Electronic Data Systems Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Great work-life balance
not enough training opportunities

Cons – No advancement
not good enough pay compared to other companies

Advice to Senior Management – Try to groom your employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Many accounts to with diverse industy backgrounds to get training.

Cons – Too top heavey in senior management.

Advice to Senior Management – Do more with less.

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – People are friendly to each other.

Cons – Merger done without consideration of results of merger to companies that have outsourced to us.

Advice to Senior Management – Look at plan results of merger in other than grand scale.

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Ability to learn multiple technologies....

Cons – Subjective performance reviews, raises and bonuses were inconsistent across accounts. Pay for performance policy which never worked.

Advice to Senior Management – Create a truly objective method for measuring employee performance.

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Flexibility
In earlier days opportunity for Training

Cons – No cost of living
Lack of training
More responsibility without being compensated

Advice to Senior Management – When HP purchased EDS, company lost focus of people, which EDS always said was their greatest asset. That stop being the focus 5-8 years ago.

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – You had a flexible work schedule and the environment was clean to work in. There was also an onsight cafeteria which is definitely a plus.

Cons – Management seemed clueless at times as to the actual job you were doing. It was amazing that these people were going to evaluate your performance and yet had no experience as to the job you were doing. SIMPLY AMAZING!!!

Advice to Senior Management – The lack of communication was definitely a big problem. Also, there seemed to be a lack of standardization for processing procedures. There needs to be a training program other than on the job training fly by the seat of your pants training.

No, I would not 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

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – time between work and personal life is well balanced

Cons – has low visibility in advancing one's career path in EDS, now is HP consulting division

Advice to Senior Management – no

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – - Well known brand - now part of HP
- Good work life balance
- Good pay (that has changed since HP acquisition)

Cons – - Too much red tape within the company
- Pockets and pockets of ineffective leadership

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Excellent health insurance options, credit union membership

Cons – There was an awful lot of gossip regarding many of the females in the department while I was at EDS. It seemed as if almost every woman was rumored to be fast until she could somehow prove otherwise. I remember one woman who joined from another department said to me, "You've probably heard a lot of rumors about me." I replied, "I make up my own mind about people." She was grateful for that.