Electronic Data Systems Reviews in Denver, CO Area

Pros

Plenty of free time to screw around since noone cares.
If you like to work from home your pretty much forced too since they are too cheap for any offices

Cons

just about everything that makes a copnay bad, HP/EDS has it
If you like Indians you will have the opportunity to meet many and your future replacement

Advice to Senior Management

A cardboard box could do a better job than just about any so 'manager' . Grow a backbone and
at least pretend you give a shiiat

Pros

Intelligent people, lots of career choices (finance, legal, HR, technology, sales, etc.), brand recognition, applicability of projects, great internal web sites, strong process set.

Cons

process heavy, slow moving, lack of entrepeneurial attitude and ability to execute, too much bureaucracy, a clients mess for less (taking on work no one else wants), re-inventing the wheel from one project to another.

Advice to Senior Management

Get back to being more of a family oriented company. Start caring about people. Look hard at talent and consider re-assignment or replacement of sluggish, non-productive workers regardless of billable targets.

Pros

The people are honest, hard-working, committed to delivery to the client.

The client's that are in EDS' portfolio represent some of the largest firms in the world, providing access to talent not only within EDS, bit within those organizations. The mix of folks I am privileged to count among my collegues are incredibly intelligent and talented.

Once you get by the sales/commercial relationships, the delivery teams work very much as partners with their clients. This makes for a positive and rewarding relationship - as long as corporate doesn't hear about it.

Cons

The utter lack of confidence in anyone who is not part of the centralized bureaucracy to make a decision.

The utter lack of people care.

Cost cutting - no innovate thinking. Focus on reducing expense rather than increasing revenue through new products. Sales are focused on slashing jobs/costs at other firms, not bringing strategic value.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on products, delivery, hard metrics. Hold leaders of "internal initiatives" responsible for proving benefits, other than career progression.

Pros

It's a job. There are plenty of good people here trapped like you.

Cons

There is a complete lack of respect for the employees from senior management. People are treated like expendable dixie cups. DO NOT work here if you have any other choice! It's a miserable place to work. There are exceptions but my experience appears to be similiar to others at EDS in totally different areas. I can't recommend the quality of the work either since their continous, haphazard cost cutting has affects customer satisfaction and quality. This is a technology company that has neglected their employees and their training to the point that it's little more than a shell.

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize that this is a service company and that failure to invest in your employees is corporate suicide. Look at the long term instead of the temporary benefits of cost cutting critical skills. Failure to treat your employees like the assets they are is not only bad business, it's unethical. Invest in your employees or you have nothing to offer your customers.

Pros

multiple career paths
depth of knowledge in all information technology areas to draw upon

Cons

top leaders who justify huge bonus while freeze purchase of office supplies.
Top leader forcing people to work in office rather than working from home, even if person has to drive 2 hours 1 way.
Company advertises itself as "green" and environmentally aware but forces employees to show up in office 5 days a week, despite rising gas prices. And at the same time that Ron Rittenmeyer is awarded $41 million bonus for the HP-EDS purchase deal.

Advice to Senior Management

Forego the million dollar bonus packages and provide the money to shareholders and/or employees