Electronic Data Systems Reviews in Sydney, Australia Area

Pros

Commited to training and upskilling employees.
Opportunity for advancement if you know where to look.
Looks good on a resume.
Great colleagues.

Cons

Low pay relative to comparable positions in other companies. Pay increases designed to keep employees, not reward performance. The way to get reasonable salaries at EDS is to leave and return after 6 months to the same or better job at the current market rate. It's well known on the inside that EDS should be your first and third job... don't wait it out for the salary you deserve.

Advice to Senior Management

Fix the low morale

Pros

Large client engagements and complex projects.

Cons

Poor business model, poor client service, lack of values, bad managers promoted, excessive bureaucracy and defensiveness. This was a company that obsessed over a $400 air ticket but wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars on a project that was supposed to deliver "synergies". Unsurprisingly there were no such synergies, the project was a complete failure and no-one was held accountable. I also found that there was a total disconnect between the sales function (remunerated purely on the basis of sales dollars) and the project delivery teams (who then had to try to make the project profitable when the price had been chiselled down to meet the client's lowball expectation).

Advice to Senior Management

Figure out what business you're in and then re-tool the company to serve only the profitable segments

Pros

Depending on where you sit, you could have great people care managers who are understanding and make great difference to your work life. Generally competent people at the execution level. Some top notch visionaries. Wealth of information.

Cons

Not good at sharing information. Struggling with a general consultative approach, both internally and externally. Seems lost in trying to figure out how to stay competitive in the near future. HP deal causing confusion amongst staff.

Advice to Senior Management

Managers should try to understand their people by at least spending some time with them. People are not numbers.

Pros

It's marginally better than being unemployed.

Cons

The constant fear of having your job sent off to India is a destabalising and debilitating influence that destroys productivity and staff morale.
There will always be a reason to not give you a pay rise. Be prepared to lose purchasing power each year as your salary stagnates.
The tools and processes you are expected to use daily cause mind numbing frustration and loss of productivity.
You must be a "yes man" to get ahead.
Constant cost cutting eg freeze on purchasing stationery.
Bullying by management.

Advice to Senior Management

Learn to be true leaders, by investing in your staff which will fix the company long term.
Stop concentrating on your own remuneration packages and realise the company is dieing.

Pros

Challenging work
Exceptionally talented people
Fast paced
High pressured
Pertinent experience

Cons

Lack of creativity
Financial statement managers
Continual change often returning to what didn't work
No long term planning
Mercenary and poor people leadership
Limited opportunity unless you are part of the old boys network

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on your people. They're mostly exceptional. Give them the opportunity to succeed and trust them. The wealth of talent in the company is mostly disenfranchised by the lack of care and lack of knowledge their leaders exhibit about them as individuals.
Clear out your middle management layers as the don't allow information and ideas to pass either up or down.
Use the good processes more and as a guide rather than a paint by numbers methodology. Currently they're being used as an excuse rather than an enabler.
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