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Dell introduced a return-to-office mandate in February, with remote workers experiencing the negative effects of working from home, according to a new report. business insider.
According to BI, return-to-work policies crack down on remote work by making it impossible for remote workers to be promoted or change roles. Starting in May, nearly all staff will be classified as remote or hybrid, with hybrid workers required to come to work about three days a week.
“It’s important for remote team members to understand the trade-offs. Career advancement, including applying for new roles within the company, may require team members to be reclassified as on-site hybrid,” the memo said. is written.
Dell BI sources obtained data on the composition of remote teams and found that affected remote employees are “overwhelmingly female.”
“While this new policy appears to be anti-remote on the surface, it will actually be anti-women,” the official said.
Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, speaks during the “New Strategy for a New Era” keynote at Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain on February 27, 2024 (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Other Dell employees told BI they believe the new policy is a way to quietly fire employees.Dell fired 5% of employeeshas approximately 6,650 employees as of February 2023.
Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell, has previously expressed his opinion on whether working in an office is advantageous when it comes to factors such as advancement, performance, and engagement.
“At Dell, even before the pandemic forced everyone to work from home, we found no meaningful differences between team members working remotely and office-based,” Dell wrote. Social Media Posts in 2022.