Electronic Data Systems Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – EDS had one of the best cultures during my tenture. There was always lots of opportunity for career growth and learning.

Cons – EDS started to lose it way - starting with Dick Brown - as it brought in too many outsiders to lead the company. They lacked vision and leadership in an industry that Ross Perot invented.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn to lead, and reinvent the business/industry!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – EDS delivered great products and supported its employees through training and opportunity.

Cons – None that I can think of

Advice to Senior Management – Good luck

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Access to technical resources & references. Great teamwork, fellowship & support for each other. Great professional development. Great training opportunities. Great benefits - medical, dental, vision, 401K, stock plan, pension plan. Great growth opportunities. Great rewards - bonuses, raises, promotions, recognition, dinners, awards, prizes & other perks. Great review process. Great integrity, values, diversity & employee value & respect. Exclusive onsite support at a corporate account is a great environment. Don't need a degree to work there (opportunity for good, smart people to excel).

Cons – People working on salary remotely from home may work 80 hours/week and the work schedule may be devastating to whatever time is left: Meetings all day (9-6), every couple of hours, prepare for server changes all evening (7-9pm), work all night making server changes or waiting in queues for your turn and complete paperwork (9pm-7am), plus emergency on-call rotation, no time to take training or train yourself. The few hours you have left are to grab a bite, catch a z, run to store & try to see your wife & kids. I wouldn't recommend remote support from home unless it's paid hourly.

Advice to Senior Management – Build your company around your employees and train, train, train. Don't lay people off.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Flexibility and Dependability and work from home option.

Cons – Time sheet organization and bucketing system is really bad

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Top notch peers and management. Competitive pay and may offer some telecommuting opportunities if needed.

Cons – Line management changed too often (I had 3 different managers one year).

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – The EDS culture allows individuals to respect their work and personal lives. The company stands by people who are committed and provides excellent career path and compensation. A lot of top managers are technical enough to understand the job that needed to be done.

Cons – Some top managements weren't as qualified. There was also some amount of communication breakdown especially when there was a transition (merging, separating, buying, selling of accounts and human resources) but that's understandable.

Advice to Senior Management – Leaderships at EDS should try to acquire the MBA degree. A lot of them are technical but may lack in leadership skills.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Great group of coworkers in my department

Cons – The company has a great vacation plan but need additional days added according to number of years worked with the company.

Advice to Senior Management – The feed back I would offer is to became more lead back with the team members because the team need to see more of a natural side.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – There is good project work for talented people. EDS supports a broad range of technologies and there is always a willingness to move into new areas. There are some very good people at EDS, not all, but many.

Cons – Too many layers of management. Expenses are controlled by administrative types who have no idea what it's really like to travel on a regular basis. It is a large company, so many of the common complaints apply. Decisions are driven from the top. As a P&L manager, the business is no longer your own. This is a change that's taken place over the last decade as the competition and economy have tightened.

Advice to Senior Management – Fire the CEO. Ron Rittenmeyer has the carisma of a toad. He commands no respect in the industry or the company based on his actions.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – - Work schedule flexability - I don't always work 8 - 5, sometimes I work nights and weekend so I'm not required to be in the office 8 -5 M-F
- Work from home allowed
- Not Micro Managed, I have a great mananger
- Chance to advance in you Carreer area - I started out as a minor team member, I was given a chance to prove my Netorking skills and now I am SME in aleast 3 key areas
- New possiablilities with HP acquisition of EDS

Cons – - Not a lot of training $ avaliable
- Inconsistant pay raises (Lack of Corporate dollars)
- Contract based employment

Advice to Senior Management – Out with the old and in with the new (HP)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – EDS is a large corporation which provides stability and plenty of career opportunities. If you are inclined it can be easy to move within the company, to experience different job roles and to advance your career. For IT professionals the merger with HP can be expected to provide plenty of new career opportunities within HP.
Salary and compensation have always been reasonable.

Cons – The current merger with HP is expected to result in layoffs for US based staff. However it is expected that the merger with HP will also include plenty of opportunities for EDS staff to transfer to other roles within HP if they desire.

Advice to Senior Management – Attempt to diversify to other revenue sources.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend