Computer Sciences nabs contract. A joint venture including the information-technology services provider lands a $2.7 billion contract to provide support to an Air Force center. [CNET News.com]
I had a particularly bad day with EMC's Professional Services organization. They have got to be the worst vendor services organization on the face of the planet. Using the word "professional" would be far too kind and much too large of an intuitive leap. Nothing has changed in a year since I last engaged them at AT&T Wireless. They still think they are running the show. They still think that they can chastise customers with no reprisal. They still think they can operate without customer buy in. I have not met anyone at EMC who can run a professional project, an effective customer focused post-sales meeting, or fulfill a customer request without bringing the customer into their red tape. When is someone in Hopkinton going to catch a clue? It is a buyers market out here. Listen up or get out.
There was really nothing special about today other than I was am employee and no longer a consultant. It felt good. I no longer have to worry about invoices, quarterly taxes, estimating taxes, health insurance, and many other things people take for granted when they work for a company. I would like to worry about these things again some day, but not now.
