事實證明,像對待小學生一樣對待員工(而且不是“你贏得了一場披薩派對”這樣的方式)會適得其反。正值盛夏時分,今年的成績單已經出爐,而戴爾科技公司(Dell Technologies)的高管正在直勾勾地盯著新鮮出爐的不及格分數。
該科技巨頭在最近的員工敬業度調查“Tell Dell”中的得分,顯示出員工的滿意度下降。消息人士對《商業內幕》表示,這份年度調查至今已經持續了八年,員工從5月開始提交意見,在6月末對外公布。
戴爾的員工凈推薦值(eNPS),即受訪者是否會推薦他人到戴爾工作,尤其缺乏說服力。據《商業內幕》報道,雖然不同部門的員工凈推薦值存在差異,但總體eNPS得分在一年內從63下降至48。《商業內幕》查看了約98,000人的調查結果。
一位匿名員工對《商業內幕》表示:“無論如何,我從未見過一個分數朝著錯誤的方向發生如此快速的變化。”
戴爾發言人對《財富》雜志表示:“值得注意的是,你是否會推薦戴爾,只是一項深入調查中的一個問題,它讓我們通過這項調查了解員工情緒的最新動態。”這位發言人稱,調查結果顯示出其他積極的指標。“雖然我們的分數確實有所下降,但如果你去看看Perceptyx博客,你會發現戴爾的分數仍然遠高于行業平均水平。”
戴爾員工的情緒低落并不完全令人震驚。2023年,遭遇銷售下滑后,戴爾裁員13,000人(在2月和8月都進行了裁員)。而留下的員工則受到政策變化的影響。
今年2月,戴爾宣布對員工進行一場不太令人興奮的分類測試,將他們分為兩組:混合辦公組或遠程辦公組。這似乎是一次錯誤的嘗試,因為戴爾警告遠程辦公的員工,居家辦公要以他們的事業發展為代價。戴爾在一份備忘錄中表示:“職業晉升,包括申請公司內部的新崗位,需要團隊成員重新歸類為現場混合辦公員工。”
在這種兩極分化的規定之后,戴爾又采取了同樣兩極分化的策略:員工監督和監控。戴爾在5月被爆出跟蹤員工出勤情況,并像小學一樣,用藍、綠、黃、紅四色旗給員工打分。
當時,戴爾對《財富》雜志表示:“在當今的全球技術革命浪潮中,我們認為將面對面的聯系與靈活的方式相結合,對于促進創新和價值差異化至關重要。”
但無論如何,員工似乎并未上鉤。《商業內幕》援引戴爾公司的內部數據稱,6月,接近一半的戴爾全職員工選擇了遠程辦公。
雖然今年的情況并非如此,但在疫情和隨后開始要求重回辦公室之前,靈活辦公似乎已經成為戴爾公司文化中蓬勃發展的一部分。戴爾科技副董事長兼首席運營官杰夫·克拉克曾在2020年5月寫道:“關于大量員工遠程辦公能否保證工作效率的辯論已經結束——我們認識到,這不僅是可行的,而是很成功。”該科技公司吹噓它“已經向靈活辦公的方向傾斜”,有65%的團隊成員都在利用靈活辦公政策。
戴爾后來發布的2022年《未來工作》(Future of Work)報告,依舊堅持遠程辦公優先或友好辦公場所的理念,報告稱“戴爾科技的長期遠大目標是,60%的員工在任何一天都能遠程辦公。”
如果將員工的eNPS評分作為指標,公司的立場180度大轉彎,并沒有讓剩余員工滿意。而《商業內幕》的消息人士稱,該公司的高管正在試圖掩蓋問題。
關于調查結果,一位戴爾員工表示:“似乎每一位領導者都被允許忽視這個問題。”(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
事實證明,像對待小學生一樣對待員工(而且不是“你贏得了一場披薩派對”這樣的方式)會適得其反。正值盛夏時分,今年的成績單已經出爐,而戴爾科技公司(Dell Technologies)的高管正在直勾勾地盯著新鮮出爐的不及格分數。
該科技巨頭在最近的員工敬業度調查“Tell Dell”中的得分,顯示出員工的滿意度下降。消息人士對《商業內幕》表示,這份年度調查至今已經持續了八年,員工從5月開始提交意見,在6月末對外公布。
戴爾的員工凈推薦值(eNPS),即受訪者是否會推薦他人到戴爾工作,尤其缺乏說服力。據《商業內幕》報道,雖然不同部門的員工凈推薦值存在差異,但總體eNPS得分在一年內從63下降至48。《商業內幕》查看了約98,000人的調查結果。
一位匿名員工對《商業內幕》表示:“無論如何,我從未見過一個分數朝著錯誤的方向發生如此快速的變化。”
戴爾發言人對《財富》雜志表示:“值得注意的是,你是否會推薦戴爾,只是一項深入調查中的一個問題,它讓我們通過這項調查了解員工情緒的最新動態。”這位發言人稱,調查結果顯示出其他積極的指標。“雖然我們的分數確實有所下降,但如果你去看看Perceptyx博客,你會發現戴爾的分數仍然遠高于行業平均水平。”
戴爾員工的情緒低落并不完全令人震驚。2023年,遭遇銷售下滑后,戴爾裁員13,000人(在2月和8月都進行了裁員)。而留下的員工則受到政策變化的影響。
今年2月,戴爾宣布對員工進行一場不太令人興奮的分類測試,將他們分為兩組:混合辦公組或遠程辦公組。這似乎是一次錯誤的嘗試,因為戴爾警告遠程辦公的員工,居家辦公要以他們的事業發展為代價。戴爾在一份備忘錄中表示:“職業晉升,包括申請公司內部的新崗位,需要團隊成員重新歸類為現場混合辦公員工。”
在這種兩極分化的規定之后,戴爾又采取了同樣兩極分化的策略:員工監督和監控。戴爾在5月被爆出跟蹤員工出勤情況,并像小學一樣,用藍、綠、黃、紅四色旗給員工打分。
當時,戴爾對《財富》雜志表示:“在當今的全球技術革命浪潮中,我們認為將面對面的聯系與靈活的方式相結合,對于促進創新和價值差異化至關重要。”
但無論如何,員工似乎并未上鉤。《商業內幕》援引戴爾公司的內部數據稱,6月,接近一半的戴爾全職員工選擇了遠程辦公。
雖然今年的情況并非如此,但在疫情和隨后開始要求重回辦公室之前,靈活辦公似乎已經成為戴爾公司文化中蓬勃發展的一部分。戴爾科技副董事長兼首席運營官杰夫·克拉克曾在2020年5月寫道:“關于大量員工遠程辦公能否保證工作效率的辯論已經結束——我們認識到,這不僅是可行的,而是很成功。”該科技公司吹噓它“已經向靈活辦公的方向傾斜”,有65%的團隊成員都在利用靈活辦公政策。
戴爾后來發布的2022年《未來工作》(Future of Work)報告,依舊堅持遠程辦公優先或友好辦公場所的理念,報告稱“戴爾科技的長期遠大目標是,60%的員工在任何一天都能遠程辦公。”
如果將員工的eNPS評分作為指標,公司的立場180度大轉彎,并沒有讓剩余員工滿意。而《商業內幕》的消息人士稱,該公司的高管正在試圖掩蓋問題。
關于調查結果,一位戴爾員工表示:“似乎每一位領導者都被允許忽視這個問題。”(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
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It turns out that treating your workers like school children (and not in a “you earned a pizza party” kind of way) tends to backfire. Summer is in full force, this year’s report card is in, and Dell Technologies’ executives are staring straight at a fresh-off-the-presses failing grade.
Scores from the technology giant’s latest employment engagement survey, called “Tell Dell,” paint a picture of slipping satisfaction. The annual survey has been running for eight years now, and employees’ submitted sentiments from May were shared in late June, sources told to Business Insider.
The employee net promoter score (eNPS), or if the respondent would recommend someone to work at Dell, was especially lacking. While scores varied by department, the overall eNPS decreased from 63 to 48 in one year, according to BI, which saw the results of the around 98,000-person survey
“No matter what, I’ve never seen a score move that fast in the wrong direction,” an anonymous employee told BI.
“It is important to note that the question on whether you would recommend Dell is one question in a robust survey that gives us a current snapshot of employee sentiment,” a Dell spokesperson told Fortune, claiming the survey showed other positive metrics. “While our score did drop, if you look at the Perceptyx blog, you will see that Dell is still well above industry averages.”
It’s not entirely shocking to see Dell employees are down in the dumps. After a dip in sales, the company let go of 13,000 employees in 2023 (issuing layoffs in both February and August). Those who stuck around were subject to changing policies.
In February, Dell announced staff would be given a less exciting version of a sorting test as they were divided into two groups: hybrid, or remote workers. It seemed to be a bit of a false start, as Dell warned remote employees that working from home would come at the cost of their progress. “Career advancement, including applying to new roles in the company, will require a team member to reclassify as a hybrid onsite,” Dell said in a memo.
The polarizing mandate was followed up with equally polarizing strategy: employee surveillance and monitoring. Dell was revealed in May to be tracking employee attendance and grading them with an elementary school style of using blue, green, yellow, and red flags.
“In today’s global technology revolution, we believe in-person connections paired with a flexible approach are critical to drive innovation and value differentiation,” Dell told Fortune at the time.
Either way, workers didn’t seem to take the bait. In June, almost half of Dell’s full-time employees opted to stay remote, Business Insider reported, citing internal data.
Even if this year doesn’t make it appear that way, flexible work was seemingly a burgeoning part of the culture at Dell before the pandemic and subsequent RTO crunch kicked in. “The debate on whether a large remote workforce can be productive is over – we’re learning that it’s not only possible, it’s successful,” Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and chief operating officer for Dell Technologies, wrote in May 2020. The tech company boasted it “had already been leaning into flexible work,” with 65% of team members leveraging flexible-work policies.
The company’s subsequent 2022 Future of Work report remained committed to the idea of a remote-first or friendly workplaces, saying “a long-term ambition for Dell Technologies is for 60% of our workforce to operate remotely on any day.”
The total 180 isn’t necessarily sitting well with the remaining workers, if you take the employee eNPS score as an indicator. And executives are trying to brush it under the rug, according to BI’s sources.
“It’s as if every leader was given the OK to ignore it,” one Dell employee said of the survey responses.