Originally Posted by
jubjub
Ah, Good old EDS.
Some people have suggested it stands for Extremly Disapointing Systems. I turned down a role as a techincal architect there about a year ago.
I found my techincal interview there is joke to be honest, we had it scheduled for an hour, but I flew through all their questions in about 20 mins, it wasn't very difficult.
The have two main clients in NZ, Telecom New Zealand and Fonterra, these are the two largest corperates in the country. So EDS is a serious player in NZ.
They have a reputation as being very conservate and process bound, things move at a glacial pace, you need 15 signatures and 8 forms filled in before you can reboot a production server. This does mean things tend to go wrong very rarely (although I know people at MS that are scathing about them) lf you like that type of culture, you'll love it, it's not for me though.
I'd guess about 50% of their staff would be overseas born, lot of Brits, South Africans and Indians, although you'll find that in every IT service company in NZ.
They pay market rates I guess, nothing spectacular. They would be one of the top two or three IT service companies in NZ in terms of size. Most people will work for EDS at some point in their career.
If you want an opinion on any other IT service companies pm me (well the wife) and let me know who you are thinking about and i'll give an opinion.
Oh yeah, there is a serious skills shortage in NZ, but companies sometimes try and get people fresh off the boat on the cheap and offer them $20k less than they'd pay a local. Don't let yourself be screwed over.
I would second most of the above. After meeting with them at London Expo OH decided to persue opportunities with a different company.