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
What is HPE india severence pay policy?
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
100,000 Laid Off over five years?
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
Is Meg Whitman Qualified to the President of the USA?
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
10% Impact Sector Wise
Enterprise Group: 15% [Include recent acquisations] Enterprise service: 15% Software: 5% Fin Service: 5% Can anyone confirm the finding ?
HPE Age Discriminatio Class Action Update
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
Granny Meg far*s again and 10% workforce is gone
Why don't she fire herself. That will be very helpful. She is the most incompetent person fro her jon in the company.
In case somebody is weighing staying or leaving like I am
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
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
So much for expecting fewer layoffs
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 said to be slashing 10% of its staff
“(...)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
Has anyone heard the exact numbers and areas for tomrrows cuts?
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
WFR - taking out the emotions and facing reality
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
Meg sells more US$ 3.2 million stocks on Sep 15th
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
PTSD
I'm so glad I left! After years of turmoil at HPE, I feel like I have PTSD! What a nightmare Meg has created.
Next WFR will cut 20% of the workforce
"(...)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
Meg will be gone this fall
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
HPE in the UK is a total train wreck
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
Why Meg, Alan and executives crazily cashing out HPE stock?
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
Predictions for HPE future
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
Brain drain going on at HPE
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
Any chance we are actually looking at a turnaround?
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
Opinion: HP Enterprise has yet another confusing plan to simplify itself
According to MarketWatch.com
HPE Beats Earnings Expectations
I can bet my job that she's planning an immediate RIF to further improve our financial position.
Shipment to IBM
Can we send Meg to IBM. They need a new CEO, now it'd be perfect time. Also, they are cutting a lot, she'd feel fairly comfortable in such environment.
September and October HPE layoffs
Where is all this "layoffs are certain in the next 2 months" coming from? I'm yet to find any concrete information about it, but it keeps popping up all over the place. I thought that the latest round would have made sure we were safe at least for a... — read more
Meg Whitman: Flash STORAGE revenue up 30% year-over-year - core server revenue up 13%
It's not that bad... Not at all...
Well...Meet, Beat or Repeat?
What's your prediction in regards to earnings? I vote Repeat. Same ol same ol.
Next round of layoffs?
I've been hearing rumors that something is afoot again at HPE, and I can't find any concrete info on it anywhere. I was wondering if anybody here knew if we should be expecting another round of layoffs this year? I am talking something more... — read more
Competent boomers are gone
The problem with the boomers who are left at HPE is that they have floated to the top of the septic tank with their survival skills which have nothing to do with the job and everything to do with keeping a low profile and getting as little as... — read more
Granny Meg, Please retire now for the sake of humanity ....
As I have said repeatedly over the years, Granny has zero leadership skills. She also has zero vision of where things are going. She is good at financial hockus-pockus - layoff employees, sell parts of company, all for the benefit of her own bank... — read more
The Worst CEOs of 2015 - No. 1: Meg Whitman, CEO, HP Enterprise and Chairman, HP Inc.
Fox Business News, counting from 7 to 1 - Meg wins to be the worst ever. Thanks Meg for destroying HP and the terrible display of laying off people and selling HP to a foreign company (Micro Focus) is shameful. Micro Focus does not have a good track... — read more
Karen Holland VP departs
http://www.marketing-interactive.com/hp-enterprises-marketing-lead-karen-holland-departs/
HPE could be cool
I think Meg sees the potential in HPE and has made cool acquisitions, but the leftover boomers are not helping things. It's just a different world. The boomers add value from an SA perspective, but working with people who don't have excel skills... — read more
Meg Whitman Destroyed HPE and now she is Job Searching
You know there is no hope when the CEO of a company is Job Searching. I have nothing else to say to this SAGA !!!! When Catherine Lesjak jumped ships it was very obvious that HPE had no future with Meg Whitman on board... — read more
Enough is enough
After 17 years at HP/HPE I decided to leave the company a few months ago. It was a hard decision, I really enjoyed all the years I worked there. And I hoped I could be more optimistic about the future, but looking back the last 10 years, I really... — read more
Meg Whitman - foolish leader who is obviously out for herself
She made herself clear, she is out for herself, when she showed up at the Presedential debate in support of Hillary and thought she would be given a spot on her staff, even though she previously ran as a Republican. So... when she is cheating on HPE... — read more
Why destroy something you bought?
They keep laying off established and component ArcSight QA Engineers, etc personal from all areas and replacing them with Costa Rica employees. After the several layoffs in the last two years, they do not waste anytime to start recruiting in Costa... — read more
Why does Uber still want Meg Whitman as CEO?
Things must be REALLY bad over there for them to want to commit seppuku
ArcSight's Slow Death
Forever playing catch up to the competition ever since it has been disrupted their community seems awfully quiet. https://community.saas.hpe.com/t5/ArcSight-Questions/qa-p/arcsight-qa Don't worry folks MF + being the 7th largest pure play software... — read more