Dell Technologies (DELL ) is ending his return to office policy.
It is reportedly planning to start tracking its employees through their credentials and VPN connections to ensure they are working from the office, according to a new report from Register.
The Register is a global online business technology news publication.
The technology company implemented its RTO policy in February when it began requiring most of its employees to work from the office three days a week and work a minimum of 39 days each quarter.
Only the company's lowest-paid employees have the option to work fully remotely, but they reportedly risk losing the opportunity to get a promotion or internal job opportunity.
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The policy reportedly caused internal turmoil as employees were allegedly given no instructions or input on which offices to report to due to “capacity or business function limitations.”
Now, starting May 13, Dell will implement a “color-coding system” to control how often employees work in the office, according to The Register.
The system will give ratings to employees based on four different colors:
- Blue: means “constant presence on site.”
- Green: means “regular presence on site”.
- Yellow: means “some presence on site.”
- Red: means “limited presence on site.”
“Employees who do not meet the attendance requirement will be upgraded in status all the way to Jeff Clarke, who apparently believes that being a hall monitor outweighs his rising income,” an anonymous source told The Register.
Clarke is Dell's chief operating officer and vice president.
Dell is an ai winner
Dell has recently seen a decline in its revenue. In its most recent results reportrevealed that its net income fell 11% year over year during its fiscal fourth quarter of 2024.
For the full year 2023, the company's revenue fell 14% to $88.4 billion.
In part, that was due to a weak personal computer market and the costs associated with more than 6,000 layoffs. But investors are excited about Dell's growth potential for its server and computing businesses thanks to artificial intelligence. the Motley Fool reported.
Shares are up almost 74% this year.
Companies want workers in the office
Many companies have been ramping up their return-to-office efforts, but a large number of employees are not very enthusiastic about the push.
According to a recent survey According to workplace management platform Robin, which surveyed 600 hybrid employees, 46% of respondents said they are more productive working from home, making it the biggest deterrent to returning to the office.
Additionally, 41% said long commutes also make them hesitant to return to the office, and 32% said high gas prices discourage them.
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