I'm seeking latest views on CSC. How are they doing? Redundancies? Moral? Is now a good time to join as a Solution Architect. What's the paysacle for an SA? Thanks.

AnonThere is not enough information to answer your questions.Are you a trainee / graduate / experienced hire / chief exec?CSC in the UK has between 8 & 10 grades and these all have their own pay bands, some of which I know and some I don't.Do you know which directorate is looking to recruit you as an SA and what account you might be working on?

experienced hire, not sure which division, job add didn't say

Possibly relevant news item if you are asking about how they are going / morale...http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/5796/csc_misses_march_morecambe_bay_deadline

Without knowing your level of experience etc, I would guess an experienced SA would look for a salary between £50k to £80k.No redundancies in the UK, morale is pretty low but no worse than PA, BTGS, HP, IBM etc.SAs don't have their own payscale, so to that degree it's a joined up company.From what I understand, now is as good a time as any but no company particularly tells the truth about work in the pipeline, so who can tell. When I left, there was a ban on recruitment apart from for specific opportunities, so unless this has been lifted, I'd guess there must be a specific role available.Good luck.

Very slow. Don't even think of applying unless you have 3-6 months to spare.

Had a strange interview experience with them once. Very odd people I thought. Ran a mile afterwards.....

Avoid!! Hire and fire just as fast.I have been told that they have now put in place a different model, where they can only recruit when they have a requirement signed in blood by the client - but old habits die hard.They lack direction and strategy to grow business - only interested in dealing with current clients - so a lot depends on what comes through the door.Very much a body shop where your skills do not count, as all they want to do is fill a space. Can relate to the 'odd interview and odd people' as unfortunately that happened to me but I accepted the job offer. Hence ex CSC, I rest my case!