The entire tech industry got fat and bloated. Executives grew by purchasing companies, not by enhancing services. Surprised? Hurd gutted R&D and now the company is lagging in many ways. Who knows what the future will bring. IBM is not what it was... — read more 

Was just told that a part-time (10-15 hours a week) position that I'd been contracted for has been eliminated because the manager has been told to "lower spend" for Q4. Just a couple of weeks ago the manager had been told to ramp up spending so that... — read more 

"(...) Hewlett Packard Enterprise is to shutter its 3PAR engineering office in Belfast. (...) The office had about 100 people at the start of the year with the numbers dropping over the past few months. This amounts to 20-25 per cent of the overall... — read more 

https://www.forbes.com/100-greatest-business-minds/person/meg-whitman

I read these threads as I am really worried about my future. Some are very very good because they are considered and objective, some are clearly a little "tainted" shall we say. So I decided to do a little mystery shop. Simple question to HPE online... — read more 

A serious question for those who keep saying to move on: where? I've been trying to move on for a while now, with no luck. All other tech companies are in the same shape as HPE, to a bigger or lesser degree. Layoffs are happening left and right, just... — read more 

My coworkers and I just received an email asking for an inventory of our phones. To top it off this whole timecard change (with the failed notification by HR that only went out selectively) is spooky.

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/What-HPE-s-layoffs-mean-for-the-company-s-12221723.php However, even if the layoffs help the company reduce costs in the short term, Ponvert said he is skeptical the cuts will actually help the company compete... — read more 

I see people around me really upset. Have lost employee morale. Not at all a right place to work. Everyone i am seeing is now fearful and wants to quit the company by making alternative arrangement ASAP. All the talented workers are already been... — read more 

"Surprise" all hands scheduled for tomorrow sprung on the Belfast office today! Marty and Uresh en route to Bangalore, bye bye Belfast and the highly skilled workforce employed here very sad to see!

We have been through a lot. I've seen more use of partners and contractors for cases. We don't backfill positions of those who have quit on their own. Click never works properly. Dispatch is set up to fail. Customers are increasingly specific in... — read more 

I am very sorry to hear about the layoffs. Times have changed and the executives were not able to steer the company in the right direction. Now, the worker will pay for mistakes made by the executive line up. I worked for HP back when their were no... — read more 

I was WFR'd in 2015 under the premise that I retired. What bothered me most is that once I signed up for WFR, which was before the split I could not or would not be able to apply for a position with HPE. I spent 40 years of my life working for... — read more 

what is ultra-concerning about the posts here is no one, not a single person, is putting up any form of defence position in support of the company. I was talking to a long term customer who summed up the problem - they simply said they no longer... — read more 

The key here is "at least 5,000 workers", and the current rumor mill inside the Enterprise group has the actual number at 10k, or 20%. I've been hearing something similar. Not really sure why they wouldn't simply come out and say it, HPE has shown... — read more 

Meg asked us to give 100% to the company while she secretly interviewed at Uber. Meg told investors and employees to believe in HPE while she quietly sold millions of HPE stocks. Meg, it is time for you to leave!! Nobody in HPE deserves to be WFR... — read more 

Carly Fiorina, Mark Hurd, Leo Apotheker or Meg Whitman?

I heard the Printing department is not doing well and has a several issues in the field with their web presses. I continue to see upper and mid management moves in that area, which means that they know that something bad is coming. I know this is HPE... — read more 

i work for HPE india. looks like i am in trouble now. i know that they utilize this opportunity to target whistle blowing employees. still no worries as i am capable of getting job in other company. but, i am intrrested to know which Government... — read more 

Lotta talent has been shown the door, from all areas of the company. Has anyone thought about getting together and starting an employee owned company - without the bloated layer of middle managers and with salespeople linked directly to the success... — read more 

http://fortune.com/2017/09/22/hp-hpe-meg-whitman/ Meg Whitman licks her goggles, steps up to the ledge, places one hand on the concrete, and hurls herself, pencil-straight, into the turquoise-blue water. She’s off in a brisk freestyle crawl—“Race... — read more 

Enterprise Group: 15% [Include recent acquisations] Enterprise service: 15% Software: 5% Fin Service: 5% Can anyone confirm the finding ?

Source below. Here is the update on the class action for HPE #AGEdiscrimination: Updated 9/22/17 at 6:20 am with comment from plaintiffs counsel. A federal judge has granted Hewlett-Packard's request to arbitrate an age-bias suit filed over the... — read more 

Why don't she fire herself. That will be very helpful. She is the most incompetent person fro her jon in the company.

I've been considering leaving for over a year now, but this latest news of huge incoming layoffs has really kicked me in the behind to start looking for a new job. Thought this article was somewhat useful, if anybody else is considering the same... — read more 

HPE as we knew is dead. They have made so many wrong decisions that it cannot survive. There is no technology leadership nor vision for the company, and the top executives do not even understand that they are not in a boxes market anymore. Customers... — read more 

Not three weeks ago I was convinced that positive results would mean fewer layoffs and less workplace stress altogether. Boy, was I wrong. Of course they would think that positive quarter results were predicated by layoffs, and would want more of... — read more 

“(...)Hewlett Packard Enterprise is planning to ax at least 5,000 workers, or about 10 percent of its staff, by the end of this year, according to a Bloomberg (...)”... — read more 

I have heard that we are cutting a lot of upper mgmt in the U.S tomorrow. does anyone know the exact numbers and regions for this. I wonder if sales reps will be caught in the latest round of never ending layoffs. are there any other areas being... — read more 

There are some simple financial and market forces at play here. Firstly, when a company stagnates that is the size of HPE and hits the skid pan with flatline revenue, margins are on downward spiral and there is no line of sight to become the low cost... — read more 

It's clear she is on her way out and she is also an insider who knows that something dramatic will soon happen. "(...) Margaret C. Whitman sold 249,052 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 14th. The stock was sold at an average... — read more 

I'm so glad I left! After years of turmoil at HPE, I feel like I have PTSD! What a nightmare Meg has created.

"(...)Some of the chatter may centre on the possibility of job cuts with insiders on the sales floor expecting a double digit percentage of employees to be chopped at the end of this financial year - some suggested it could be 20 per cent which would... — read more 

Unfortunately too late. She already destroyed the company in an irreversible way. "HPE CEO Whitman Didn't Leave for Uber -- but She Still Might Depart This Fall The stars seem to be aligning for Whitman's departure from HPE. She originally said she'd... — read more 

I work for HPE in the UK where, quite frankly the business is in total disarray. The management have no clue in how to galvanize, focus or drive for results -they are more interested in saving their own backsides with review after review of numbers... — read more 

If you Google "HPE insider trades", you will find Meg had been crazily cashing out stock from June 20 to Aug 16. I downloaded one year insider trading details and analyzed the trading pattern. Seems like Antonio has been doing quarterly stock offload... — read more 

Here are my predictions: 3 months - significant restructuring to meet q4 reduction goals as highlighted in q3 earnings call. Most middle management, project managers, escalation resources are done away with to move us more toward a pyramid instead of... — read more 

I really don't think it's about the "old people" who haven't caught up with the latest technology still working in a technology company. That's a rather broad brush to paint. They may not have good excel, texting, IM skills, but they might be able to... — read more 

I was just wondering if anybody thinks that the latest results will hold up long term, or if this is just the last hooray before HPE goes down for good? I'm just curious at how other people see this. I will admit that I did not expect to see us even... — read more 

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