Unisys Reviews

I have been working at Unisys

Pros – Unisys has a good image, opens doors at clients
re-use of international assets, especially from US is strong capability
freedom in organizing one's own job

Cons – senior management focus too much on internal prganization
too many internal regulations making life very difficult to handle
too many old people, no instream of young people

Advice to Senior Management – not only focus on using off-shore, develop a sufficient and healthy local, mix of young and older pool of staff
create a hip and cool image, a clear and effective organization
focus on the clients

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Unisys full-time for more than a year

Pros – No worry, just chill and work - no progress

Cons – No worry at all, you cant make any change

Advice to Senior Management – Give some more money

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

I have been working at Unisys

Pros – Employees come and go at whatever time they please, sickness policy in place but never used. Managers are a rare site as they always tend to be otherwise engaged, either on other accounts or due to personal reasons.

Cons – Very poor management. Over one year of service, I've had SDMs. Policies such as sickness are not being followed. Staff always kept outside of the goings on and there is little or no possibility of individual growth in the form of certifications etc.

Advice to Senior Management – Show your faces more. Apply processes and procedure such as sickness policy more wouldn't go amiss as people will, and do, take advantage.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Unisys

Pros – there ARE still some good people within the company but they are dissatisfied and growing disenfranchised, the new CEO Ed does appear to be making better executive decisions and Q2 figures look better... but it will be hard to change the status quo and re-float the company.

Cons – over the last couple of years the company appears to have had an indiscriminate 'slash & burn' agenda which has demoralised and weakedn the company capability to the point of risking existing business let alone enaling new business.

Advice to Senior Management – Exec management should take the lead from Ed (new CEO) and focus on the main contributors to the problems rather than blanket bomb and include the successful parts

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Unisys

Pros – Great infrastructure of systems and centralised resources. You definitely notice it when you've moved on from Unisys to a new organisation. It goes without saying that on an individual level many of the people were great and I learned a lot from professionals who probably didn't realise that they were mentors or role models.

Cons – where to begin - hours, morale, poor leadership, having to go to work in the mornings with a fire extinguisher on your back because you never knew whwre the next one was going to break out. In fact, to illustrate the point, every time someone got yanked from what they were doing, or was 'stood up' for important meetings, the most most common reason given (like that made it all ok) was that they had been called to a 'fire drill' Pur-lease!

Advice to Senior Management – stop replacing mediocrity with overpaid new troops. Review the need for such top-heavy presence at the board. Continue stripping down the walls to the many silos that continue to thrive.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Unisys

Pros – Some genuinely knowledgeable and good people who want to do a good job and deliver good service. The recognition at an immediate line manager level that my contribution is appreciated and that the performance feedback process is taken seriously - personal good luck rather than what's reflected more widely.

Cons – Poor, disjointed leadership. Badly executed strategy. A lack of credibility with its workforce and in the market - also beginning to be reflected in parts of its client base. Lack of appreciation at the number of hours every individual is expected to work to get the job done - a 70/80 hour working week is not uncommon in most parts. An inability to distinguish between a lean workforce versus an emaciated one.

Advice to Senior Management – Pressing the accelerator pedal harder when the tank is almost empty is no guarantee that you will complete the journey. Sometimes you just need to stop and take stock of what it's doing to the engine.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Unisys

Pros – Collaboration with skilled people, with a strong culture and work ethic.

Cons – Lack of vision and strategic leadership - a "sleeping giant" can only be in decline for so long and still hold out hopes of recovery.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop driving people towards "hand to mouth" behaviours - look beyond the current Quarter.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Unisys

Pros – it is really good working from home, and the people are very nice.

Cons – company does not seem to be making a profit, and as a salary increases have been delayed for 3 months, incompetence of certain senior managers, not enough competent staff.

Advice to Senior Management – i would suggest that investing in staff and training is really important. the policy of not having anyone on the bench means that often there is no resource available to sell to clients

I have been working at Unisys full-time for less than a year

Pros – Helping management
great training program for freshers
good opportunities for freshers
lot of learning
use of new technologies
good work life balance

Cons – less pay
management decisions dependent on US offices..makes delay

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Unisys full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Local management is very supportive. Current senior management seems to have vision. This was not the case for much of the last 15 years.

Cons – Suffers from many of the same maladies as the rest of the computer industry. It is always a struggle to find the right product and a way to sell it.

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure the upper management is chosen and kept by performance, not by whom the know.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company