A poorly-managed consulting firm that has hired some good people
Pros
NTT DATA certainly hired some talented people but deployed them very badly.
Cons
This is a very flawed organisation. Let's run through some key problems: 1. Much of its growth in the mid to late 2010s came from acquisitions which were executed very incompetently, with difficult integration decisions simply not taken. 2. Nonsensical organisational structure, often as a result of (1) above and especially in relation to "Digital". 3. Over-promotion and favouritism. Several small internal cabals massively over-promote junior staff who did not demonstrate the required skills and experience. Staff who were the engine of delivery and project success were often ignored. 4. Management disdain for technology and technologists despite all the sales guff. This is related to management confusion over what 'Consulting' actually means within a systems integrator. 5. Feeble training opportunities for more senior staff. To be fair, they have made more efforts to help juniors but that's because they are so very profitable. 6. Misallocation of resources. Massively expensive refurbishment of Royal Exchange offices funded by a loan from the Japanese parent organisation followed in short order by a failure to meet profitability targets.
