Thread regarding DXC Technology layoffs

Given how Christmas falls for 2026. It's unlikely a full 2 weeks will be appropriate this year.

I second this. I'm contemplating how they will spin it this year.

@yjj
Subject: Planning Ahead – 2025 DXC Holiday & Shutdown
Sent: Wed 08/10/2025 15:09
Follow up: Wed 01/10/2025 16:02

It mandated a shutdown - December 22 and January 2 with employees returning to the office January 5. Consuming 7 days annual leave. Where previously it would have been 3.

Reality: Anyone who had not allocated their holiday by then were generally forced to use it across Christmas rather than "wasting" it on random days off in December. Those who had already committed to other dates were not forced to buy more and "worked", but probably didn't because nobody else was around. A lot of those people also ignored the rule to take Friday 2nd Jan from this years balance!

Given how Christmas falls for 2026. It's unlikely a full 2 weeks will be appropriate this year. So assume back to 3 days between Christmas and New Year. And you already lost 1 from 2nd Jan so that's 4 already. I certainly wouldn't keep days back or buy days unless you actually want 2 weeks off at Christmas.

Given how we are treated around here - just take it back - go off sick for a week to suit yourself when the weather is nice, and you have something to do at home. In the US it's expected!

Does anyone have a copy of the dxc annual leave policy for uk? from around december?

If you haven’t got any leave left they cannot make you take it. Especially if they only told you 1st October that they have reintroduced.

Standard fare for DXC ANZ for years.
But a company so dysfunctional there was no point in submitting any kind of leave form.
Got made redundo a while ago, methinks they figured the employment case I was going to raise wasn't worth the effort.
Responsibilities increase, yet the pay packet never does.
Pigs.

@1cn
" I never used to take sick leave"
I was the same - its just stupid sheep thinking - boy was I d-mb

@1rg
"In time even my DXC PTSD will go away. "
nope - DXC misery is for life, and not just for Christmas

@ek @jb so glad I retired this past Spring. Blood pressure is down, good sleep, enjoying my weekends. In time even my DXC PTSD will go away. Life is good outside of DXC.

@1ab I never used to take sick leave, and was proud of my attendance. But realised it makes no difference. Take as much time as you can get away with - you won't get dismissed. You won't get a pay rise. HR are so slow and useless if you need a reference you'll have been with your new employer 6 months before they respond. Obviously just take the time when it suits your life.

@1ab Now that would be much better than the so called Network strike, everyone calling in sick on 22nd and when whatever cheapest/biggest back hander OH outfit they have answering the phones now ask when do you expect to be back, say 2nd

@199 Don't forget, if you're in the UK at least, the mysterious Christmas pudding illness that's going to befall you on 22nd Dec and last til the 31st will ensure your vacation days are carried into the next year covering some of the requirement for next Christmas.

Working practice used to be that you were expected to keep 3 days set aside to cover the Christmas to New Year period. This has now suddenly changed to requiring 7 days from your leave balance.

Management seem to assume we all still have plenty of leave to take — because, of course, we’ve all been so dedicated to DXC that we haven’t managed to take any time off over the summer. It’s presented as a great, employee-centric initiative affording everyone a well-earned break.

Or, from an employee perspective: yet another cost-saving, ill-conceived plan that makes sweeping assumptions about how people actually live their lives. Forcing people to sit at home, hopefully so bored they’ll log in and work for free — and conveniently ensuring they’re around if something goes wrong and needs fixing.

Reality: most of us will use the time to update our CVs and make it our mission to get out of this place. Nothing to stop anyone resigning at 5 p.m. on the 19th and by the time they've realised what you've done, your notice will be served.

On the basis they can't organise won't organise anything. Good luck processing a disciplinary. I'll have my holiday back while they faff around. And then just leave.

@181 I'd be telling my manager if I'd used up all my holidays to FO if I was in your situation, I think you'd find forcing people buy holidays is unlawful.

I'm guessing you're in the UK as you use the term holidays.

I can understand them saying you need to save days for the bank holidays.

Glad I'm no longer working for DXC if they try to pull this s**t.

My manager’s stance is: you’ve been told — you must put in all 7 days as some form of absence. If you’ve already used all your holiday, it will have to be entered as unpaid. End of conversation. There’s nothing they can do. They are not going to try asking up the chain; it’s always a flat “NO.” They are as fed up as us with not getting anything, and if this isn’t the push we all need to just quit — well, whatever...

@dy what are you taking about? Is DXC going to be here??

Did you see that regional HR are working hard on a response to this announcement.
Management have no information about if or how it will be implemented.

Leadership really does means something else in DXC

Take a week off sick. Pop to your doctor. Or call Aviva while off. Tell them you're feeling unwell caused by your employers endless changes in policy. Can't sleep, worried about your finances. Think you'll be ok with a bit of breathing space. Two weeks off, easily extended.....

But at the end of it. The only answer is quit!!! Even if it's less money it's 1/2 the stress. So worth every penny lost, and you'll soon make it back as you rise up the ranks.

So here’s a thought if you’ve used up all your A/L allowance for 2025 you have to use the 10 days from your 2026 allowance and if you have to use another 10 days for 2026 shutdowns you only have 5 days left of your total allowance for your summer/easter/thanksgiving holiday you might want to take

Forcing us to take (paid/unpaid) leave on certain dates instead of leaving it up to the individual is the most mo--nic policy I've read of in months. All under the guise of work-life balance. Fu--ing ironic, isn't it? Putting additional stress to the employee forcibly giving up salary through unpaid leave, or sacrifice vacation days that doesn't make personal sense. The rate of sick leave is going to spike in 2026. Mark my words.

They have lost more money on this by demoralizing employees. They need to back track and accept they got it wrong and issue the pay raises quickly.

DXC was coming to the end of a big paying project. Everyone was told to take 2 weeks off at Xmas and in the December of that year, 40% were told they were being released.

It meant that the project wasn't liable for over 50% of any potential layoff cost.

so ironic that an international company mandates that everyone has to celebrate a Christian festival.

There nothing wrong with a company demanding all holidays are taken within a holiday year.
One is expected to work the required only - which is fair.

All my best work is performed during that 2 week period. So a productivity slump then.

@fr It is, however, unreasonable for them to tell you on 1st October 2025 what you should have known on 1st January 2025. So this years is pretty much unenforceable if you want to fight it

@fr The company has no clue how to motivate it's staff to do a better job. I hate this company. I don't care if projects are late, or low quality anymore. There is now always something or someone else to blame. Usually management. And oh I didn't spot that in the 1000 emails you send me a week about policy changes. Or I've been waiting 3 weeks for a colleague who's got to use all their holiday and too busy for a half hour meeting. The company is spinning faster, we've all passed out. They don't seem to care or notice.

@e1 standard UK entitlement is 25 days.

If you’re in the UK I’m afraid it’s legal for DXC to do this. I’ve just checked a few websites and the Gov.uk website says the following:
https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/booking-time-off
I’ve no idea of what the legal obligations are in the US or in Europe so check if you’re in those regions.
For me, it’s just another nail in the coffin of employee relations that DXC seems to be adopting these days.

So here’s a thought if you’ve used up all your A/L allowance for 2025 you have to use the 10 days from your 2026 allowance and if you have to use another 10 days for 2026 shutdowns you only have 5 days left of your total allowance for your summer/easter/thanksgiving holiday you might want to take

What happens if on religious grounds you need to take extended leave which you’ve budgeted for and bought xtra days to cover the 30 days you need off, like perhaps somebody who is required to take part in the Hadg - they can’t refuse you as it’s a religious requirement.

@e1 in the USA it did but not sure if that got cancelled. Thought I saw that was happening?

Did I miss something? Doesn't DXC have an unlimited vacation policy?

@dn Nothing will get done whether people are in or not. Most clients have a change freeze, and the wider support just won’t be there. If something breaks, it stays broken. And with any luck, by 2nd Jan clients will have finally decided to cut DXC loose.

Do you honestly expect DXC to still be here next year? Or to even see your December salary on what’s now the very last working day of the year?

If you haven’t already, make sure you’ve got a financial buffer in place. It might not hit in January, but we can all see where this is heading...

This isn't even going to work for anyone who's actually customer-facing. none of our clients have a two week christmas shutdown. They're either going to roll it back or send out a clarification that it only applies to admin staff - I give it a week, tops.

My two previous employers before DXC had Christmas shutdowns but DIDN’T expect you to use your own leave as it was the company’s decision and not yours.
More cr*p from this useless business.

@a2
I thought exactly this too. I can’t believe it’s legal to force people to take their own leave of when DXC dictates it?

Dysfunctional eXecutive Chaos… again.

They used to force you to take at least 5 days before the end of March. I think it would be more valuable to require people to take their holiday in blocks. Staff who take endless odd days off aren’t really getting a proper break at all. A lot of the management do this, as they seem quite scared the place will carry on as normal without them. In fact, it would probably run more smoothly with fewer changes in direction!

Maybe this is a temperature test, and it will be withdrawn, but reinstated for 2026 ( so you know what’s coming).

I’m confused, so Jan 2nd comes out of your 2026 allowance? It’s not possible to carry over leave into 2026