I know all the negatives, but I can't think of a single positive.
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Area I work in we are maxed out and stressed out. Never a day where the workload is okay. Feels like office space where they guy mentions everyday is worst than the previous.
It's somewhat soul destroying. But from the number of people who say they haven't got much to do - when people tell me they are super busy. I assume that means they are just saying what they think people need to hear. Or are in fact incompetent and have just fallen so far behind on the basics that they can't keep up.
Not so convinced by people who say they are out all day and moved to Spain. The company has this knack of needing you the moment you've wandered off. But I know if I just sit here waiting for work. I can just sit here all week sometimes.
@j8 Way to go, make the most of it while it lasts.
WFH, check a couple of emails a day and the rest of the time play golf or just enjoy life! Only 5 years to go for retirement so nothing is lost! With DXC you can work from anywhere in the world as long as you get the work done. Know guys living on US/UK salaries but living in Portugal, Spain, Mauritius, Bermuda etc. Stop complaining and keep the head down!!
@dd Probably the Met Police as they need extra numbers for all the protests going on!
I have been very busy today. I've done 2 loads of washing and ironed them. I've done some gardening. I cleaned the car. And prepped tonight's evening meal. In the absence of any strategic tasks that are actually of value - I feel I've had a very productive day, and been adequately rewarded for it. Mostly from my neighbour who commented on how neat the garden was looking. But it's more thanks than I've had out of DXC all this year.
@dw Ah yes.... says the distinguished corporate armchair warrior who was hired from the friends & family contingent as the Vice President to oversee the prestigious DXC Busywork Division where every task is optional but the generous annual bonus is mandatory and he just emerged from his third strategic nap of the day to bless us with his infinite corporate wisdom.
It's quite stress free once you realise that nothing gets done even if you break yourself. So go with the flow, relax and collect the money.
Don't forget to fill out your time sheet and do your annual awareness training though.
When someone says its clever to do nothing, they mean they have no future goals.
When someone says its clever to do nothing, they have no control over events other than to say "no"
When someone says its clever to do nothing, they have already lost who they are, they just don't know it yet
no jokes please!
@d0 Do we even need a jiggler? Seriously is the company's only measure of achievement is how long you are green on teams! This is the whole problem. I don't think anyone notices. Who's actually looking to see who's online and who's not? Is this what HR are so busy doing that it takes 3 weeks to answer a simple question?
Loads of us in the UK are about to be tuped over to another company.
My mouse jiggler gets paid well. I have no complaints.
@af like the management. We have chosen to crash and burn our careers. I don't want another job now. Certainly not in IT. So no so concerned about keeping up. I realised I'd fallen too far behind some time back. No other company works like this. DXC is so legacy it's unbelievable things are still done this way. And it's not because it works and has always worked so why change it!
@af This. Of course it is still better than HoReCa for example. But in the long term, you will feel brain cells dying. It may not be that obvious first. You chill, you mind your own business. Year goes by, then another. You are trying to learn something new and then you realise, your brain is rotten. And it is not only because of "doing nothing" - I imagine most people having not much to do would focus on another activities. Reading, upskilling, hobbies - alright. But at the same time, your brain still KNOWS you are currently at job. It still concentrates on that something may suddenly come up, even if you don't care. And then, after few years, company suddenly remembers about you, trying to push you out or make up for that "lost revenue". You want to leave. But there is nowhere to go, as most skills and kmowledge acquired at DXC is not transferable. And worse part is, that systems, policies and bureaucracy are so out of touch with reality, that real job here is even more draining. It's mind-numbing.
So yes, it's pretty cool for a year, to have a break, while exploring other possibilities. But not for much longer. The damages are really there.
Certainly. WFH 5 days a week, doing exactly what is contractually expected of me and nothing more. It's great.
Advancement in DXC is a bit like trying to be a trustee in a prison - you're still in a prison.
There is nothing positive in DXC, theres only the less shi*tty things that you find to do.
Anyone thinking that by doing little, they are "winning" are fooling themselves. They don't realise damage is being harvested to their CV, and what the continual debasement of their mental health will ultimately do them.
I'm near the top and rigging loving it. I don't have to grow my area of business and still get rewarded equal to millions of $$$ (kar-ching). I too also have a side hussle as well but not bring in as much as what dxc gives me but that's still ok. I can't complain, best off both worlds. Next dxc handout about to come in as well. Like the golden arches, I'm living it!
Where else can you also run a successful side hustle that combined with DXC wage is actually more than you could possibly get elsewhere? DXC doesn't have a clue. It's staff are not stupid, but it's management are. We'd all be quite happy if we'd has 2% or 3% every year, but they've driven us to stop caring and to seek income elsewhere. It turns out it's way more rewarding.
It is however very frustrating and if you let it stressful. Both having hardly anything to do but being tied to it, and all the noise around paperwork and reporting set to fill the time. I wouldn't recommend it, but have got used to it.
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Sure, I've got a big one: I sit on my a** WFH all day while doing as little as possible.
I can't replicate that elsewhere.
Yes, I've tried. It's all either RTO or "hybrid" (3 days in office) for the same or less pay than I'm drawing now. These companies that expect attendance also expect RESULTS. Here? Don't make me laugh...
Why would I want to join a company with those expectations when I can milk what I'm doing (or not doing) right where I'm at?