Dell 2-day “Holiday Savings Fair” for employees starts today

By on Nov 18, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Exclusive November 18, 2008

Dell might be pinching pennies this season in an effort to avoid layoffs but that doesn’t mean the Texas-based PC giant can’t do a little something special for its employees, right? Dell is currently running a 2-day event for employees dubbed the “Holiday Savings Fair”, packed full of deals and chances to win a variety of special prizes. Among the prizes up for grabs just for visiting the fair site are a $6,000 3-night resort package and a $500 HP gift card. Dig a bit deeper and you’ll find a “Spin to Win” game with prizes like another $6,000 resort package or a variety of other prizes from the likes of Clinique, HP and Linovo. Of course the Savings Fair isn’t all fun and games – there are a bunch of exclusive deals from Dell partners available through the site such as 25% off Samsonite luggage or an AT&T BlackBerry Bold for $150 shipped. Sure, Dellians, HQ might have replaced your 10% – 15% employee discount with a gift card for HP but this totally makes up for it, right? If you’re an employee who missed the memo due to, say, unpaid leave or something, hit the e-Deals@Dell site and get your shopping on. Everyone else, hit the jump for the internal email that went out to employees (click on the image to enlarge).

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  • bob

    HP gift cards? is that some kind of joke?

  • Superguy

    And Lenovo ones as well?

    Why wouldn’t they give Dell gift cards, or are they trying to say that even Dell employees won’t buy their junk?

  • Paul

    I was wondering the same thing as bob: gift cards and discounts from HP and Lenovo? Nohting like building employee loyalty.

  • rio

    this is really funny, got the same email and promotion working for Sprint!

  • Verizon Guy

    I’m not the first to point this out, but HP and Lenovo…seriously?

  • inc

    WTF?

  • Matt

    This is a generic “corporateperks.com” promotion, lots of people working for big companies gets these

  • Amanda

    Exactly. I got it for working at Convergys as well.

  • j.p michaels

    Great thing to do, I wonder if Michael Dell knows about the HP Giftcards? Is this a sign of infiltration through HP or a sign of another Buyout?

  • Jake

    No this is real, I have a few friends who those. But for the love of God, Dell corporate morons can you pay a little more attention?

  • andy

    Executive boardroom
    ‘So its time for an employee appreciation plan, what should we do?’
    ‘oh oh oh, pick me!’
    ‘Im sorry, you must be new here, what are some ideas you have?’
    ‘My friends call me Mike, I propose that instead of the standard 15% off we offer gift cards for the HP brand to show how much better our computers are!’
    ‘Well that sounds like a very good way to get our employees to try other brands and then show why they should promote us…’
    Meanwhile back in the HP boardroom
    ‘Has anyone heard from Mike this morning?’

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