We are now seeing a number of people join us, its become clear to a wider audience that the Execs are taking the money and telling the rest of us its bad so no money for you. They cant have it both ways.
People are working out their lies. Hopefully more will join the strike.
Latest update on my pay. I am 70% in the gym now, i am switching between equipment, and the pool isnt as hot as a firewall.
Until i get some pay the only Networking i will be doing is in the gym.
People you need to take action DXC will walk all over you if you keep letting them. Its nearly Mid Feb your paid award should have been worked out but unfortunately as expected there's no mention of it. They don't take it seriously. Time for action.
Useless network b-ms - you are welcome to go back to ant and ant.
Management might get some respect and action, if they also took no pay rise, and said we're all in it together. Here's how we get out of the mess, and when we do we all get paid! Obviously they don't believe it will work, and are just taking what they can while they still can. They'll retire on their millions or take an equally high paid board position and blame the market.
The thing with this Networks strike is Engineers tell me openly they are on the strike and will do next to nothing. They aren't bothered, until there is some movement on pay. He said around this time of the year they would be getting the rises and on top of this they also used to get a bonus at At&t. This would keep things happy in the household.
From that they have gone to little or no pay rises and everyone is fed up of Execs taking pay and doing share buybacks using the pay rise money.
Its going to be t-t for tat until something changes, management shout as much as they want.
@v3 Here you go again with the “fired for cause” fantasy. Nobody gets fired in an organisation like DXC. HR can barely cope with day-to-day operations, never mind handling rare edge cases properly.
Sure, if you literally stopped logging in and never submitted a timesheet, they might eventually notice you’ve checked out. But I’ve seen people throw full-on sweary tantrums in front of clients and all but admit they can’t do the job. The worst that happens? An enhanced leavers package.
Everyone in Networks knows how this game works. We all do. Sit on the work, bounce it back with some hand-wavy excuse about unclear requirements, and you’ll end up doing so little that nobody really notices either way. Managers have no meaningful levers to pull.
In the past, the deal was simple: the dross got passed over for pay rises and promotion, and people quickly learned that if they wanted more, they had to earn it. Now? Whatever the word is for this phase — apathy, entropy, institutional paralysis — it basically doesn’t matter what you do or don’t do. The outcome is the same. Same reward, same result.
What a crock of cr-p , Networks is not on Strike and if you were you all should fired on the spot for cause.
Some of us still support the customers and are Professional, we stay as retirement is around the corner or we like just doing enough to support the customer without over doing it
The place is broken. If the company actually paid a fair wage for every role, it would probably bankrupt itself — or at least that’s what management would have us believe.
Too few people leave. Too few clients complain loudly enough that work isn’t getting done. They just don't renew! And most frustrations never travel further than a line manager, whose real job seems to be acting as a verbal punch bag while repeating that pay rises are “being looked at”.
I understand how we got here. But understanding it doesn’t make it right.
So I’ve joined the general “work to rule”. Pay me properly — or better yet, pay me off. Because if my salary ever jumps by 20%, I’m already far too used to this being a part-time job in everything but name.
@dn+1kfzwx98z stop trying to take our thunder. We started it off and thats why its called the Networks Strike. Even our Managers support us. We have been pretty much doing it for the last few years.
I am just glad its getting wider recognition and pay rises for all.
That's not unique to networks. Management have nothing to offer. Staff do what they need to but if you are paid 20%, what do they expect other than an attitude of I'm only paid to perform part time so that's what's going to happen. It is the only perk they have left to offer. There's a set of people running about stressed out. The rest of us. You tell us what you want and we'll look at it. If you want it yesterday, you're asking the wrong person, because I can tell you now it will be sometime next week before it gets done.
@dd+1 its not an official strike, I'm in Networks UK and pretty much do nothing. We need pay otherwise we play.
Where are these network strikes? I'm in the UK and haven't heard a peep.
@ag+ you must be a Manager. I know Network engineers who just go shopping, and to the gym.
It used to wind me up, but now I'm educated on Exec pay i agree with them.
When did you network guys ever work? The problem was always between the chair and the keyboard.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
When is this taking place? Needs to be a wider strike.
I'm not seeing it. Im glad it's happening but I don't think anyone cares just yet
I love it the way management make out we are in it together, except when it cones to raises they get massive amounts, and the rest get 0 or minimum.
Well done Networks, I'm joining you.