Dell employees have previously rebelled against RTO This is not the first time Dell has faced issues with getting its employees back into the office.

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.

Dell has been steadily ramping up its RTO policy since February 2024, when it asked all US employees to classify themselves as either hybrid or remote — roughly 50% opted to stay remote.

Dell's employee satisfaction rate has plummeted nearly 50% in two years, with workers citing ongoing layoffs and the company's return-to-office policy.

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." ...

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.

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.

TL;DR: Dell has reduced its workforce by 25,000 employees since 2023, marking a 19% decrease over two years. The company implemented layoffs and return-to-office mandates, despite employee ...

While it's unclear how many employees were laid off, the move came after Dell cut 13,000 jobs worldwide in 2023 due to a drop in sales like personal computers.

On Jan. 31, CEO Michael Dell sent an email that told employees who live within an hour of a Dell office to come to work in person effective March 3, according to the memo obtained by Business Insider.

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