Was fortunate to get VR last year after 10 years of no pay rises and broken promises. The annual drudge of appraisals, getting feedback, self evaluation etc was mind numbing, knowing nothing would ever come out of it. My manager was worse than useless. A total waste of time who blagged and lied his way year after year. I know why people stay as it’s a cushy number and no one cares. Projects drag on and it’s amazing how clients put up with the incompetence. I’m just interested to know what actual accounts are still going in the UK. Not much on here is posted but in the last few town halls I attended there was always a ‘positive pipeline’ so just curious as to what current employees are actually working on - or more pertinent what codes are you booking time to for doing next to nothing? My last account was Defra which died a slow and painful death!
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They don't want to fire people on bench. In fact they are trying to get them on other projects so they can bill but bench is too deep and people rightfully so are being picket when asked to join projects.
Well the big London Markets transformation project is in trouble, read the press even if DXC has been strangely quiet about it, so lots of folk will probably become surplus soon
No new customers are coming in and the company doesn’t even seem to have the money to let everyone on the bench go. So we’re stuck in this phase where the WFRs just drag on forever, one here, another there and another “transformation” announcement somewhere else. It is a slow-motion grind from here on out as long as they keep the cash flow positive.
Still the same. If the clients can get another supplier to do the task they do. I've done nothing for a month. I've done very little for 6 months. I've not touched the product I'm supposed to be a specialist in for approaching 18 months now. DXC are quite happy to pay to ensure my skills are worthless to anyone else. Suits me, when they finally realise there is no new work coming in, and pay me off - I'm retiring.