Thread regarding DXC Technology layoffs

Almost 60 and made redundant in UK.
Still quite angry about it and while posts like these do cheer me up no end, the one that got away etc, my memories of working at DXC is like mental he---s - nothing but bad feelings of injustice and bullying - it never goes away.

The ship has been sinking for some time now. The posh lifeboats have gone. The people left decided to hang on and just listen to the band play.

Why rush to jump in the cold sea. For most over 55 this is probably it. Take your package when it comes. Nobody wants legacy IT systems like we support anymore.

Pay raises! lol

Everyone and their dog knows this company does not reward employees! This is a low cost consulting company, with the emphasis on low cost!

Employees aren’t valued. They are easily replaceable with lower cost employees throughout the world.

If you’re staying, you need help. Seriously wake up and exit for your mental health!

@OP

"So we were promised significant salary raise starting since 1st of April, I mean significant because mail mentioned "market rates" so I assume it should be 25-40%, but it is 16th of April and still no one heard anything?"

How cruel of them to line it up to April Fool's Days. You would be lucky to get an extra 1K USD per year.

People wake up and smell the doom here. Update your resume before it is too late. Layoffs will be high and attrition will be thru the roof. Leave while you can and get something.

@dv Indeed, first two-three months are in many companies like a vacation, with all the accesses pending and whatnot. And you know what is even more funny? That these companies not only require 2-3 months notice but they also aren't hiring replacement until the very last moment (if any!). Maybe within last two weeks of notice they start looking for someone, so that period IS NOT being spent as it should anyway. And then two months for onboarding, and no harm usually done for the company.

So it seems like it is just a way to keep as many employees from switching jobs as possible

@dr One month is pretty standard in the UK. For the types of job we do, it takes most corporate employers that long to get everything sorted for you ready to join and start. In DXC it's more like 3 months after you start before they are ready to get you on a project. New staff sit about waiting on laptops and access, and permissions, and it's like some sort of test of will you just quit again, because we can't have people who just want to get on and do stuff at DXC.

For EU employers, if they set a 3 month notice, they should expect the same. It seems a bit of a bad planning red flag that they need someone immediately but there might be some sort of negotiation to transition. But otherwise if you know you can get a role. I think I'd be very tempted to quit and get yourself out of here.

@d6 there was recent change in UKI where the notice period is a blanket month. It still doesn't help.

@d5 I had something similar a year ago. They expected me to start in two weeks. I told them I have notice period and asked them what notice period do they have themselves - "well... two or three months, depends on the position". So they expect something they cannot even provide themselves. I am glad it didn't work out, as the company in question turned out to be much worse than DXC, which is not that bad to work in, except for salary of course.

But I got that point. We need to start talking about notice periods, as the issue is non-existent in the political area, while it becomes more and more annoying. People who have never been affected by it may not understand, but in the current market situation it is virtually not possible for an average worker to switch jobs because of notice periods.

@cy Well, I also remember email advertising it as something to match salary rates, and DXC's rates are somewhere 25-40% below the market rates. But I think it would be irrational to expect such a hike, but 10-20% would be valid, as 10% are quite often given anually in many companies anyway. I am working in Europe, same as OP, so I totally get a point about noticing period. I had some interviews past few months with three offers on the table - but no one of them could wait two and a half months for my notice period to expire. I guess you have to be unemployed to find a job now....

@d0 That was funny, they ended the call, black screen, wait a few seconds and back they come having what appears to be an unfiltered conversation: V has seen the numbers, raises not happening and so on. The whole call left a bad taste, it certainly wasn't inspirational.

The email from J-Rag said it was a Salary "review", so note the wording. "No raises" is a perfectly valid (although disappointing and inevitable) outcome of a Salary Review.

Only "approved increases" will be effective from April 1st. Nowhere does it say that the % of approved increases can't be ZERO

@b4 Anyone click the avoidance of the WFR question in the list ?? Claiming the meeting had a technical issue.

"they are asking for you to turn in anyone who is not super duper optimistic."
The ticket to wfr - Worked for me!

25-40% lol.

"they are asking for you to turn in anyone who is not super duper optimistic."

That's desperation and foolish.

But I guess that's where dxc is.

You useless dufuses - salary increases and dxc cannot be in the same sentence.

So go back and work on your resume.

@a7 Just to be clear when they say they spent $7m on pay rises. He didn't say they have increased pay by $7m. What they mean is the process cost $7m.

All those execs who had to fly around the world to discuss it. All that management time explaining 0% to the majority. Then all that HR admin time to type it in because they don't know how to bulk load data. Lots of checks and double checks. The a load of internal marketing to sell it as as success to us all.

That's where most of the money went. And why most people get nothing.

You don't choose DXC if you want efficiency! You don't stay at DXC if you need a pay rise.

Why disappointment? You must be new at the company. If you know the company history, you know they don’t pay properly.

People are underpaid and company is basically a learning institution. You learn and get your skills and then exit after a few years and make that money elsewhere.

My suggestion is to look for other companies and get your happiness there.

Always remember dxc motto:

No raise yesterday
No raise today
No raise tomorrow

If money is your priority, dxc is not the place for you.

I highly recommend you to update your resume and go to a place that values its employees.

Run to the nearest exit ASAP!

Good luck to you

Just look at almost every thread, DXC leadership say one thing and do the other, they cannot be trusted, about anything but especially about employee reward.

However they expect everyone to be happy and fully onboard with whatever this weeks scheme to turn things around is and so much so that now (well in CES UKI Townhall) they are asking for you to turn in anyone who is not super duper optimistic.

Op The truth is they lie to you happens every year. The make false promises knowing they never intend to pay.

Its really bad how they mentally torture the employees, who are now struggling to make ends meet after years of pay cuts.

If you are based in the UK you will be getting nothing. In Ireland you might be lucky. This is not formally communicated but your manager will be aware. There is a matrix of who is in scope based upon country and business unit.

@a7 wow. That is almost 60% of my salary in dxc....

Drummer said it was ~7000 people and they spent $7m on it. So basically 6% of the employees got $1000 raise each.

My guess is only in India.