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Electronic Data Systems
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www.eds.com Plano, TX 5000+ Employees

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Updated Jun 10, 2013
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43% Approve of the CEO

Electronic Data Systems Chairman and Executive Vice President Joe Eazor

Joe Eazor

(37 ratings)

31% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Not a good place for women

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee)
Bethesda, MD

I worked at Electronic Data Systems

ProsExcellent health insurance options, credit union membership

ConsThere 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.

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Short Tenure

Anonymous Employee (Former Employee)
Auburn Hills, MI

I worked at Electronic Data Systems

ProsAbility to work remotely promoted good home/work blance

ConsContinual Downsizing made security non-existent

Advice to Senior ManagementBetter communication

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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AAA

Sales Executive (Current Employee)
Charlotte, NC

I have been working at Electronic Data Systems

ProsGood food that they serve for lunch.

ConsBoss is not helpful to employees.

Advice to Senior ManagementWork on how you treat people

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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EDS/HP needs improvement.

Infrastructure Specialist (Current Employee)
Auburn Hills, MI

I have been working at Electronic Data Systems

ProsProbably, training opportunities were better than most companies. My expereince with job reviews is that it was a waste of my time.

ConsUnrealistic demands on working environment. EDS management would sign contracts that a sane person would run away from. Maybe with HP management things may change.

Advice to Senior ManagementEDS/HPmanagement should sit down and work with the technicians that are expected to do the job. This would give EDS/HP management a realistic idea if the terms of the contract are doable.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Didn't Recognize How Good We Had it.

Database Administrator (Former Employee)
Overland Park, KS

I worked at Electronic Data Systems

ProsInteresting Work Environment, Excellent Support Teams from the Systems & Hardware Groups. Team Feeling of accomplishments.

ConsVery difficult to get promoted without leaving current account, Permanent Salary takes a long time to build to industry standards due to temporary yearly bonus possibility.

Advice to Senior ManagementSince EDS became a non entity America based employees are treated as commodities to be tolerated at the least salary level they can be kept at.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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EDS

Software Engineer (Current Employee)
Plano, TX

I have been working at Electronic Data Systems

ProsEDS is great if there is a family problem and you need assistance. There are many instances where the company has helped a team member through a crisis.

ConsExpectations that family will come second after work. Management has no problem with employees working nights, weekends, etc with no thought of the employees mental or physical health.

Advice to Senior ManagementOpen your eyes and plan better. Unahppy employees do not tend to perform well. Encouragement and appreciation goes a long way.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Do Not Work Here!

Information Associate (Current Employee)
Tallahassee, FL

I have been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros- The people there are very nice.

Cons- Very poor work life balance
- Doing 5 people's jobs when only getting paid for one
- Did not train at all when you are first hired or after.
- No employee orientation when you are first hired.
- No opportunity for career advancement and growth.
- Work overtime a lot on nights and weekends.
- Very stressful work enviornment.
- Paychecks kept decreasing.
- They shove something at you to complete when you are not trained at all on the subject.
- They fire people for no reason at all. I have seen it happen to a few people that I worked with.

Advice to Senior ManagementLook at my cons and improve on all of them.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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good place to work

Software Developer (Former Employee)
Overland Park, KS

I worked at Electronic Data Systems

Prosgood work , flexibility , quick decisions , valued opinions

Consrelatively low pay, sometimes hard deadlines

Advice to Senior Managementhire contractors as employees faster

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Lots of opportunity and lots of stress

Director (Former Employee)
Plano, TX

I worked at Electronic Data Systems

ProsEDS seem to invest heavily in technology, facilities, structured training and education. There was ample opportunity to move to new roles in the company.

ConsOften you get on a project that was setup for failure and then instead of adding resources to it they seem to just work people on the project to death.

Advice to Senior ManagementTry to get the dead wood out of the company and look for people that are solid workers and help them have life/work balance.

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Information Analyst (Former Employee)
Virginia Beach, VA

I worked at Electronic Data Systems

Prosflexible work scedule. Decent benefits package

Conssalary is way below standard for IT jobs in this area. Negotiate high because you will not see a pay raise... Performance evaluation process is ridiculous and will not net a salary increase.

Advice to Senior Managementbetter communication and better pay for employees

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