Thread regarding DXC Technology layoffs

Make sure to cover your back

There are good and bad management here. Even the good ones have to follow rules, not orders. Rules are things like cut 10% off your staffing and budget. Orders are things like increase revenue by over billing the client. The good managers have to follow the rules and do some ugly things if they want to keep their job. However, the good managers can also have a voice and speak up for what they see is wrong.

I have an example the other day where I was asked by a "bad manager" to bill the client double the hours of what we actually worked in order to meet forecasts. I immediately sought out a "good manager" and informed them of the situation and that I did not want to be caught in an ethics violation.

I don't know what happened to the bad manager, but the issue was escalated and I covered my arse. As long as we stay in DXC, we will be asked to do a lot of ugly things. That is the nature of this business, it is rotten from the top. However, we can still act humanely and try to treat people with dignity and respect in the middle of this storm until we can all be lucky enough to find other opportunities with better companies.

Posted by @Pv6109F-bln, bumped for good advice we all need to heed. Considering the situation DXC is in right now, that's the only safe way to work.

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Post ID: @OP+PyrLxgi

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That sort of happened to me too, although slightly different. A project I was assigned to had a defined number of effort hours. I finished it in about 1/3 of the time that was quoted to the client. The manager asked me to keep billing my time to the project even though I was done else I would screw up the account financials. They had estimated for an India offshore newbie, not someone who actually knew what they were doing. I didn't, I moved on to another project for a different account. I really do hope their financials were screwed though.

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Post ID: @4hqb+PyrLxgi

Some high-ups are more interested in CYA (cover your a---).

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Post ID: @4uus+PyrLxgi

Yes you will and understand that Service Delivery Managers are the biggest weasels of all.

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Post ID: @2dvy+PyrLxgi

how did you randomly choose your own "good manager" ? each employee is assigned to a reporting manager already.

what do the "bad managers" keep doing if most employees approach those "good managers" ? why are the "bad managers" required in these times of synergy and automation.

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Post ID: @1lcj+PyrLxgi

"However, we can still act humanely and try to treat people with dignity and respect"

LOL - People no longer matter doncha know? its all about automation now

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