Its just weekly layoffs and quarter after quarter of missed results, and the whopping 1-2% raise at the end of the year if you are lucky. Hiring people as contractors with horrible benefits and not making them full time and the increasing stale work... — read more
Why HPE Is Earning Less Than Peers
Prior to spinning off from HP, HPE’s Enterprise Group operating margins averaged close to 15%. Now they’re at 12.8%. http://www.barrons.com/articles/why-hpe-is-earning-less-than-peers-1502877088?mod=BOLFeed&tesla=y Must be because of all the "happy"... — read more
Why sell just before the Micro Focus split?
What does Meg know that the rest of us don't? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hewlett-packard-enterprise-co-hpe-001505622.html (Ok, yes, we know it, too...)
November 1st
In a Nimble virtual town hall today, it was mentioned that HPE transformation is expected "to be completed by November 1st" and while Nimble had a strong quarter, a couple of compromises need to made. To me that means WFR are gonna hit hard by then... — read more
HPE Houston
Management in HPE Houston MFG decided to do something different and of course might not be a good idea and possibly illegal. MFG HPE Employees are being tracked with their HPE badges and now have to clock in and out with a separate badge as well as... — read more
Tired of looming layoffs
I see a lot of people here posting that they hate working at HPE, but I actually enjoy this place. I get paid well, do what I like, and people around me are decent and hardworking folks (for the most part). I am not saying people who hate working... — read more
NY Times Article, "Shown the Door, Older Workers Find Bias Hard to Prove"
See https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/dealbook/shown-the-door-older-workers-find-bias-hard-to-prove.html ... Note at the very end of the article, a LOT of POTENTIAL suits never do go to court... They are settled out of court "voluntarily"... — read more
Heard rumors of cloud layoffs
Can anyone add any veracity to this?
For Any Large Employer, “Blacklisting” Those Laid Off is a Form of Age Discrimination; Math Geek Demonstrates it Here!
This is not directed towards any specific employer, it is generic… Please forward if appropriate… The short version is this: As a brand-new college grad (or other youngster new to the work force), you haven’t yet had the chance to get laid-off and... — read more
Looking at performance
Those that have been around a while know what 'looking at performance' means. It means tightening the criteria even more than what it already is. You have to walk on water just to be in the middle band of the performance curve. Anything less, you get... — read more
Retrograde Travel Policy
For all the issues and the new approval tool, i still cannot get over how stingy the travel policy is. I have two trips to Asia coming up, both of a week long, both worth millions of dollars to the org, yet I am expected to perform at my best after... — read more
HPENext
Now the HPENext started go faster, what will happen?
At HPE, the Pirates Parrot the Parrots!
At HPE, the pirates parrot the parrots! HPE discriminates, not only against older folks, but also, HP discriminates against decent and ethical folks! Won’t play dog-eat-dog? Prepare to be laid off! HPE employees are so fearful of layoffs… And HPE... — read more
Yes, It’s True, Meg Has Publically Pushed “Out With the Old, In With The Young” (Paraphrased)
Another poster here has spread across several threads, a comment whose longest version contained “Meg said publicly out with the old and in with the new!” I wanted to confirm that, and point the reader to a source of details. See... — read more
Any rumors regarding early retirement offers at HPE?
Any rumors regarding early retirement offers at HPE? The last time they offered one was in 2012.
How Big is YOUR Package?
When you get to the point that your team starts comparing number of years at the company and envies each other's layoff packages... You get 2 weeks per year. The 30-year+ lifers are just waiting for their HPE-paid year long vacation. Lucky dogs...
Uber Reportedly Looks to Hewlett Packard Enterprises’ Meg Whitman in CEO Search
Saw this in Yahoo news today "Uber Reportedly Looks to Hewlett Packard Enterprises’ Meg Whitman in CEO Search" I was thinking, really? Does Uber really want someone who is a master at decimating jobs and destroying employee morale by constant cost... — read more
Class-action suit against HPE
Somebody called it, a class-action suit has been submitted against both HP inc. and HPE. I am not surprised in the least. The suit both alleges racism and ageism. Again, not surprised in the least... — read more
Cheap labor
Chasing after cheap Labor will continue with all American companies. Corporate greed and the desire to to constantly fill the bank accounts of shareholders is the very driving force for this. America is addicted to this easy money and companies will... — read more
Any one contact a lawyer regarding recent layoffs?
My perception of the layoff I was a part of on June 30, 2017 is that it was age related. They now want me to sign a 9 page waiver saying I have no rights to pursue any disagreement/dispute I may have with them. If I do not sign I will not receive... — read more
HPE follows up layoffs with new jobs in Costa Rica
Major layoffs before merge with MicroFocus are continuing and they are saying they laid you off because of your work is no longer needed, then why are the VP Management teams over in Costa Rica doing a major hiring spree for replacing your job in the... — read more
Meg gets early Christmas gift from Trump as administration starts expanding Visa programs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/17/trump-officials-order-15000-new-visas-for-low-wage-workers/ Just the beginning. H1-B program is next. Trump makes good on his promises, the secret ones to the other foxes. Meanwhile, Trump's... — read more
Happy Monday
2 more weeks until August, a Brand New Month!
Unbelievable
http://hpe.to/60408oq3E
Job losses at HPE Software are expected once the MicroFocus deal closes
If you are ambitious you'll start looking for work yesterday. If you love getting paid lots of money while producing very little, you'll stay. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/07/12/micro-focus-shares-slump-hp-deal-approaches/
Nimble
How is Nimble Storage's integration with HPE going?
Loyalty does not go both ways
People do quit HPE to go to where the grass is greener, I have seen it... Also, there's a lot more loyalty (actually wanting and trying to do a good job for customers especially, and then also for the stockholders) flowing from employees, than there... — read more
Next graduate class will be notified 07/17/17, last day 07/28/17
Sorry to be the bearer of more bad HPE news, but a co-worker just was "pre notified" that she will be formally notified on Monday the 17th of July. Last day will be Friday the 28th of July. She was going on a family camping trip for a bit, so the... — read more
Severance packages at HP?
Does anybody know what severance packages look like these days at Hewlett Packard? I have read they have been changed for the worse, but nobody is putting down any actual details, just saying it is bad. I would be really grateful if somebody could... — read more
HPE vacation time policy is regressive
Where else do you start at zero hours of PTO at the beginning of the year and can't roll it over at the end? Wtf? Anyone know if micro focus operates the same way?
Roots of the Issue
All of this mess, the decline, the incompetent management, the layoffs, all of it really goes back to one small body of self-perpetuating people, from Fiorina onwards, and even before: the Board of Directors. There you will find the people that have... — read more
Laid-off 6/30 Round
I was recently let go by HPE and it effect a few folks in my region. But I haven't seen any postings or notifications that there was a layoff? Severance package was weak and loyalty is definitely lost. HPE was heading in the right direction and now... — read more
Encourage WFR
To a certain extend, WFR isn't executed extensively. Hoping for more WFR in months to come.
Does HPE offer any expat packages
With layoffs coming, I'm assuming not great, but younger and interested in an overseas assignment. Not looking for barrage of negativity, just some answers on what options are available, if any.
Job Cuts after HPE + MicroFocus Spin/Merge
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/04/15/micro-focus-signals-job-cuts-7bn-hp-deal/
Former HP contractors who traveled on NMCI contract
If you were an HP contractor that was required to travel for the NMCI contract, please Google the law firm that represents the victims famlies of the Navy Yard Shooting. Let them know how negligent HP management was with the travel expense... — read more
What is the real skinny regarding Severancre
I was laid off on 4/17 after I was approved then delayed layoff before HPe became DXC. I received 11 weeks pay because of my length of service time (over 30 years) and was not informed by my Manager of anything else. I filed for unemployment and was... — read more
Why is no one talking about the #s?
How has his last layoff been so hidden? My support was laid off and I'm inundated with crap and have no one to help! Last Monday was brutal here in Plano and from my understanding everywhere. What's the verdict on fjnal #s? I can name 30 here alone
Torturing, Crippling, and Killing the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs… With Layoffs!
I have absolutely no personal knowledge or special insight into this, but there is an ongoing flurry of lawsuits back and forth between HPE and the Rhode Island Department of Motor Vehicles (RIDMV). I am willing to bet, though, that HPE defeated... — read more