Many who leave complain that they have wasted their time here.
By lost time I mean a time when I haven’t learned anything new. I have been here for a little over a year and I have tried to gain as much experience as I could. I just hope that in the end it doesn't turn out to be insufficient and that I would've learned a lot more in some other company.
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DXC UK is a toxic dumpster fire.
If you join, you'll be put in a rat bin of bitter, competitive, stab you in the back, steal your job colleagues where the atmosphere is the equivalent of "Fresh Fish" in Shawshank Redumption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wihP8UXrhuQ
Why was my time there wasted?
I was recruited to lead a new practice team. On my first day, the guy who recruited me had been sacked - his replacement didn't know I was arriving. No-one knew where to place me. This wouldn't usually be a problem, I can carve out my own niche in most organisations - but not DXC. I was told "you're going to client 'x' to head up the BI implementation team", not remotely what I was recruited for, but something I could do. When I got to the client, there was no 'BI Implementation team', just me... That lasted until a huge round of WFR annoyed the client so much that they threw DXC out for non-delivery.
It got worse from there. No control over what I did, just shoved from one client to the next on unsuitable engagements. Just as I started to network with people, they'd get laid off and I'd have to start building my network again.
It remains the only organization I've ever worked for where I had no control over my assignments, no control over my clients, and no personal development at all.
Ultimately I quit and went elsewhere. Sad, because I'd had big hopes that Mikey 2 would turn things around but it seems he can't.
No point here doing more than your contractual hours - even if you do; you find people take credit for your work and at same time you find yourself being at firing end of jealousy, hatred, narrow mindedness by fellow colleagues - followed by final WFR.
As quick as possible leave DXC and get a more well paid job for company that values you and invests in you - sadly this is not DXC
Some area's there is a lot of DXC paid for training , but were not given company time to take it. If you want to do it after hours then go for it, me after working my 40 - 50 and sometimes a lot more hours, I am done with computer and storage stuff.
My last 15 years wasn't a waste , I met a lot of wonderful people (via working from home) and some real a$$-holes. Some fantastic technical managers and so without a clue.
Not a waste because I got paid each and every 2 weeks. If your young you don't want to stay because the company doesn't have a clue. How can you be in digital transformation for year after year and then try to sell that we can help other companies do it.
If your older , above 60 then ride it out till retirement if you can, because who wants to be on-call , work weekends and tons of hours again. Did that too many times already and I am done. I used to work the crazy hours, but you can't pay me enough to do that again, no one is died because a application was down.
Supposedly we're changing to a services company, but we keep buying servers, networking and storage gear.