Does anyone know if VR (Voluntary Redundancy) is available in Canada? I haven't seen any emails but some times these things are keep quiet.
After years of layoffs across the company, I would seriously consider a fair VR package and move out of this poor excuse of a company.
You can always talk to your line of service manager and make arrangements . Of course that depends if you have line of management that fits the following criteria: 1 - they communicate with you on a significant basis enough to develop trust and respect for the current culture that is destructive to the human condition . 2 - they are willing to let you go or have you replaced by someone who has no idea on a learned process of customer service development or the basic tool set .
I was replaced by someone who has never ever cracked open a laptop , let alone know how to accept the responsibilities at hand . I was advised to train him before my departure . I made sure I did the bare minimum knowing I was being replaced .
I saw it coming a mile away .
Too old ? Too set in my ways ? Too outspoken to point out the obvious in mid management or lack of . Can’t be because of my existing knowledge or tool sets I acquired over my career length . Hell if I was that bad , they should have let me go in 2000 when the post Y2K drama was over .
Let the corporation fail on its own terms . You leave and take your skills to someone more appreciative.
Know your value . Know when to stay and how you will spend YOUR time while you choose your career path .
You are not married to DXC . It’s not a divorce agreement . But know this .... Canada has specific labour laws ( federally and provincially) .
Those laws are designed to protect you . That’s because of the geography of the country and the placement of viable industries.
DXC Canada was once described to me as a “ cluster F S S) and that was by an ex HR rep.... that in itself speaks volumes .
Expect nothing but what you are legally entitled to . Do not submit to anything else .
By the way : I’m happier today than I have ever been in decades . I only regret signing up for them when I did instead of another industry that wanted my attention ( coulda woulda shoulda) .
I hope nothing but the best for my ex compatriots who experience and suffer the same BS. For DXC ..... al I can say is take it not just from me but from your own HR Rep .... it’s a major cluster F S S. your running it . It’s all yours . Enjoy the repercussions in the real business world that sees your game . They do see it and they ain’t signing up for it either ( proof in lack of new business and closures of current accounts)
If DXC wants a word of advise on how to retain well skilled labour ... my suggestion is to pay for it . Raises , merit increases , cost of living expenses, how about paying for the use of personal material that helps run your organization ? You are a cheap and disgusting organization that will never ever reach the global identity that the likes of IBM have . Never . You poor more money into your self predicated image than the people that are the roots of that growth .
But telling DXC to do the right thing is like telling a cheating spouse to stop for the sake of the children .
so hold tight . Investigate your options to shield yourself . They are not with the loyalty and respect that we gave them for so long .
Canada labour laws are particularly specific , even by province . They won’t allow a VR unless they know it’s financially beneficial to the company due to the cost of severance .
DXC ‘s position in Canada is to beat the humanity out of you until you give up and leave without having to pay severance . ( it’s expensive to hire and fire employees in Canada)
My suggestion is not to “request” a VR but actually ride out your term . Do what’s expected but nothing more .
Eventually DXC will see that if they want you out - they will eventually HAVE TO pay for that privilege.