Pros
I stayed on as long as I did because I adored my small team. I was able to work remote for most of the time which kept me from the drama on the floor and allowed me to focus on my job and the team. I had fantastic working relationships with the 2-3 other individuals I worked with, and really, I stayed on for them because I enjoyed collaborating with them every day. But a couple of awesome coworkers is not enough to sustain a career.
Cons
It’s embarrassingly well known in the area that CSC pays under market value. I knew that within a few weeks of taking the job. In the past few years, CSC acquired a huge company in the APAC region but structurally still functions like a small operation out of Wilmington, DE- and that’s not a good thing. Lots of favoritism, as in so-and-so can get away with doing this because they’re someone’s favorite, but YOU can’t do that…because that’s the rules! More social drama than I was comfortable with, and a LOT of people are unhappy. I was looking for a new job at the same time as 5-10 coworkers. During my time at CSC, the company issued a Return to Office mandate that everyone within a 50 mile radius had to start commuting in 3 days a week, even if you formerly worked remote as your job location. The trouble was that this extended to ADAs- all ADAs were “reevaluated” at this time, regardless of when you last recertified (I.e. you may have been approved for accommodations the next year and weeks later they’re rescinding and “reevaluating”). CSC is currently approaching ADAs as “accommodations SO THAT you can work in the office”. Due to the arbitrary return to office mandate, they took away work from home accommodations and threatened employment status if you didn’t comply. CSC is shiny and has pretty branded material and a big glass HQ (with air conditioning that breaks frequently), but the company knows how unhappy people are and they have not budged on things like salary. The 2025 employee satisfaction survey’s scores were remarkably low and the lowest I’d seen in my time there. Management was scrambling to find ways to make people feel heard and acknowledge the extremely low scores, meanwhile most of us felt nothing would change. I would not recommend this company for anyone to work for…unless you don’t mind drama and have a partner or cohabitant that makes enough for your bills.
