Perot Systems Reviews in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Area

Pros

There are great growth opportunities, great pay, and good people to work with. I started as a EA and ended as a project coordinator.

Cons

With the great pay came long hours, and the work would sometimes be stressful. There was a lot of travel involved as well.

Advice to Senior Management

The leadership were very knowledgeable people who unlike other companies shared their visions to others and subordinates. They would help others achieve their goal in their career.

Pros

Good work life balance in the organization

Cons

No scope for growth in the career

Advice to Senior Management

Take the issues by the neck. Have a vision

Pros

Health benefits are competitive; work-life balance is good

Cons

Been here 3 years and no one in the department has received a raise

Pros

A compancy that understands that its people are centric to its success!! Wow, in this day and age, that is awesome.

Cons

Like most companies (I think), once you're in the dorr, the compensation/rewards become static and changes very little. However, the culture, environment and people compensate.

Pros

The campus is nice and conveniently located
My co-workers were friendly and competent but they were usually overworked and exhausted

Cons

Encouraged to be dishonest with customer
Far too much work, too many hours, too much travel for one person to do
Not enough support from management and other departments to do a job we were contractually obligated to complete

Advice to Senior Management

The financial success of the company was based on a name and was probably a lot of dumb luck. I hope the Dell purchase improves conditions for some really good people.

Pros

Work life balance is great. We have a world class gym on site. The opportunities for various projects which helps one gain experience is great.

Cons

The salary raises is not that constant and great. Perot pays lower than most of its competitors. Their benefits are great though.

Advice to Senior Management

Benchmark yourself with other competitors so you can retain great talent. There is so much competiotion out there for outstanding individuals.

Pros

It is an interesting place to work a lot of interseting projects and to work on. My coworkers are generally very nice people and easy to deal with directly. They have a mission oriented attitude and plan and are driven to succed.

Cons

While my coworkers are nice on a personal level, the internal management polices and practices make it a very difficult place to work. They treat everyone like a temp employee. Your job hangs on the whims of the clients. If a client doesn't like you for any reason your gone. This is spun as having a no bench policy, that enables them to be a lean efficent company. The reality is that is a policy that only benifits the corperate bottom line and is used a tool for controling employees by reminding them that they will be gone tomorrow if the don't tow the line and produce. So, if you comfortable in a very political enviroment where there is not a lot of security it is a nice place to work. I would not recommend it for most people.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop treating people as office supplies. They can't be replaced as easily as a printer cartridge.

Pros

Sales salary plus commission or non-commissioned bonus
Remote work ability - flexibility
Necessary tools provided by company
At the time AirPass provided 1st Class flights (I understand this is gone since Dell took over)

Cons

Sales boondoggle trips for only selected individuals
Little chance for advancement
Bickering between horizontals
Sales & IS have adversarial relationships, yet reviews are deep and sales are dependent on them

Advice to Senior Management

Analyze the review cycles and realize the money wasted. Find a way to do this more efficiently.

Pros

Great opportunities for advancement
Great Leaders

Cons

Compensation is below the average

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work! Remember to keep your people informed of all big changes upcoming so we can be supportive rather than resistant.

Pros

Decent pay
Looks good on your resume

Cons

Constant redundant and counter-productive work
Dell integration has totally destroyed the moral and processes
No pay raises and increased benefit premuims caused salaries to actually be DECREASED

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to the ones doing the brunt of the work. They are the ones that know that they changes that are being made are not working and the frustration is building. People are leaving the company as steadily as the economy allows them to find other jobs. Some are even taking pay cuts just to get out.