Anyone know how the DXC Employee Benefits will be different from current HPE Employee Benefits? Will my years of service at HP/HPE carry over the new DXC company? Vacation, PTO, STD different? Will 2017 vacation days move with us to DXC?
DXC Position, will my benefits, Short Term Disability (STD) etc be different from HPE?
I've been told I will have a role in the DXC company in April, currently in HPE. I need to have a surgery early summer and after 4+ Years (HP then HPE) I need to use Short Term Disability summer 2017 for about 6 week recovery time; to use STD at HPE... — read more
Volunteered to be WFRed end of March, then denied...what to do?
During the past week I was asked by management if I wanted to volunteer to be WFRed the last week of March (this is the last round of WFRs that guarantees 11 weeks of severance pay). I took awhile but eventually decided to take the WFR & money while... — read more
Against Layoffs and Free Trade? ALL YOU HPE workers are SOCIALISTS and Hypocrites.
You people who attack "Liberals" are obviously misguided. CAPITALISM is a CAPITALIST and CONSERVATIVE view...and therefore so is FREE TRADE. Anti-FREE TRADE is SOCIALISM. So is your social security. So remember one thing you Trump loving hypocrites... — read more
Interviewing is very different these days.
All recruiters (outside headhunters) are from India. All the calls are from Indian names. 99% of upper hiring managers are from India. The diversity is not there anymore in the valley. Don't mind this but when finding the right fit is really hard.
The TRUMP effect.
First I want to note that I hope Trump does well as our President. I see many biased comments here about Trump and I understand why. I understand because many of our JOBS have been moved in favor of cheap foreign labor and cheaper foreign taxes and... — read more
I've lost my passion... What to do?
I read some of these blogs about new storage products coming out and I just don't feel excited about our products. I used to work for one of HP's competitors back in the day before coming to work for HP (now HPE) and left because HP was all the rage... — read more
WFRs
Management has confirmed that WFRs have increased over the past month in an attempt to artificially increase profit margins as much as possible before HPE goes way down south in DXC. They are cutting into lean tissue to meet goals, as all of the fat... — read more
DXC Technology
CSC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveiled new Post-Merger Name: DXC Technology Here is the new logo: http://imgur.com/a/75hY8 Have fun...
DXC.technology ... that's the new HPE CSC Company name.
The email went out to HPE staff about an hour ago. The email is very long and full of buzz words to get us geeked up (insert eye roll). What the announcement lacks is what the heck does DXC stand for? Did they just pick any three letters?? Why is the... — read more
Can Meg count on your support?
Dear Colleagues: HPE needs your help. 2016 was a year of unprecedented change – for the nation, for HPE, and for your political action committee. We find ourselves in the midst of a perfect storm: a looming and significant decrease in the pool of... — read more
WFR selection
Here is how WFRs are really decided: Executive Management determines that the financial numbers are not being met or going to be met. So basically revenue is down or below expectations but profitability has to be maintained if not increased; only... — read more
HPE/CSC Rumor - Houston HPE/CSC people being moved to Plano?
GRE is stating there is a possibility that the Houston Locations will be HP Inc/HPE and the new software company. The former HPE ES people and CSC will be moved to Plano since the PDC building will be owned by CSC. Austin is another site that could... — read more
BRIEF-Hewlett Packard Enterprise says CEO Margaret Whitman's FY 2016 total compensation $35.6 mln
Just in - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1FR0UC Did your pay double this year?
Layoffs every week almost
HPE layoff 50+ employees from Roseville (CA) Site on 2/6/17 , including people from Storage , Cloud divisions, they have also sold a big part of Cloud Team (150 + emp) to SuSE Lnux
WFR January 27, 2017 - Exit Over Payment
Anyone else from the class of Jan 27 receive a document from Fed Ex this morning, stating that an over payment was made on your final check? Payroll is asking that we agree to the over payment being deducted from our 60 day WARN benefit payment.
Anyone know our new name yet?
Anyone know our new name yet? for the folks going over to CSC
How are WFRs decided?
Curious how HPE decides who gets WFR'd. Does a manager get told they have to let specific employees go? A certain $$ amount of salaries and they pick the employee(s)? A certain # of heads? I would logically guess that the manager decides which... — read more
Should I accept HPE's counteroffer to stay?
Hi all, I'm in my final week at HPE, having put in a two week notice after accepting a similar position at another organization that pays the same as HPE. My account manager and my HPE manager are both pursuing a counter-offer to stay at HPE, which... — read more
Big difference when the shoe is on your foot
Where were all of you a year ago and even longer when "we" were WFR'd? You could have started a rally with solutions to stop HP. Most of U called "us" liars or poor performers or shiftless workers that needed to be thinned out of the herd. Some of U... — read more
Shafted for the greater good
Our bonus pool is halfed, raises nixed and yet Antonio takes a 16m bonus. We don't expect equality, but a shiny building is no alternative to caring for our families
ESPP Amount NOT returned after WFR
Hi, I was WFRed from HPE in September 2016. HPE had deducted ~5K for ESSP from my paycheck till then. So far, they have not returned that money. My emails to WFR HR alias are not getting returned. Anyone else in the same situation?
Silicon Valley is making plans to move foreign-born workers to Canada (Also posted on HPE board)
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/31/in-silicon-valley-plotting-to-get-foreign-born-workers-to-vancouver/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/31/in-silicon-valley-plotting-to-get-foreign-born-workers-to-vancouver/ From the article... “To keep H-1B workers in... — read more
Quarter 2 cull in UK&I started
340 jobs to go in ITO, others in GTM and CTO No doubt there'll be more in ABS etc but as usual they announce it piecemeal to hide the true impact
Huge layoff in Roseville, CA - Storage Division
Yesterday, a huge amount of us here in Roseville - Storage (3PAR UDU) - were pulled into a meeting and were told that we are being laid off. There's at least 50 of us here. Thanks Meg! Our jobs are being sent to Bangalore...
Trump's new executive order to clamp down on H1B visas
"WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is set to sign a new executive order aimed at overhauling work visa programmes like the H1B and L1, a move that will adversely hit the lifeline of Indian tech firms and professionals in the US."... — read more
Secret HPE letter tells sales team and partners to keep selling Arista 'confidently' (HPE is about to get Rick Rolled by customers)
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/30/secret_hpe_letter_tells_sales_team_and_partners_to_keep_selling_arista_confidently/
Meg's Employee Update on Immigration email
Have you received Meg's PC email she sent out about Trump's executive orders? What a friggin politician. It must hurt pretty bad that Hillary lost and she can't be a cabinet member.
Trump’s Next Move on Immigration to Hit Closer to Home for Tech
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-30/trump-s-next-move-on-immigration-to-hit-closer-to-home-for-tech Probably not going to impact the CSC/HPE merger itself but if the administration is true to its intentions changes are afoot... — read more
HPE & Micro Focus spin-merge result of ADA and Title VII employment discrimination, both face suit in Western district of Texas for $15M
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Micro Focus, who have announced a merger valued at 8.8B (USD) recently, have now been named co-defendants in a wrongful termination suit alleging violations of the Title VII Civil Rights Act, the ADA, and various... — read more
I got a job offer at Hewlett-Packard Ent in Houston. Is it worth leaving IBM?
Is company morale low? Are people getting lay offs? Thoughts? Anyone here work at both places and can compare?
The other side of "Chickens return to Rooster" story. Rich and greedy execs refuse to retire!!!
These are the facts in many organizations. 1). Rich and greedy executives refuse to retire. Fame-seeking execs want people to admire and worship them. They spend time promoting themselves rather than investigating the organization issues or quietly... — read more
HPE employees who came from EDS now belong to EntServ UK Limited!
http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=22510747 Check your profiles... Public Sector employees have discovered they have switched over to this new entity. You've been assimilated into the Brexit. The cycle is... — read more
NewCo Leadership Announced
2/3 of CEOs direct reports come from CSC - Good luck HPES
Meggie AGAIN fails to realize why us Millenials went against the grain when stating that "Chickens came home to roost"
Yes. Chickens came home to roost. Not because of your statement at the World Economic Forum "It's up to leaders in this room, particularly in the technology field, to think 'How do we help manage the transition of people who have been disrupted by... — read more
More reorgs in storage and some are now reporting to people in India.
a couple of managers will be reporting to people in India. Lots of reorgs and layoffs in California and a lot of reorgs in storage.