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    "He said he was told Dell is shutting down, in part, because it's having trouble attracting and keeping staff in Edmonton's tight labour market."
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    it's no big loss, their customer service was/is the shits anyways.
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    great.. more edmontonians moving to calgary soon
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    Its a pretty pimp building to. Surpising none the less

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    Originally posted by adam c
    great.. more edmontonians moving to calgary soon
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    Apparently it was for Dell US only. Dell Canada never really spoke to Edmonton/Ottawa because of the complaints from the US about talking to India. There's a lot of support internally from Dell to the Edmonton workers. IIRC they are also getting severance packages. Not sure how good that'll be.
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    Dell = Garbage, I'll never own another one. At least these "layoffs" will help fill the labour shortage all over Alberta to a degree at least
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    Ya I heard about this yesterday. Our company just did all the plumbing for their entire new building....and it was engineered to be nearly indestructable. It was an expensive fucking building....

    And now there not gonna use it.

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    Originally posted by Audio_Rookie
    Ya I heard about this yesterday. Our company just did all the plumbing for their entire new building....and it was engineered to be nearly indestructable. It was an expensive fucking building....

    And now there not gonna use it.
    word is they also signed a 20 year lease.
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    Originally posted by Graham_A_M
    Dell = Garbage, I'll never own another one. At least these "layoffs" will help fill the labour shortage all over Alberta to a degree at least
    It's hit or miss IMO

    Some people never have a problem for 5-6 years, others have problems out of the box.

    Same with customer support. You can end up with the nicest person ever, or you could end up with someone who spends an hour on the phone determining your laptop is indeed broken.

    I would buy their laptops, but not desktops.
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    Originally posted by 01RedDX
    so much for diversifying the economy
    We've got a case of the Dutch Disease. The Brits got a mild case of it in the 80's too. Credit the Norwegians for avoiding it, but only by not touching their oil money.

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    Originally posted by Thaco


    word is they also signed a 20 year lease.
    I recall it was something like $1/yr.
    Bastards.

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    Originally posted by Thaco
    it's no big loss, their customer service was/is the shits anyways.
    I've only had great customer service from them
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    Originally posted by icecreamvan


    I recall it was something like $1/yr.
    Bastards.
    yeah, and the first 5 years was tax free, which saved them $11 million
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    Originally posted by icecreamvan


    I recall it was something like $1/yr.
    Bastards.
    every time i called to cancel an order, (before it shipped) it was never canceled, i had to refuse the delivery, and wait 3 weeks for my refund.
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    We're so tight on office space here, and the dell office is in a prime location. It'll sell quick.

    The only thing about my computer that still says Dell on it is the logo on the tower. I've replaced everything else over the last few years...
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    Originally posted by Thaco
    it's no big loss, their customer service was/is the shits anyways.
    If I have a customer come in and get mad at me I'll be short and abrupt. I'll only go the extra mile for people who treat me with respect

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    Its a big loss to the 900 people who are now jobless! Stop and think about it before you say shit like "its no big loss"

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