Dell has enforced a five-day return-to-office (RTO) mandate since March, expecting employees to work regular hours in-office with some flexibility. However, employees report varied interpretations and enforcement of these rules by different managers, leading to workplace politics and tension. While some adhere strictly to the eight-hour requirement, others feel they can leave early without consequence. This inconsistency has fostered gossip and a competitive environment among colleagues. Dell maintains that expectations for in-office work have not changed, although they acknowledge that global roles may require altered in-office hours for communications.
After years of ramping up its RTO push, Dell called all its employees living near an office back to their desks full time starting March 3, saying it expected employees to do "a regular working day in the office" with "flexibility as needed."
They said this fueled "gossip" about who is in eight hours a day and who isn't. The differing treatment was creating a "busy-body type environment" where "people on-site fight amongst each other based on who comes in and who doesn't," they added.
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