Thread regarding DXC Technology layoffs

• a 24 hour notice

WOW

I was notified Thursday that I would be WFR'd and Friday would be be last day. Yes, a 24 hour notice - benefits terminated after midnight. This after 9.5 yrs of flawless work - zero escalations - no issues. My job was given to someone over-seas. A mysterious new-hire that I was told I needed to train so my time could be freed up to fully participate in an already launched new product. All lies and of course I did suspect it after reading about DXC's sweep of the US workers. If you are a DXC employee, especially a tenured one, I would suggest you get yourself ready for anything. If you are a stock holder, I would be ready to react at any moment. I don't care what anyone at the top thinks. These actions will devastate DXC. I have seen personally where experience employees are being sacrificed for completely inexperienced employees; managers removed so to burden the next manager (even more so) up or down the chain. I have seen client accounts flopping in the wind with no one on the account teams in charge who knows what is going on. My strong opinion is this will not last and there will be an inevitable crash. The only thing I can think of is this is a tactic for management at the top to situate themselves into a big cash out. Just sayin' Good luck.

You know , you are suppose to have 6 months to a year of salary in savings , so with that and the 8 weeks we get in the the US, you should be able to find something else.

If you live pay check to pay check that is your fault. I sock away as much as I can into the 401K because I am almost 59.5 so I am getting an extra 25% on my money.

BE SMART

Is the severance still deducted if you have a doctor's note for the mental suffering of worrying about losing your job year after year?

Don't be stupid! If you have mental issues about losing your job, quit. Don't be a baby about it

Finally received my severance after one month. I went to the contact page on DXC's website and classified my issue under the ethics department. They have been slammed lately and they are going through a merger which may have had something to do with my severance delay. Good luck!

For those who have received a severance, is the calculation as simple as dividing your yearly salary by 52 to get the weekly pay rate, then multiplying that by the number in that table for years of service? Or is there more to it? I know we're hosed on vacation days, but is accrued sick time considered, or is age considered?

Also, it is taxed like payroll or as a bonus? (US Employees)

DXC Technology,

I was laid off and still haven't received my severance pay after 1 month. DXC Technology is as dysfunctional as they come, I don't know who to contact and the instructions on my severance package are not clear. They can eliminate your position whenever they please without cause under the "Workforce Reduction Policy" (WFR). They gave me one days notice.

Severance benefits are based on the employee's years of service and are highlighted below;

YEARS OF SERVICE | SEVERANCE BENEFIT

Up to 3 Years 2 Weeks

3 to 5 Years 4 Weeks

5 to 9 Years 5 Weeks

9 to 15 Years 6 Weeks

15 Years or more 8 Weeks maximum

Good luck, and pick the company who choose to work for wisely. If I don't receive my severance pay soon, I will consult with a lawyer and take legal action.

DXC gave maximum of 8 weeks after 15 years of service with them - Is anyone think it is a fair deal of severance package? If not, what we should do? Any recommendation would be appreciated.

After 15 years with EDS/HP/HPE/DXC, they gave me less than 48 hours and also 10 days before Christmas. I never believe the company could treat people like DXC/HPE. Anyone out there - please tell me if the 8 weeks severance from DXC after 15 years is fair? If not, what should we do?

Names are selected weekly so it is almost just a matter of time before everyone's number is up. The cadence is that selection occurs Wednesday, notification to the employee on Thursday, gone by Friday.

They should replace Mikey n his goons with a piece of plank. There's the best and most cost saving feature. Hire someone to write a program to automate Mikey's job. Dxc is set for future.

Even the client want low cost support staff and low cost service desks. The assumption that local staff can provide the best support might not be accurate. In fact most of the local staff provide only one quick solution "replace the component"

Higher management has realized that to stay competitive, the support and service desk roles should go to low cost locations preferably Asia where almost the same work is done at a tenth of the cost.

... its all about competition and profits.

DXC is setting itself up to fail, Many clients also read the post is worried about delivery (Not SLA). just remember the savings that DXC create will never do the a client only the incompetent Asian service desk and low skilled onsite staff....poor client.

For those in the US who have been WFR'd, please describe what is expected of you during that last week. Business as usual and transferring projects? Or are there any requirements to meet for the WFR?

@MTO7KnQ-6fzh

Older, long serving staff are generally on better terms and conditions - holiday pay, premium payments, final salary pensions etc

that is why they are targeted

Any know which groups are getting hit? Are they targeting any leaders or older emps ?

To the person who asked about older workers. There are costs associated with older workers. For example, healthcare. The older the group population the higher the cost. Another example is the liabilities of accrued sick time. I doubt exHPE people have learned the joys of flexible vacation yet. That is when they roll out a new vacation policy.

You are told to use it or lose it (but you cant REALLY use it and keep your job) and all accrued vacation disappears and no longer accrues. Many older workers also still have pension liabilities. HPE has been actively trying to do lump sum buyouts to the old EDS one. CSC is doing the same for the rare worker who has a pension. Once pension is tapped into, or lump sum is paid the liability converts, and is off the books.

They can pay offshore people way less than an US worker. As for older workers, which by the way 45 in the IT world is considered "old" if you are not the CEO, why not get rid of them if you did not invest in training the newest technology as advertised? Every one of us will be kicked to the curb at some point.

My two cents. Innovation. Perception that the younger know the latest. FB out, Snap in, aaS in, byod in. Don't want "that is the way it has always been". Want my kids not us.

@MTO7KnQ-6cak

Do you know why the company would target older workers if it isn't related to higher salaries? Is this because they want to appear "hip/cool", is it because they are hiring younger employees that come to the company knowing the latest technologies (and they don't have to train)? What do you think the reason is for preferring younger/more highly paid employees to older/less highly paid employees?

People assume decisions are made on high salary, this is not true most of the time. The longer you have been at the company does NOT mean your salary is high. You do not get paid based on your years of service. I hired people that made 50k more than me, that were 20 years younger than me. It is all about age. Look around your areas compare age, how many 50 year olds vs 25 -35 year olds. Your answer is all around you.

Try phoning HMRC, they do the sums and generate refund in less than 5 minutes.

@@MTO7KnQ-4vok

Yes you have a legal claim. Disablity is paid by the insurance company and not DXC. You are entitled to disability payments because you were insured when you became sick. You should contact an insurance lawyer. Even though you were layed off, you are still entitled to your insurance payments.

Pregnancy does not help. I was going on short term disability due to pregnancy tomorrow (9th month) and got the notice today. I had filed my claim 2 weeks back but it was yet to be approved by Sedgwick even though all documents were submitted from Doctor. I am not sure if this can be a lawsuit since it is WFR.

HMRC run weeks behind due to volumes of post. Also they wont have had the tax yet or a confirmation of it to be able to refund against. If you have had an refund you must be very special

Was taxed on pilon and redundancy in excess of £30k at 40pc rather than 20pc. HMRC have refunded overpaid tax.

@4zyi

It is you that is wrong. I suspect, like me, you got 3 months PILON paid as a lump in one month, the month of April. HMRC PAYE tax tables give you your tax allowance for the year one month a time. I.e. 1/12 of your annual allowance per month. So in this case all your PILON arrived in April and it will have only had one month of allowances taken off before being taxed. Hence you paid 3 times as much tax.

HPE have taxed your correctly. Depending how long you have off once you return to work it will all balance out again. In your first month at your next employer you will likely get more money than they actually pay you in monthly salary because they will take the P45 you give them, add that income to your salary and the tables will tell them how much tax should have been paid to date. If you paid more than that you will get a refund through PAYE.

I got one week notice and five weeks severance after 8.5 years with EDS/HP/HPE/DXC. But then they somehow counted my last week as part of my five weeks severance. I have yet to find out how they are paying me back for vacation buy. They don't even have a central HR phone number listed in the severance documents. I heard that they waited until the spinoff-merger was complete to do the layoffs precisely in order to be able to offer the lesser severance benefits and save money.

UK - check tax paid on redundancy payment. I had more than 3 times more deducted than I should have. Incompetent company can't even get that right.

Can DXC do layoff while in pregnancy?

There is a 2 week notice period for your layoff. Get pregnant quickly and avail at least 26 weeks paid maternity leave. This is the best and easiest way to keep your job and eat it too.

@BadNewsBear(er) - you must have some kind of negative vibe coming off you that tells potential employers you are toxic. Are you a DXC executive? Were the HR managers in your meeting from DXC? So.... what's your credible story about why YOU are still around?

People stay in their jobs to provide for their families. DXC is lucky to have anyone stick around who has a work ethic and provides good customer service. Everyone else is dead wood, including the "leaders" driving all this incredible synergy.

Utter BS mate,

There are jobs around and the right people get taken on. People who are bitter about leaving come up with fear mongering that if ur hpe you will never get a job, total and utter BS and scaremongering.

It's actually 170k staff not 250k and if your saying that 170k staff are worthless piles of excrement you need your head testing.

We support our clients and support our colleagues come rain or shine, if you had the slightest bit of sense you would understand that is what defines your role, not DXC or HPE. DXC employ me to deliver a service to their client, I deliver that service, DXC gets a renewal or repeat business that means I have done my job.

@1ldx

But as they said, better have a story ready for that 6 seconds the recruiter reads your CV.

http://business.time.com/2012/04/13/how-to-make-your-resume-last-longer-than-6-seconds/

@1che

I agree. Which is why you get to the recruiters directly and present yourself. Dont sit back and wait for it to happen.

If you apply via Jobserve you look them up and mail them directly too and you call them. Give them no excuse to ignore you.

@1meq

Congratulations! Sounds like you're one of the lucky few.

The point I am making is these people aren't planning to even contact HPES former employees. If you're being tossed into the "other pile", you can't present yourself. So you should consider building a good story around why you were still there. Get it in your HP section, up front.

Recruiters tend not to read cover letters, and they also don't look past your most recent role, so get that information right up top.

@1meq

Congratulations! Sounds like you're one of the lucky few.

The point I am making is these people aren't planning to even contact HPES former employees. If you're being tossed into the "other pile", you can't present yourself. So you should consider building a good story around why you were still there. Get it in your HP section, up front.

Recruiters tend not to read cover letters, and they also don't look past your most recent role, so get that information right up top.

@1qgb

So how come I stopped working on 24th March, left on 31st March, passed an interview 7 days later and start on 2nd May?

The fact is if you are presentable, confident and interview well it doesn't matter how long you hung on.

Anyone just sacked or about to be, better build a credible story around why you stayed so long.

Was just in a meeting last week with recruiters and HR people to level set expectations of hiring and several comments were made about a large swell of former HPE employees joining the job pool.

The comments were all the same. The gist of it was "We don't want to take a look at them, the best and brightest left long ago, leaving these people in their wake."

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that's what is floating around in this 250,000+ employee corporation.

@1zwp

They call you to a phone meeting and read a script that is full of made up, self justifying nonsense about how they simply have to bin you off then they read out the scores they worked backwards from deciding it was you that's going to justify why it's you and not the person paid less than you. A backup sits with them to cover their arse and ensure they see the job through.

The reality is McKinsey put together a hit list long ago and they are simply working their way through it like the drones they are. I lost all respect for my leadership when they went through the scripted charade. We're all over 18, if they'd simply said, "It's your turn, take the cash" I would have at least left knowing they were honest.