People are not 'totally useless' or 'turnips' (to use your unfortunate phraseology).
Poor-performing worker were the first to go back when HR forced the management to 'find' their 15% for the lower quartile of the appraisal bell-curve. Remember that nice unethical misuse of statistics? The cuts then continued into the good workers and each time the bell curve drew towards the mean, which moved towards the 2's until 1 and beyond would no longer save you.
Of course when that nonsense was made public and could result in potential appeals and tribunals, HR were forced to deny any wrong-doing and claimed their messages were 'misinterpreted by some management' despite the secret powerpoints that were floating through the management only community at the time.
Years of cuts have removed relative poor performance. If you think you still see it, then that's your natural instinct for survival in the current environment of fear. 'Why not cut him or her, they don't do anything'. Yeah, keep it coming - stitch up a friend and win a book token.
So many reductions has cut the flesh, now they're cutting the back(bones) of the company.
But - and this is where common sense goes out of the window - they are now cutting those bringing in the revenue. Yes, you heard right - they are cutting those people who are bringing in the revenue! Why? Their cost. Apparently, 10 and 20 year experience costs money and DXC don't like cost when someone with 4 weeks knowledge of how to turn-it-off and turn-it-on-again can be purchased for the price of a happy meal.
I've seen quite a few projects go pear-shaped because the key folk were dropped and replaced with low-cost alternatives. Sure skills, but no leadership, knowledge of client business or systems.
As a result, I've seen 2 contracts, this year, cancelled by new clients. Yes, I'll say it again: 'new' clients, requesting early contract termination after only 6 months into the contract!
DXC were unable to resource the skills to meet those impressive powerpoint claims made by the salesforce and bid teams (bonused on wins. Well, not bonused any more, shall we say threatened).
A last ditch attempt to save the contract, by requesting senior sign-off to use contractors was denied and so payment milestone #1 was missed resulting in the client then requesting early contract termination for DXC's failure to honor its commitments. The cost of preparing all those winning powerpoints, establishing the setup and governance and then failing to find any skills to deliver, plus the cost of penalty payments and those costs have to be paid for by more job losses. So you seen, its a self-perpetuating spiral to the bottom and its speeding up. You can't stop it now.
This is not about experience or lack of an no-one should feel any WFR is personal in any way. This is purely cost-driven to inflate the shareprice with hot-air so they can break it up and sell if off next year if next 3 quarterly signs are that there is no pivot point in sight and horizon of growth to meeting that 26 billion gazillion revenue dream is fading.
Of course we've all lifted the hood and can quite clearly see that there is no engine in this Chevvy. But hey, keep on polishing the bodywork because I think I can see a customer whose just walked onto the forecourt.
Quick, where's that salesforce guy, the one with the nice powerpoints?
Posted by @Oz3Dly0-1mep.