£23k for new grads (App Devt role, based in the South East, MoD account)EDS's had its fair share of bad press b/c of v.large scale public sector projects going offtrack, but prob. no more than any other company would if they were working on that number and scale of projects.A lot of the badmouthing comes from people who were transferred in from organisations that outsourced to EDS, or contracts that EDS took over. Understandably, those people will be more upset about the change. It's not as bad if you actively made the choice to join EDS because you have more control over your career.Good points are that it is a commercially driven organisation so you'll usually have a role with a clear purpose. There are some very talented tech people there and some very clear thinking managers. Although it's a US company, there are major accounts in the UK and it doesn't tend to feel like you're being dictated to from across the pond - the business objectives are localised and relevant. The name is well recognised and you'll get solid training so you can easily transfer to a wide range of other companies later on. If you have specialist tech skills or are a talented project manager or business analyst, there are genuinely loads of career opportunities and they will pay you to match what you'd make as a contractor.Downsides are that you will probably be working alongside some hacked off 35-year olds whose careers have hit a dead end, and that can be fairly dispiriting/grind on your nerves depending on your disposition. Some of the work locations aren't too exotic. Your career direction can be out of your hands depending on what work gets sold - you can end up "sucked into" a big contract which then dominates your career at EDS. There isn't an independent consulting division - it's more a floating pool of resources that can be staffed to any of the outsourcing contracts.
