Affiliated Computer Services Reviews

Pros

Variety int the type of work.

Cons

Promotion path, employees are not valued, benefits packages are expensive.

Pros

Interesting projects and a lot of good people. Recently purchased by Xerox, and conditions should improve when ACS becomes fully integrated with Xerox.

Cons

Incompetent and uncaring management team. There is no feel that there are corporate ethics. Employees are overworked. There have been no raises in years.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to the employees -- they can help you make your projects successful. Take care of the employees -- realize that they want to have a life outside of work.

Pros

The paycheck.
Decent vacation package
ability to work from home
travel when there isn't a freeze on travel
not much else

Cons

good starting pay and that's the end of it
no raises for 4+ years now
you never know if a bonus will be paid even when the company is profitable
lack of promotions

Advice to Senior Management

even if profits aren't as high as expected, give inflation raises as much as possible
when no raises or bonuses not paid, don't allow the execs to have their yearly kickoff's

Pros

Easy job to do as long as you have a pair of head phones and a great music or audio book collection.

Cons

It is a piece rate company, so if you have a bad day your pay check has the potential to suffer horribly.

Advice to Senior Management

Take more steps to interact with the employees. Most feel cut off and slighted when contracts drop and they only have a matter of time to adjust to the new contract and make the pay they were previously making.

Pros

Flexible in terms of working from home

Cons

Tough culture no teamwork, businesses work independently and are pitted against each other in some cases. Commitments are made to clients that can't be kept. Employees are lowest priority of senior management

Advice to Senior Management

I am doubtful that a business model that does not consider the value of the firms most valuable asset (it's people) will thrive.

Pros

Great Pay
Great chance for improvement

Cons

Part-time work schedule confusing
A lot of miss communication between employees and management

Pros

Allows one to work from virtual office.
Online training available in various areas of interest.
Fairly well established expectations from manager.

Cons

Lack of increases.
No 401K match.
Seems to be a large exodus from the company, probably due to the two items above.

Pros

The ability to move laterally is encouraged. The starting pay is decent. In most instances, you are able to work remotely. The remote access/flexibility are strong points

Cons

Pay Freezes
401K does not match
Bonuses are ProRated and the scoring isn't explained
Not many vertical opportunity for management

Advice to Senior Management

Overally, good job on the atmosphere at ACS. In order to retain the best and eliminate the funds associated with training, pay your valuable assets accordingly. There morale and work will speak volumes

Pros

Good people to work with in my area, flexibility and ability to work from home a major plus, a good variety of fun and challenging projects.

Cons

ACS makes very little (in fact 0 dollars are spent) to invest in their employees. Don't expect training or other perks (e.g. promotions, bonuses, etc...).

Pros

good pay and benefits, good professional development, lots of talented people doing good work

Cons

management make unexpected, unexplained, and unneeded changes that are bad for business and morale, very risk adverse, blindly layoff big groups including talented people, multiple management changes and constant reshuffling - not a stable environment

Advice to Senior Management

upper management make global decisions without understanding impact on clients and relationships -