Pros
- Focused on execution with growing channel business and improved product offering - Good data gathering about the business and market analysis - Compensation is reasonable - Open communication among staff
Cons
- No career growth. All leadership positions are held by expats. The president is expat from US; all his direct reports VPs are expats and most of the VP's direct reports are expats. Dell spends US$25-35M/year just to pay for their housing, childrens education, tax equalizations, misc (excluding salary). Dell has been here in Australia for 15+ years but it has never had a local GM, they have always been from the US. - Management Communication with Staff: As all Leaders comes from US they have lack of understanding about the region and do not invest in building any relationships. - Mentoring, Training & Growth: Again as most leaders come here with a short term mindset they are not focused in developing staff or building relationships. - Work Life Balance: In 2006 staff was laid off and not a single expat was turned to local package the line managers are now doing more work then before.