Anyone work for Fujitsu IT Services?
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I worked for them for a few years, they weren't too bad. Bit rubbish when it came to bonuses and pay rises (reason i left was due to getting a pay rise which they took so long to apply - a year! - that they then said i wasnt allowed a further pay increase the following year as i had just had one!) but the people and the work environment were ok. They are fairly well embeded in the public sector market, main problem with that is the current situation with public sector spending cuts. I'd be asking how secure the contract is that you will be working on and how many years left until they have to renegotiate. My mate is fairly high up in the service desk side of things also and he loves working there (12yrs+ now).
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Just be aware that they're a really large multi-national corporation and you'll be a small cog in a really big machine. It's not the most fulfilling working environment...
I worked as a contractor for them a few years back and I have to say they are far above any other service company I have worked for. They were the most interested in improving, took things seriously and it was a great environment.
My sister is an Services Manager for the Royal Mail IT sector for Fujitsu down in Bracknell. She enjoys the job and gets a pretty high salary - 24 years old, got there from a graduate job position. I always think it's odd though as she knows bugger all about computers, she graduated with a BA in modern language!
It is an excellent company in some ways, and a poor company in others.
It does depend a lot on who your manager is, as with any other workplace, but the company prides itself on developing people and supporting them. They're pretty good at it too. They've overhauled the UK part of the company in the past couple of years, bringing Lean thinking from Toyota and it has worked in the main.
My experience of other IT providers (Cap Gemini, Accenture and EDS) has left me glad I'm with this one.
Can you tell me which customer you'd be supporting?
Technical knowledge isn't a requirement for an SDM role. You're effectively a relationship manager between the technical teams and the customer. It often benefits, but isn't a necessity.
It does depend a lot on who your manager is, as with any other workplace, but the company prides itself on developing people and supporting them. They're pretty good at it too. They've overhauled the UK part of the company in the past couple of years, bringing Lean thinking from Toyota and it has worked in the main.
My experience of other IT providers (Cap Gemini, Accenture and EDS) has left me glad I'm with this one.
Can you tell me which customer you'd be supporting?
My sister is an Services Manager for the Royal Mail IT sector for Fujitsu down in Bracknell. She enjoys the job and gets a pretty high salary - 24 years old, got there from a graduate job position. I always think it's odd though as she knows bugger all about computers, she graduated with a BA in modern language!
Technical knowledge isn't a requirement for an SDM role. You're effectively a relationship manager between the technical teams and the customer. It often benefits, but isn't a necessity.
My sister is an Services Manager for the Royal Mail IT sector for Fujitsu down in Bracknell. She enjoys the job and gets a pretty high salary - 24 years old, got there from a graduate job position. I always think it's odd though as she knows bugger all about computers, she graduated with a BA in modern language!
Does she look like this?
Depends where you're talking about. Generally comparing myself with my peers at my current place of work £40k would be low. I'm earning about the same as most of the team and I'm on just over £64k. I would consider anything about £80k to be high.
She's on (I think!) £37k, which is pretty good for someone 2 years out of university in the area. She will unfortunately continue to rub it in my face that she earns more than me, as I am going on to PhD so will be a poor student for the foreseeable future!