As DXC lays off employees they are laying off positions that bring in far more revenue than the cost of the employee. DXC has also laid off positions that are listed in the contracts or even laid off to the point where the accounts are not able to deliver per direction of upper management. The company is missing incentives and deadlines constantly. These are all signs of an unhealthy company. It all seems to stem from the lack of knowledge or true leadership at the top. If something doesn't change then this company could fold in the next few years due to poor leadership. Part of the problem is the board of directors not giving Mike many goals with delivery and meeting deadlines. If Mike Lawrie was a good business person he would see the issues in his own company and try to changing its direction but it has been much of the same direction under him.
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He also doesn't know how to cut his own steak or tell time using 1 watch.
Mikey knows EXACTLY how to do HIS business.
He has no care for staff or any long term business plan - all he is here for is to break DXC up, sell it, make a sh--load of personal wealth, then leave. No scruples, no ethics, no remorse and no doubt he will achieve his aim.
Lawrie's problem is not so much that he doesn't know how to do business but rather that he doesn't know how to grow a business in a changing market.
I agree about the lack of true leadership at the top. Lawrie seems to be an autocrat who is trying to run the show single handedly. However it isn't the function of the board to give Lawrie goals; the board should be establishing the company vision, mission and values, setting strategy and structure. the board may (or may not) be doing this but these are academic exercises if Lawrie then does as he chooses.
The story of DXC will be fairly brief in corporate terms and won't end well.