Thread regarding DXC Technology layoffs

@24f The problem is the management. Little meaningful work. No reward for doing your job. Yet no consequences for people who don't. The policy drives behaviour. 10 years on it becomes common practice.

@a3 so aren't you part of the problem then? The number of people on here complaining and saying they're quite happy to wfh and do something unrelated to their actual jobs all day long, while at the same time complaining they haven't received a payrise is pretty insightful of the calibre of people. Has it ever occurred to people here that maybe your attitude is part of the problem

What grates with me is that there obviously is money. They pay vastly different salaries for different people in the same role. Often the newer you are they more you get. Because they had to pay a premium to get those people to join. In the past this was naturally addressed by rises and people caught up. Without that ladder what is the point in even trying. Your efforts are better directed elsewhere.

This. I understand there may be no "openings" for "higher" positions, but no soft promotions based on tenure is beyond my comprehension. One can be on an entry-level position for 10 years if there is no "opening" (and survive for that long). That is sick.

Horrible place. And a lot of lying and a lot of law suits. No strategy. Complete re--rds in leadership. I’m documenting everything

It's really important to have an exit strategy. This place will drive you insane if you let it. If you need a job, then getting out, even if it's to a lower paid job can work out better in the long term. At least their conveyor belt of promotions and pay rises might actually be working. DXC guarantees you 0%, just that it won't admit it.

If you're towards then end, then stepping away gradually into your own side projects and shutting down the noise until you have enough money to retire should be your plan. I stopped attending all stupid calls. They are all the same - DXC is great - but there's no pay rise. Carry on as you are, we're all working very hard. Well I can tell you that I'm not!! And I don't think many are. There's some people saying they are running around busy busy busy. But I see absolutely no progress. So it's either BS, or they are incompetent and don't know what they are doing.

What is the worst that can happen - you get put on a list and let go! Just be ready financially and if you need another job, get all the free training you can whilst it's on offer.

DXC's approach to work is NOT how it's done elsewhere. Companies want solutions, not paperwork. Project management should be a small proportion e.g. under 20%, not the other way around. They want people to actually deliver IT, be it working servers, software changes or hardware. Everything here is a constant fight, and feels like even the things we've been approved to do are blocked by someone else.

The reality is we all have to decide how long we can put up with it. Remove yourself from the noise and let someone else push the paperwork if they want to. The company seems happy to pay me to have done very little for 18 months now. My time is spent on anything but DXC. My garage is very tidy!! When there is work, as long as you say you're looking at it - then nobody is any the wiser. If others want to play - look at me I'll race you and do it quicker - then good for them - they still get the same 0% pay rise as me. Only they did the task, and I went and had my tea! I know my salary will never change, I will be happy to take a VR just as soon as it's on offer, and I am not seeking further employment in the corporate world of bullsh-t IT.

Yes. It's dead end. And most of the knowledge learned here cannot be transferred elsewhere. Working here was a mistake.

Take the hardest worker you know. New title every year, an appearance of leadership and commitment.

They are not loyal. They are strategic. They stay to build a case for future employers. Behind the scenes, they are in constant battle with their peers to make themselves look good. It is easy because many others are already tired of their sick games and some have even checked out. DXC’s chaos is reframed into polished stories of impact and leadership on the resumes of these snakes. Small pieces of work become major achievements. Routine internal meetings are recast as high impact employee engagement.

Every minor or awkward moment is carefully documented on LinkedIn, on at least two posts a week. It is a signalling mechanism to their future employers, announcing that they are ready for the next move.

In their sick theatre, colleagues and direct reports become unwilling props. They keep constructing a false leadership narrative for rotating external senior managers who change every two years, all at the expense of organisational morale and wellbeing.

They are the worst kind of employee in DXC because they don’t just underdeliver they actively distort the truth. And the management above, gullible and detached, has no idea.

@a3 Self important is the perfect way to talk about some of the customers we deal with. Last week there was a horrible woman in the office. In the past I’ve had people call me incompetent for fulfilling the request as stated and people refusing to leave the office. Some of them are sc-m.

@a2 In fairness I mean the people I work with. Beyond our management it’s clear the people are rotten just like the company.

Totally agree with you. There seems to be lots of us, presumably older, not willing to look for other jobs, who are tolerating this company until retirement or WFR. I’m just keeping myself mentally and physically well as it helps me deal with the daily drudge of the account I’m on. I’d rather be on the bench doing training for fun rather than spend all day on meaningless repetitive calls with self-important bean counters who bore the life out of me. If you’re in the UK and are asked to work on the most recent ‘new logo’, run a mile the other way!!

People are great?
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