When joining DXC did you ever think you would be signed up to a contract where you would never get a raise. Every March you would be told you have performed well and DXC are working out the uplift which will be announced after the quarter results. The quarter and then next quarter would go, the execs would recieve thier pay but the employees would be given excuses.
Nobody signed up to no pay raises for eternity, this isnt a normal company so we are no longer going to act normally.
I'm second year at DXC and with everything that is happening on this board I guess next year I'm out.
Ex CSC here. I started in the Chesterfield office because they were local to me, hiring apprentices and I wanted a foot in the door. Quickly disabused of any silly notions I had of career opportunities given my first year was spent dumped on service desk and then backfilling roles lost to redundancy. I never got a significant pay rise past my initial apprentice salary and made the mistake of sticking around far too long before jumping somewhere that paid and treated me better.
That was a common strategy, promise apprentices the world, then dump them on the service desk. A common issue because they'd train apprentices and then lose them meaning they had a higher turnover rate than regulars. A lot of people weren't happy seeing apprentices taking the places of seasoned colleagues and having to train their replacements effectivelym
Some of the apprentices worked their backsides off and didnt deserve this flak. Some didn't and either washed out or faded into the background. Some took time to get into good habits like me, and I will be happy about it. Of the lot I knew only one still works at DXC and only because he was in a unique position that suited him.
A lot of the others who worked there were ex Royal Mail Group that stuck around waiting for VR and/or had good T&Cs from those days that made it worth then sticking around.
Funny enough, a lot of those veteran guys went on to form the backbone of places like ATOS, Littlefish and Capgemini.
It's the sort of company that sends out emails about US benefit registration with the wrong dates, and about a month early. Same HR department as the other issues possibly?
It's the sort of company that sends out emails about the importance of mid year assessment when they still haven't completed worked out if our performance from the previous end of year review is worthy of merit.
And worse they expect us to attend a session where the id--ts in HR tell us how important it is.
well, there is no question of "signing up to it" as such a thing is never mentioned on the employment offer.
A lot of us just got transferred to erstwhile CSC from client organisations that outsourced their IT to CSC...so came on the same terms and conditions as with our original employer... and while our erstwhile colleagues in those client organisations continued to get raises, career advancement and bonuses, we got nothing.
So, there was nothing wrong with the "signing up " part.
As for the suggestion from @cdc+1uMaRMQO, well, not everyone can change job at the drop of a hat, for reasons that are not too difficult to fathom. What DXC is doing to its employees at the moment is plain treachery, and no one can plan for that in advance.
when people ask me if I'm on welfare I say yes as the pay is pretty close to welfare...true story
@cdc+1uMaRMQO; Do one you 🔔end
@cdc+1uMaRMQO your ideal management bullsh-t material, you confirm that this is an issue for over 10 years+ yet you continue to ignore it. Makes no long term business sense.
This is called "Not looking after our people" and now the people wont look after DXC anymore.
As the Op says nobody signed up to non pay raises for a decade+, theres a limit to all things and you bullsh-tters need to realize this!!!
Then grow a pair and find another employer, this complaint had been going on for 10+ years. Do something about it or stop your bi--hing!