Excellent post @OneDXC. “How an Employee leaves is a Reflection of the Company - DXC take note”
I've been at DXC for a couple of years but in my experience, inside and outside DXC, I can honestly say that nobody turns up at work each day to do a bad job. People don’t want to complain, they just want to feel that they are contributing value and their value is appreciated. Moaning and complaining are a consequence of frustration at all the DXC barriers to doing a good job or even worse Its an expression of hopelessness.
An alternate view Sal could take is that those people complaining are the people that are passionate about doing a good job and delivering to clients. I know that this is not always the case but I do think people complaining just for the sake of it are in the vast minority. The irony is the people who aren't complaining and are willing to accept the status quo are probably not experienced enough to know "what good looks like" and so aren't the people you want or need to take DXC forward. Asking the complainers to leave may actually be counter-productive for DXC.
To me the root issue is that (at least in my region) its the senior leadership team that "don't know what good looks like" and are incapable of driving positive change, bullying remains a management tool of choice. I consider myself an experienced IT professional having worked for a variety of IT companies around the world successfully delivering outcomes to clients and profits to my employers. I have a good understanding of technology, financial, commercial and client management but here's the rub, I don't consider my boss or my bosses’ boss to be IT professionals (Levels 3 and 4 down from Sal). Their understanding of the business they are in charge of is woeful. They make appalling decisions, frequently out of self-interest rather than the interests of DXC, but mostly they are unwilling to make a decision at all in case it comes back on them.
If Sal really wants to turn DXC around I would exit all the executive managers that flourished under the leadership of ML. They created the current state of DXC and all its current problems, at the very least they were complicit in allowing it to happen and they certainly benefited. To make real change for DXC we need fresh blood at the top, not just at corporate but in the regions as well. Only then will the “Complainers” have faith that Sal is serious.
There's going to be another round of WFR's in my team and if its not me this time I will be taking Sal’s advice and leaving. I know I’m lucky to be able to do so, its not an easy option for everybody especially in the current state of the market.
Its pretty bad that a CEO encourages his people to leave. So when you see people taking Sal’s advice to “leave if you’re unhappy” never send for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for DXC.