Dell cut 13,000 jobs last year; what this means for Austin’s workforce
ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Government filings show that Dell Technologies reduced its employee count by 13,000 worldwide in 2023. This mass reduction comes after a year with thousands of layoffs for Austin’s third-largest employer.
According to Dell’s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as of February 2024, the company had 120,000 employees.
That same report from the previous year showed that Dell had 133,000 employees globally in February 2023.
In a statement, Dell said the report reflects its operations over the last fiscal year.
On March 25, we filed our FY24 10-K that reflects our operations for the last fiscal year and our ongoing commitment to assessing our business to ensure we’re competitive and set up to deliver the best innovation, value and service to our customers and partners.
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Last summer, Dell confirmed to KXAN that it eliminated some jobs within the company. While it did not elaborate on how many employees were leaving, Bloomberg reported the tech giant was eliminating 6,650 roles months before.
Paul Fletcher, CEO for Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area, said despite reductions like this the overall job landscape in the Austin-area is doing well.
“If you look at the big picture, no matter how fast growth is happening throughout our nine-county area there are always individual pockets where there may be receding in a certain area instead of growth. But the overall growth that we have just totally nets that out,” Fletcher said.
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