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I worked for EDS in Australia for a while before they were bought by HP. A great company if you made a good profit for them. As a Senior Technical Leader I designed the computer applications and felt I had all the responsibility on a project, but any bonus etc. all depended on what the salesman had sold the project as in the first place. First couple of projects were shocking as they were sold as lost leaders to get a foot in the door, EDS made very little money on the project and the managers punished the staff by trying to get ahead of schedule working nights and weekends for no extra pay, and make you feel it is your fault the project is going badly when actually it is going well. But if the project was costed to make a good profit they would still want a lot of extra hours to get as much profit as possible but organise good local restaurants to bring in food to keep you working later, and a reasonable end of project bonus to keep you happy.

Their pension scheme seemed good (paid in about 1.5 times more than most IT companies at that time) but once I left I had to leave it and roll the money into another scheme, they made it pretty clear their fund was just for current employees. I put it in one that I setup with my father that I can access that in 9 months .

Hopefully their scheme in the UK is good and you can enjoy yourself in 8 months.