I would like to interject something that may or may not be widely known. Many years ago, when Outsourcing became popular, Perot Systems/EDS were at the forefront. I worked at several companies who were “invaded” by their incompetency. My view, they were destroying companies from their base - IT.
I digress; during this time I met folks from EDS as I turned over the “helm” to them. I spent most of my career as a Principal IT Systems Engineering Consultant. During this time, one gets “personal” and discusses work environments. I was always interested in my next opportunity.
Surprisingly, most of these employees made it clear that it was not a direction I should take. Finally, one of them fully opened up. Perot Systems was KNOWN to do MIND CONTROL on their employees. I picked up a similar activities at the Fed, while there. They use strange psychological tactics of making you want to work extremely hard for them, nothing is more important than them and they are the MOST IMPORTANT company doing their work. But Perot also did it over the intercoms, they, like many I have worked at, make you watch video after video and each doing a little more brainwashing. This person said it was so bad that she had to leave. She was getting sever headaches. She was really scared they were all being brainwashed. I couldn’t quite grasp why, at the time. She had tried to convince her husband to leave, but he was beyond help.
These companies use Brainwashing tactics, subliminal messages (sound familiar) and more to get you so swallowed up in the company that you will do ANYTHING for them.
These outsourcing Giants destroyed AT&T, Lucent, Power Companies, Infrastructure and certain Aerospace Companies +++. They sabatoge Systems. They convinced large corporations that moving from the Mainframes (Where Security was stellar) to Open Systems, unsecured servers and more. It started with EDS and Ross Perot. Brainwashing and destruction.
I left the industry completely broken, mentally and physically. They suck the life right out of you if you fight them. Fighting for Security is what I did my entire career. I left knowing our infrastructure was screwed and they all bought into it. Why?
I viewed Oracle as another EDS…PURE POISON!