I only worked at DXC a short time, but long enough to see what it's really like. If that place ever had a good reputation in the industry, it's destroyed now. I hate that I have to put its name on my resume. It doesn't help me. In fact, I have a feeling it probably hurts me.
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The problem is that most new employers expect outcomes, initiative and progress — not reasons why nothing can move. At DXC, the environment is demonstrably geared around blocking useful change rather than enabling it. Realistically, I probably spent less than 5% of my time on genuinely productive work.
Any time I wanted to improve something, the response was usually that the client hadn’t asked for it, so it couldn’t be done. Even obvious housekeeping or efficiency fixes became impossible because everything had to be requested, tested and verified externally first.
What became especially demoralising was spending time tidying things up or modernising processes, only to see colleagues revert everything back to how it was. You’d hear arguments that for example a folder untouched for 20 years couldn’t possibly be deleted “just in case.” After a while, you stop fighting it.
In the end, when effort, initiative and disengagement are all rewarded exactly the same way — 0% — it becomes hard to stay motivated. The hardest part now is trying to present that positively when, truthfully, in retrospect it feels like years of achieving very little.
Hence the over 50's stay and hold out for a severance package or retirement. Everyone else leaves pretty quickly, and can say the place is in chaos and is beyond help.
DXC’s reputation does not define your value. Your work does.
Acknowledge reality but stay measured. DXC is facing unsurmountable challenges: loss of talent, increased competition and a very demanding market. These are facts. Do not dwell on what is broken.
Focus on what you controlled. Speak about your work and your team. Describe the environment you built. The standards you tried to upheld. Show how you delivered results despite severe constraints. Be specific about your impact. What did you improve? What did you stabilize? What did you create with limited resources?
Recognize that every company goes through difficult cycles. DXC is one of them. Treat it as context not an excuse. Avoid negative language. It signals risk to a recruiter. Instead, demonstrate judgment, resilience and ownership.
Position yourself as someone who performs under pressure, protects team quality and drives outcomes regardless of circumstances. That is what they evaluate.
If your young enough. You can frame it that you quickly realised this is NOT how you deliver IT services. So used your own time (even if it's mostly) DXCs to learn new skills and now looking for an opportunity to actually use them.
If your at the other end. Then more fool you if you've not diversified your income and saved so that when they finally realise we don't do much of value that the severance package is a nice bonus into early retirement.
DXC is 75% pushing past mid 50s been around too long to consider anything else now. And 25% just out of uni. Very few in the middle who join and don't quickly leave again before becoming useful. In fact some don't get as far as being setup with a login as it often takes forever.
If there is a stain, please use -"Tide" detergent and you should be good.
I got out early on in DXC's life. It was plain to see they were just focussed on the costs not the value or customer despite it being the main principles that had built the original CSC. Like others, I have met a number of ex DXC customers CEO's and CFO' and the way they describe DXC is never positive along the lines of being charged for a Rolls Royce and getting and old banger. But generally, a lot of new clients that I meet have never heard of DXC. I don't think it hurts your CV unless the company you apply for have ever used DXC but I think you have to spin it as to what you learned, applied and what you can apply to their firm. No one really cares about DXC out there, to be honest.
Got out two years ago with 20+ years on my CV/Resumé and it didn’t seem to be much of a blocker - however, I have worked with several customers who have contracts with DXC and the feedback is almost never good.
Frame ur experience as “Short stay in a very big and very complex organisation. I left with a better idea of where I do my best work and where I don’t disappear into process. The experience also gave me a much deeper appreciation for leadership, ownership and team culture, and helped shape my next career step in a positive direction. This is why I’m interested in joining you.”
Just amend your CV and swap DXC for the side hustle that you were doing at the time instead.
Oh without a doubt, especially if people have ever worked for DXC or their company has done business with them.
I can have a negative impact, especially in this day and age. Earlier in the company infancy it wasn't so bad.