling that management cares! JMHO Regards, Ken

To: Dell-icious who wrote (55159)	7/30/1998 10:08:00 AM
From: jbn3	Respond to of 176387

Employee Dissatisfaction Re the letter sent to TheStreet.com about DELL employee dissatisfaction. Thread: as you know, a bunch of us just spent several days in Austin, where we had a chance to meet numerous DELL employees. I am not going to tell you that there is no employee dissatisfaction, because I don't know that. However, I do know that Without exception, every DELL employee we met, either in the factory or accidentally, was as happy and enthusiastic as we were. Now, one may argue that the unhappy ones, if present, didn't care to associate with us. Still.... Regards, 3