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<\/a>Yesterday, you may recall we discussed the comments<\/a> made by Nigel Barron<\/a>, who spend 13+ years at CSC\u00a0before the merger with HP (when DXC\u00a0was formed).\u00a0 After nine months at\u00a0DXC, Nigel was sacked.\u00a0 I was sad to see him go because he was one of the few folks in CSC\u00a0who pushed hard to persuade its executives to spend time with HFS\u00a0analysts (as opposed to Gartner, IDC etc).\u00a0 I remember Nigel would frequently share our work with his team and would put out some pretty cool insights.<\/p>\n

Firstly, I would like to thank Nigel for excusing the behaviour of many people for acting like “nodding dogs” to keep their jobs. Secondly, I would personally like to apologize to Nigel for inadvertently portraying him as one of the nodding canine family, when, in fact, he is anything but.\u00a0 Nigel asked me to publish his explanation that he was actually sacked by DXC\u00a0because he was fired for refusing to conform to the nodding brigade, daring\u00a0to challenge a firm that (let’s face it) is in danger of drifting into insignificance.<\/p>\n

“Hi Phil, thanks for the mention. I was the antithesis of the nodding dog at CSC\/DXC, so much so that it probably contributed to my being laid off last December. I was a top five company internal blogger on the company\u2019s collaboration platform writing blogs such as \u2018The end of management\u2019 and \u2018Nowhere to hide\u2019. My bosses kept the faith until the second round of layoffs occurred after the merger. My then boss had an easy choice to make when told to find someone to cut, although there were other circumstances that I won\u2019t go into here (Mike Lawrie refers to \u2018Pyramid corrections\u2019 in earnings calls). I do sympathise with analysts who have become nodding dogs for the reasons I mentioned in my comment, but that doesn\u2019t mean its the right thing to do. I\u2019ll be 54 in a couple of weeks, I\u2019ll never, ever be a nodding dog but I\u2019ll always be a supporter of HfS, you and your team. Nigel”<\/span><\/p>\n

If anyone from DXC\u00a0is reading this, you need a few characters like Nigel who can shed some light on what your firm is trying to accomplish, as we – at HFS\u00a0– are flummoxed with the whole premise behind this merger.\u00a0 Why remove the only people who can challenge you, just because you can<\/em>? Good luck Nigel – feel free to share any of your views with us in the future, you are developing quite a sympathetic following.\u00a0 DXC\u00a0is poorer for your absence and you\u00a0deserve better, my friend. PF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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