DXC: Everything is going to plan, too well in fact... we've chopped so many staff, our IT projects are now behind

The turmoil that has engulfed DXC Technologies was all part of the plan. That's the line chairman, president, and CEO Mike Lawrie took in a conference call discussing his company's latest financial results on Tuesday. As readers will recall, the US biz's strategic vision has included multiple rounds of layoffs totaling 30,000 …

[Phil Kingston]

"Talent cloud"?

Choose your own pun.

[Steve K]

Hmm...

Not a pun, but in Chris Morris mode, here goes....:

If the opportunity wind changes then the talent cloud may be blown away from DXC and deposit skilled resource raindrops elsewhere on the project floodplains.

[cantankerous swineherd]

Re: Hmm...

have you thought of going into management?

[FozzyBear]

yep, that cloud is normally just the noxious fumes emitted from his arse. Now apparently, having been a PHB for so long his mastered the art of expelling it from his mouth too.

[Anonymous Coward]

Better that being referred to as a "resource". I'd rather fly than be mined.

[mr_souter_Working]

hahahahahahahahahaha - pull the other one, it's got bells on.

we are being told that the company "Puts people at the heart of everything we do"

and that we are all important, and our opinions matter

lets see what we get told on Thursday.......

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: hahahahahahahahahaha - pull the other one, it's got bells on.

Of course people are at the heart of everything DXC does, sacking staff is Mike's only plan.

[Kabukiwookie]

Re: hahahahahahahahahaha - pull the other one, it's got bells on.

lets see what we get told on Thursday.......

Working for DXC eh? You have my sympathy.

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder how long before this dysfunctional company is broken up and sold off. Corporate speak, buzz words and acquisitions will only keep it afloat for so long.

[sanmigueelbeer]

This is fake news. Y'hear? FAKE NEWS!

I don't believe this news article is true.

I don't believe there is anyone left in DXC any more.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: I don't believe there is anyone left in DXC any more.

The Lights are still on in the offices so I guess one or two PHB's are still hanging on but anyone with any sense or marketable skills would have jumped ship eons ago.

Quite why any businesses work with this lot is beyond me.

[mr_souter_Working]

Re: This is fake news. Y'hear? FAKE NEWS!

nope - still plenty of us around - for some reason

I had the chance to jump a couple of months ago - really wish I'd taken it

[Anonymous Coward]

Word Salad as usual from Lawrie

Pathetic weasel words as usual from the “CEO” Mike Lawrie.

He reminds me of Ballmer at MS, totally out of his depth and just says buzzwords to make him sound like he is competent.

I’ve never worked for such an inept company as DXC - I got out late last year and enjoying watching the slow demise of this awful business.

[colinb]

Glug Glug

Goes the drain

[tokamaktech]

Re: Glug Glug

Perhaps you mean Gulag Gulag?

[Pascal Monett]

So they acknowledge that they laid off too many people

Now they're talking about hiring again - but you can bet they won't take back the people they laid off. They're going to hire cheap and incompetent, and then they'll wonder why the money still doesn't roll in.

There is a curious warping of intelligence in certain spheres. You must be smart enough to remember when to spout what line of bullshit, but blind to the effects of it.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: So they acknowledge that they laid off too many people

This is what happens when your entire management team has absolutely no understanding of the technology or businesses that it is operating in. Ironic that Lawrie has belatedly apparently realised that sales competence is not completely fungible, but still believes he can whistle up suitable ‘techies’ whenever and wherever he wishes and suitably capable and experienced people will come running...

[Paul Ward]

Re: So they acknowledge that they laid off too many people

<sarcasm on>Lawrie: Well we don't really need capable and experienced people do we? After all, everything they will do is documented in scripts and processes isn't it? We just need warm (and cheap) bodies.<sarcasm off>

[tcmonkey]

Re: So they acknowledge that they laid off too many people

Well he's halfway there already! He's already got people running as if their lives depended on it, now all he's gotta do is make them change direction. Should be easy enough, right? ...Right?

[Binty Chodkins]

I blame Chinty Bobkins

It was all going so well until he showed up.

[Dwarf]

Who'd have thought this could happen

Less people results in less sales and less consultancy income.

Perhaps the broader customer impact needs considering too - when bad experiences happen, the chance to do future business decreases too. This bit of the downward curve probably hasn't bitten fully yet.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Who'd have thought this could happen

But if the squirrel jumps, the higher the weasel.

[murphyrebel]

How very dare you, they have all the staff they need. They have senior managers, middle managers, project managers, sales managers, salesmen and saleswomen. I believe they also have a contractor on

up to £5.50 \ hour for the engineering stuff as well! Get your facts right!

[PhilBuk]

That sounds like the CSC - sorry DXC, that I knew and don't have to work for anymore.

Phil.

[Doctor Syntax]

"the US biz's strategic vision"

Is "biz" short for "bizarre"? It's certainly the way it looks.

[Ilsa Loving]

Dilbert

Apparently the DXC management didn't realize that Dilbert was satire, and instead used it as a guide.

[Uncle Ron]

What If ?

Suppose for a second that the "New Normal" in US Presidential behavior (bald-faced, pathological lying, exaggeration, con-artist-style hyping, bragging) that has clearly been accepted and applauded by his core followers, becomes a commonplace occurrence from corporate leaders. Wouldn't that be something? Have you seen it already?

[Someone Else]

DXC

Isn't that the outfit that makes real expensive golf clubs?

Oh...that's DXG?!?

Never mind....

[Nolveys]

As a business strategy, murdering their employees will see diminishing returns.

[nasz]

Back to 1970s style of management

Shame the leaders only seem interested in their golden pay-offs. Bonuses based on the bottom line, hmm... always leads to disaster.

[Giovani Tapini]

"near shoring"

I assume this means shipping the cheap staff in for short term exploitative contracts rather than having them sit in their own sweatshops...

[Michael Wojcik]

Re: "near shoring"

Perhaps it means they'll put people in ships in international waters, to avoid pesky regulations.

[Silver123]

I've worked for DXC prior to getting laid off and I can certainly say this is the WORST company I've ever worked for. They have no respect for employees and are always cost cutting, especially if you are technical. Best to stay away.

[Anonymous Coward]

So, so glad they cocked up my VR status and let me go. I always wondered if it could get any worse and it looks like it has!

[G4FUJ]

Escaped

Just been catching up on various news items.

Departed (escaped is a much better word) DXC in Dec '17. They were trying to make me redundant a few months earlier at a very difficult time (wife losing her battle with cancer). Started with EDS in 2000, so the payout wasn't too bad.

Really glad I'm away from this pathetic excuse for an ITO business.

Keep the comments coming guys, they make really entertaining reading.