Certainly the individual is always most responsible for growing their own skills, still I wonder how satisfied you are with DXC in terms of how much this company has been a stimulating place for you to develop a skill set? Has DXC given you enough room to grow your skills?
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In my two years at DXC, my departmental training budget was exactly $0.
The only 'training' we could offer were the on-line internal DXC courses. These were utter cack and not worth the time expended on them.
Since leaving DXC I've had plenty of additional training, my bonuses have been paid, and my salary has increased. There's a whole world outside DXC, and it's much better than the world inside DXC.
Why would DXC give departments any training funds, when Mike 1 & Steakcutter 1 or Mike 2 & Steakcutter 2 can have the money in their pockets??
Since I was layed off 2 years ago, I learned that I am happy to be away from this place
In DXC, you get plenty of time to exercise the biggest skill you need to have.....
- Mental toughness
Extremely happy, actually.
In the last 3 years, I've had plenty of time to study while raking in certifications at the same time. All this was mostly done on company time with multiple exceptions of studying during the night. I don't mind that because the field I work in is a great, rewarding field.
It's a shame that DXC doesn't see it as rewarding. They pretend to care about training. This is shown by not paying for exams and certifications. Let alone giving employees a training budget, god forbid.
In the end, the initial investment in yourself to grow as a professional will reward you in the long run. Once that WFR/WFH is coming once more, you'll be out with some money in your pocket and with a skillset that is high in demand.
DXC will face the consequences of talent and valuable experience walking out the door - the same mistakes will be repeated.
Take it from @1lop+1cq4KUEY. He understands the situation completely.
Short answer is very happy. There is plenty of room to grow.
Just avoid taking on work and act in your own interest all the time - just like Mike2 and Steakcutter2.
Don't make the mistake of taking on work. You'll just get more. The management is inept and doesn't know how to handle a simple "no".
Old hands know this - just read older posts - and they know that DXC hate paying people out, or even just paying people.
Now wfr may catch up with you if you are new but you should have had close to two year studying whatever you need to land your next job while being paid for it. Plenty of good free/cheap materials out there to self study.
Sure, you may have to pay for the certs and subscriptions but this is cheap when you consider you are being paid to upskill and have had little pressure for a couple of years.
No one is loyal to this company except the naïve and the stupid.
Take it for all you can, the exec are - so why not you?
If there is no business strategy then there can be no focus on where to invest in terms of training.
Even worse, those epmployees that strive to keep up with their profession by getting / remaining certified (eg APICS, PMI, etc) the dxc policy foresees that the employee needs to pay its own study books, the annual membership fee and the credential maintenance fee(s). Nothing is reimbursed!
In my experience they rely pretty much solely on employees training themselves via self study courses.
The problem I see is that people have too much work to allow them to spend time on this.
There is also no strategic direction, no skilling for the future, it's always reactive.
The WFR worked wonders for time to grow!
DXC (then CSC) sent me on a 1 week Java course in 1998. That was the last training I had.