Dell Now Requires Workers In Office 5 Days A Week

RTO Mandate: Dell Now Requires Workers In The Office 5 Days A Week
CEO Michael Dell has asked the company's 100,000 employees to return to office full time by next month. What's behind the new RTO policy?
Dell ends hybrid work policy, becomes latest tech giant to force workers back to the office full-time
Employees living within an hour of a Dell office will need to work from there five days per week beginning next month.
Dell Technologies ending remote, hybrid work; employees return to office five days a week
Dell Technologies expects all employees living within an hour of its offices to be at their desks five days a week beginning March 3.
Dell ‘Retiring’ Hybrid Working as Return To Office Push Continues
A revised RTO mandate came into effect this time last year that specified in-office attendance of 39 days per quarter, applying to all staff. But it became clear over the course of the year that Dell’s remote workers would be disadvantaged, with in-office employees receiving incentives and a greater chance of earning promotions.
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Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands return-to-office despite remote work pledge
"Here at Dell, we expect, on an ongoing basis, that 60 per cent of our workforce will stay remote or have a hybrid schedule where they work from home mostly and come into the office one or two days a week," said Clarke during the corporation's Q2 2020 earnings conference call.
Read Dell's memo 'retiring' hybrid work and calling workers back to the office 5 days a week
Dell has become the latest tech company to implement a five-day return-to-office policy. BI obtained the email CEO Michael Dell sent to staff.
Dell risks employee retention by forcing all teams back into offices full-time
Like other organizations, Dell risks losing employees by implementing a divisive mandate. For Dell specifically, internal tracking data reportedly found that nearly half of workers already opted for remote work over being eligible for promotions or new roles, according to a September Business Insider report.
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