Electronic Data Systems Reviews

I worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Great working environment with friendly co-workers.

Cons – Too much politics going on within the senior management. Employees are not motivated to contribute to the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Senior management needs to encourage employees to become part of the company more.

I worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Ability to work with multiple clients with state of the art computing environments
Automation of mundane task by tools to free up resources to concentrate on enhancing customer service
Flexible work agreements (flextime and tele-commuting)
Paid vacation and ability to take time-in-lieu for (some-billable) OT hours worked

Cons – Long hours, with almost no advance notice given for after hours/weekend work, not because of crisis situations (which are part of the job) but due to lack of planning / proper communications by project managers / upper management / client delivery managers
Deteriorating benefits and pension plan (from free to paid, from DB to DC)
Very little advancement options unless you are a management fave
Lack of training on new technologies needed to perform job functions
Inefficient use of new tools and technologies, which, on the paper, look great, but fail to certain degrees in implementation.

Advice to Senior Management – Management needs to understand that price is not the only important factor when delivering services. The Wal-martization of the IT services industry has already lost the company clients, due to below par support received from some (not all) outsourcing locations outside North America. A global organization to provide around the clock support is a very fine idea, but that shouldn't come at the expense of quality of service and the "I can employ 10 (indians/brazillians/filipinos/<insert favourite offshore location inhabitants du jour> for the price of one US/Canadian employee" mindset.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Spurts of real movement and enthusiasm
Lot's of great people went through there
Opportunities to learn and grow
Was a good first and third job, but, not so sure anymore

Cons – Constant executive churn
No consistent executive leadership
EDS was never realy able to take advantage of any strategies and it kept changing the organization and their focus
Way too much spent on internal ratther than on external (market) matters

Advice to Senior Management – EDS needs to find its way again. Are you in the services business anymore? If so, which services? Have you given up on consultiing services?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – I cannot really think of a good reason to work for EDS. I seems that everytime you turn around the benfits are reduced (or you have to pay for them). The salary increases are minimum.

Cons – Never really sure how long you will be employeed (i..e, Layoffs are always around the corner). There is not of lot of technical work now. Most of the work has beem transfered overseas. So I am currently doing non-technical work.

Advice to Senior Management – Remember it is the employees that are billiable and generating the Revenue.

I have been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – I feel that I my salary is excellent. I know I would not get this amount anywhere else.

Cons – Time to complete training. We have a lot of online courses we can take, but when we are on billable projects we just don't have enough time to complete courses.

Advice to Senior Management – I have no comment at this time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – Fellow employees are great to work with.

Cons – Very little movement in the company. All the benefits have steadily eroded and pay raises are rarely more the 2% - 3%.

Advice to Senior Management – Treat employees with respect. CEOs need to stop robbing the company,

I have been working at Electronic Data Systems

Pros – At least they pay you... just not very much. Some of us have reasonable work at home options, although Corporate does not seem to want anyone to telecommute anymore.

Cons – Very poor salaries and compensation compared to EDS competitors and other IT companies in North America. Management are aware of this deficiency but explain to employees "we should be happy we are employed." Management are only concerned about "The EDS Way", which is apparently to treat employees like unwanted commodities, off-shore what you can and expect the clients to remain happy with lower quality service. EDS off-shores labor to cheaper countries with no plan of action and expects service to remain the same.

Advice to Senior Management – Start thinking about your employees and how they affect the success of the company. Consider their potential and what they are worth in a competitive market. And while you are at it, remember that unhappy staff equals unhappy clients.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Electronic Data Systems full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Decent compensation, although only because it carried over when we were outsourced to them. They did technology well.

Cons – Always cutting staff, which made for tense work environment. Had to lay off 2 folks before getting the same treatment 3+ months later. By that time, it was part of HP, so they bear equal (if not more) "blame" for that environment.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus more on putting a good product at a fair price on the field.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Electronic Data Systems full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Very competitive and challenging place to work

Cons – No work life balance and limited availability of resources

Advice to Senior Management – Concentrate more on work life balance and employee training

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Electronic Data Systems full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – No problem with training needed to technical exposure

Cons – Salary not up to par with market

Advice to Senior Management – Change salery structure

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company