Electronic Data Systems Reviews in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Area

Pros

Management seemed to be competent. They had an involved review process and really worked with employees to provide new opportunities. Individual feedback was great.

Cons

The long involved review process was sometimes tedious. There always seemed to be a push to move into the IT side of the business.

Advice to Senior Management

EDS is a nice place to work. I enjoyed my time there.

Pros

Allowed some folks to work from home

Cons

Poor management, unclear direction, constantly changing direction

Advice to Senior Management

Stop worrying so much about looking good and covering your rear and try to do what you were hired to do...support your team and do what it takes to help them do their jobs better

Pros

Not a whole lot of good things to say, that is why i'm out here reading reviews to get a new job

Cons

bad managers who will keep their foot on your head to stay a float as the work force reductions happen.

Advice to Senior Management

no real advice for them. I'm not a huge fan of the management so I guess I would tell them to listen to open their eyes

Pros

work from home
new hp laptop

Cons

Pay cut for doing a good job
having to help cluess Staff from argentina
having a unix staff that is so understaffed it not funny
Argentina staff (need I say more)
a CEO that has no clue of running an IT company gee why did you buy one?
A CEO that makes millions but is requiring staff around the workd to take paycutts ro else.
A CEO named Mark Hurd
A general manger named Joe Eazor neew I am say more?

Advice to Senior Management

Joe Eazor please please wake up. When was the last time you spoke
with someone on your staff, one that does real work and not one that brown noses up to you?

Pros

Decent work life balance. Most people dont work so they know that their other jobs or life is more imp than this job.

Cons

* Pathetic management. Bosses know how to suckup to their bosses and they expect it from employees. No merit. No consideration for skills, experience and knowledge. Very old school and rigid reporting structure.
* Employees are incompetent, stuck on to old technology, dont share and dont want to share as they fear job security.
* Management makes it worse by laying off their best people. And outsourcing jobs.
* I have seen many career empoyees who daily come to office or work from their homes on the same deadend projects somehow. Hats off to their suckability.
* bottom line..useless company

Advice to Senior Management

U have no hope.

Pros

Senior management is flexible and understanding in the EDS ExcellerateHRO department. Lots of training provided by online delivery services. Plenty of chances to improve and earn certifications using that system. Well laid out career goal planning which is done with a neat HR online platform.

Cons

Cubicle city. The relocation department purchased a software that they don't really know how to use. When the software developers came to show us how to utilize it, even they weren't sure to what extent it could perform the tasks that we wanted. Many of the employees still shuffle papers around endlessly instead of using the new technological tools, but I can't blame them since the software platform doesn't work well at all.

Advice to Senior Management

Get a new user-friendly software service package or have someone who is an expert at it teach it properly to all its users.

Pros

Being with HP opens up a world of opportunities, with new business sectors and job types available. HP's increased diversity with the addition of EDS makes HP a stronger contender against IBM and Dell.

Cons

At the moment HP-EDS employees are working under a dark cloud due to the constant drumbeat of hints, statements, and rumors of layoffs. One never knows if next Monday will be another Black Monday. It's maddening to see EDS targeted as the focus of yet another round of layoffs, almost in the same breath with statements that EDS' strong performance helped HP offset poor results in its other business units.

Advice to Senior Management

Please show a commitment to listening to the people, often touted as "our greatest asset." But right now it seems as though upper management is in its castle issuing dire edicts rather than listening. Now is the time to find out what the company's people are dealing with and the obstacles they're finding to better results.

Pros

They do have some good opportunities to learning new technologies and skills. Requesting days off were very easily accommodated. Benefits were pretty standard.

Cons

Very poor management and supervision. It reminds me of the cliques that were in high school. If you are not in the clique then you are outside. Personally witnessed several cases of favoritism and others claiming credit for work they did not perform. Supervision does not listen well to their employees in several cases I have witnessed.

Advice to Senior Management

Management and superivision needs to take a strong look at how they conduct themselves. They should not show favoritism and they should listen to their employees. They need to remove the cliques that are rampant.

Pros

Great learning and development opportunities, but you mostly have to direct your own development, due to the tremendous wealth of experts throughout the organization.

Working at a market leader provides access to ideas and capabilities you won't get in smaller organizations.

Cons

Difficult being the acquired company, but that is what it is and is to be expected in the near term, when two large organizations come together.

Learning to do things the HP Way is not always "new" (aside from new terminology) but you may feel like your experience is not valued as highly as it could be when interacting with your new HP bosses.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep moving fast and lets us know when we are past the most difficult parts of becoming HP

Pros

Good people on the team; benefits are OK, at least for now before becoming same HP. I enjoyed working for my team and felt I was supported by first-line managers. Also enjoyed working with teams on a global basis.

Cons

The problem was with upper management. Most acquisitions are not good for the rank and file and it's annoying when management tries to pretend all will be better, more opportunity, etc. Why pretend? HP has ruined the company. The first 5% salary cut was hard, but at least it was across all of HP and EDS. The extra 10% cut in April was only on EDS in the US--not fair and did not stop the layoffs. Most people were livid, but had little choice because of the bad economy. As soon as times are better, those few left will also hit the road.

Advice to Senior Management

None to give-it's over.