aybe I'm exaggerating, but dxc is moving towards complete collapse. Instead of dealing with some constructive things, their priority is the logo. Strategic thinking does not exist here. I'm afraid there's no way this company can be fixed. If there is, it implies radical changes.
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Interestingly, I believe this re-brand will do nothing. Existing clients will not be swayed, ex-clients will think "hurmph, so what" potential clients will think "Who"? You see the frickin DXC sales operation is so broken? And a re-brand before even establishing yourself main playey???
M1 started the rot by making it hard for sales to claim comp rightfully earned, this was to delay payouts to subsequent quarters.. The sales peeps who put up this model eventually lost faith in our capability to deliver! Even if sales get a luke warm lead, they could not get pricing or solution support. Execs do not seem to understand that if a majority of sales have no faith... it can never work? How many pricing tools have failed to deliver? 3 in a row! All the margin in DXC deals is burned in 20 people quote teams - assuming the deal is won!
I'm talking in past tense, as I resigned out of pure frustration 4 months back.
Who thinks DXC annual rev will rise next year? I predict 2-3 years more revenue stabilisation to a sub $10B company.
If I don’t get anything by august, I’m out. Until then, doing bare min and enjoying the summer with my kids before they go back to school in the fall. Have had enough of their bs words in the town halls, action $$ or bye bye.
Flumox without employee's DXC is nothing, so Mike S better give pay increases to most soon and the executive team needs to hold back on their bonus's and stock options till the people who make DXC run every day get there DUE increases. A new LOGO means nothings if DXC can't deliver
The new logo is a great start. Personally, I had rather see the leadership team spend the money on a the new logo and rebranding since it a visual sign that we can all rally behind. My clients are more impressed by the promise of a new DXC with these lovely colors than anything we mere mortals in the trenches could provide with a 2% pay increase.
My subcontractors are proud to be working under the new branding; it means much more than receiving payment within 6 months.
We can't wait to see what's next?
The strategy is to keep all guessing, that is respected among the global CEX community - unfortunately! If M2 does a good job of palming off assets whilst keeping investors keen he will be seen as a 'Sage' in the business community! Keep juggling until the point of 'no return' - the variable being at what point does the rabbit get trapped in the headlights... Great for M2 but double-cap fat-knacker tough on DXC employees!
The only way to get even, is to leave ASAP. Make M2 fail big. A dead cert with greed is knowing when to stop, greed predicts that exec dividends/share grants/other benefits will overlap a point where DXC is losing billions - then the SEC would start sniffing.
It's your career or M2, simple as that!
It doesn't look like Mikey mk2 is trying to save the business. His strategy seems to be fix nothing, pretend things are improving and take the bonuses for a couple of years before the company is broken up and he walks off with a big payout.
Changing logos is supposed to signal a pivot in direction or business model by a new CEO, otherwise changing the logo without changing the business direction, just because of brand fatigue and trying to disassociate itself from the mess behind, it is just likely to fall flat and do little to move the needle.