What is the average time for laid off people is the US to find an equivalent job out there? It took me 3 months, but most of my ex-colleagues were between 5-7 months. I know one guy that has been looking for 16 months, but I think that's extreme.

....and seeing so many of my former colleagues on the P&G account have moved on to new companies in the year since I was originally WFR'd (then re-hired into another organization before finally leaving the company earlier this year). The gaps between... — read more 

And you know what? I don't give a ####. Everyone around (including the boss of the boss of my boss) continuously access personal and/or inappropriate content from their machines. I doubt 100% that they would be monitoring one guy in San Diego (from... — read more 

Tell me where in HPE this is??? https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Yhyr2pfcyQ8

How convenient, Granny Meg! Getting rid little by little of anyone above 45 years old is not what I would call part of a "diverse" culture... Your pyramid is a true insult. Your time will come soon in Court... I really hope money doesn't prevail!

Blood will start in the coming weeks. Software BUs have been told to get the bottom line flat by any means necessary.

All HPE employees gathered round as the fearless leader told us all how Dell, in being controlled by a private equity firm, is 'Employee Unfriendly'. They've laid off around 5,000 employees... of course, Meg has laid off 85,000, so Dell has a long... — read more 

"HR Reporting Business Analyst - Plano, TX" contract employment Summary: Positions are needed to support regular headcount reporting activities. The role the two contingent workers will play is to support transition of the current organization... — read more 

HPE’s future will not be based on "boxes" - as some here say -, but dynamic random access memory (DRAM). We have introduced various advanced versions of this concept, including communication between components through photonic links. Mrs. Whitman (as... — read more 

I work within Software, not going to get specific, but I'm in a sales support role that is mostly overseas based. I'm one of a handful of people left in the US, so I know what my eventual fate will be due to the spin-off. I'm currently pregnant and I... — read more 

I have access to certain staffing information and similar, and there is a headcount activity underway focusing on certain criteria to begin identifying executives with Software Sales Americas who will be the first to go after Q4 closes. This is all... — read more 

I don't get this, If you take out services and software then what is left. Servers only I guess. And with cloud computing, the demand for servers will only go down as the CPU usage will be optimized. I heard Big Data being thrown around, I can swear... — read more 

http://www.businessinsider.com/meg-whitman-slams-dell-debt-2016-9

In my case... Summer 2010... I was fired - not WFR'ed for not "meeting expectations". I was a Planner/Buyer in what is now HP Inc., and we were basically exploding MRP from a spreadsheet I created like 3 years before (SAP never worked for us). The... — read more 

I'm in the service division, seeing how Granny Meg is splitting the whole thing appart, what's left of HPE now that software is gone ?

For the last couple of years, HP has been executing so called WFR - Work Force Reduction. I was hit with it at end of July this year. During my 10 years at HP/HPE I only received great reviews, was well recognized by the clients I worked for. I'm 69... — read more 

Does anyone know anyone working at a software firm owned by Thoma Bravo? If so, what do they have to say about TB's management style and leadership? I wonder how much worse it could be than it is now in software sales at HPE. For those of us in... — read more 

HPE's future success will be like any business - HPE will only be as good as the staff it employs...

Does the announcement on 9/2 of HPE selling its software business different than the HPE Services spin off/merger with CSC? If so... What will remain of HPE then? Just hardware, with no software IP? OMG... Is that the strategy long term? Selling... — read more 

This Lady is on fire and she's pissed. They (HPE) bosses could not deliver the profits she wanted so she's gonna butcher the company, cut it into pieces like a stolen car and sell the parts individually. Like someone said before, her part of brain... — read more 

PE firm Thoma Bravo in talks with HPE to buy it. Bad news for HPE Software division folks. Google the news for details.

Seems like no one younger than 35 comes in on Fridays here in Houston. Do they know something we don't?

I still can vividly see the scared look on the face of my wife when I told her that I was laid off from HP 3 years ago. Her only response was: " We're going to be fine.", and she hugged me. I can't remember how many times I woke up in the middle of... — read more 

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30280949/hp-hit-age-discrimination-suit-claiming-older-workers

lots of action on their board here and also on their "Watching IBM" FB page. Jobs going overseas, of course. Lots of people with 20+ years.

Do yourself a favor and find a new job. If it is not obvious, the "merger" is largely an exercise of the combining of the existing accounts under one delivery organization. Therefore, off the bat one can expect staff between the two companies to be... — read more 

The ship is going down. I've worked for many sales organizations in many companies, start-ups and big name companies, and when enterprise sales is in trouble (i.e. not enough money coming in), there are certain steps all companies take to (1) bring... — read more 

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/08/24/1519226/nasas-outsourced-computer-people-are-even-worse-than-you-might-expect "This week Federal News Radio reported that HPE is doing such a poor job that NASA's chief information officer, Renee Wynn... — read more 

So what are you expecting on the results of Q3.

#AgeDiscrimination Class Action Suit against HPE (San Jose Mercury News 8/23/2016): PALO ALTO -- Four former employees of Silicon Valley icon Hewlett-Packard have filed an age discrimination lawsuit alleging they were ousted amid a purge of older... — read more 

HPE is signing a contract with a global company to provide Executive Assistant function beginning 2/3Q17. Do not believe you have a special relationship with your executive AND will not be included in this job elimination. You will. Executive... — read more 

Ex Disney workers have already filed suit against Disney with hiring H1B VISA workers which the program was specifically intended to fill unfillable jobs. It was not meant to displace workers. Anyone know of any information should consult with an... — read more 

Does anyone feel better (or worse) since the split (this is a rhetorical question focusing strictly on the professional angle)...

From a direct source, Andover site is currently under review for data collection at Meg Whitman's request to "set an example". All VPN activity (when engaged on company time); website activity; log in activity; badge swipes correlated to this data... — read more 

"O'Neil Cannon Hollman De Jong & Laing S.C." is working on class action lawsuit for Age Discrimination of HPE employees - their website is here: http://www.wilaw.com/ - they will bring a site up focusing on this action it's in draft from now... — read more 

There's no room for anything else. By just complaining on sites like this, you are simply accepting. if you are not happy with your job nothing forces you to be here. You might come up with plenty of excuses based on your personal situation, but they... — read more 

BTW, most of the posts here are real. Ask yourselves, why do these posts exist now and not before ? say 1 year back or 2 years back. The massive layoffs brought on by the greed and personal ambitions of Granny Meg are real, all she cares about is her... — read more 

I just came across this site and read through some of these comments/threads...mostly pure crap!! Looks like it is dominated by folks from Enterprise Services (former EDS), where the layoffs have been brutal due to years of unprofitable contracts... — read more 

In regards to "trolls" just because you didn't have it happen to your team doesn't mean it isn't true. We are an international company and different teams are having different experiences in different locations. When someone says big layoff on... — read more 

It looks like things are the same (or probably much worse) when compared to when I was kicked out. At the beginning for me it was total chaos (the worst Holidays of my entire life - as well as for my family), but once I got a great job this past... — read more