In February, Dell CEO Michael Dell said in a memo to employees, which revealed the change, that the company was cutting remote and hybrid work due to the fast pace of innovation in the tech industry.

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.

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.

Dell announces job cuts, AI restructuring Dell sent a memo to employees in August 2024 announcing layoffs and its plans to restructure the company around artificial intelligence.

The company last year laid off 13,000 employees, and had about 120,000 full-time employees globally as of February. The cuts come a week after Intel announced that it would lay off 15,000 staff ...