CSC Reviews

Pros

good salary, good benefits, at least it is a job

Cons

work you to death and then roll over you

Advice to Senior Management

hire more people

Pros

Good to excellent working relationships with client organizations.
Reasonable expectations from managers.
Good environment for sharing knowledge.
Team collaboration between contractors.

Cons

Little consideration matching assignments with skills.
Little or no help placing contractors after completing assignment.
Low starting pay, and small increases.
No assistance provided to advance skill level.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest less effort trying to win contracts, and more effort developing the contract staff teams. Provide incentives for workers to better themselves when they work themselves out of a project.

Pros

exposure to technologies is a plus

Cons

layoffs come at any time to ensure management received their bonus

Advice to Senior Management

Don't treat people like numbers in a spreadsheet.

Pros

Good benefits
Great work environment
good flex/work time

Cons

No options for telework
better promotional opportunities

Advice to Senior Management

Invest in telework options

Pros

Opportunities to grow as an employee, lots of challenging assignments for those wanting to take them on.

Cons

Sometimes work life balance can be a challenge. Depends on the division you work in.

Pros

The starting salary for an experienced resource is very good.
There is no interference on your day to day job from CSC management, its you and your clients.
The benefits are good.

Cons

Performance review system is broken.
Very less chance of salary hike once you are in the company.
Very difficult to get to your next job title or position

Advice to Senior Management

Please take Performance review system seriously.
Please listen to your employees about salary hikes and position increments.

Pros

Great stable position with lots of opportunity and career paths. Excellent co-workers and team members - relatively low turnover.

Cons

I would say the only downside is that you should be happy with whatever salary you start with because the increases in pay are low or minimal - so start off at a range that you will be happy with for a long time.

Pros

Flexible work arrangements
Career progression
Education assistance

Cons

Continuous restructures and leadership changes

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate changes more effectively and review employee feedback

Pros

Compensation is Fair
There are plenty of opportunities for advancement
Many employees have the opportunity to work remotely

Cons

Work-life balance is poor. Plan to be contacted on vacation; many employees have to work holidays.
The number of employees has been reduced to a point which affects our ability to deliver superior service to our clients.
Poor execution of new policies. Minimal communication, lacking follow-up analysis to confirm policy is beneficial.

Pros

Best place to work if you mostly prefer to work alone as an individual contributor without any collaboration or support from peers or superiors. Best place to work if you prefer to work in an environment without a corporate culture that does not believe in bringing its work groups together to exchange ideas and understand or experience the company culture.

Cons

Downsides are: 1) lack of leadership starting from the top (CEO) and getting worse at each level below; 2) no collaboration across geographies and globally and across the lines of business; 3) a culture that does not embrace collaboration and teamwork; 4) always focused on the bottom line with no room to invest in its workforce or in engaging its employees within their own work groups or within the business line; 5) stoggy environment that does not embrace change - many of their senior leaders have been with CSC for over 20 years and are looking for safe havens to retire.

Advice to Senior Management

The board should take a hard look at the leadership team including its middle managers.