Absolutely not!
The metrics a setup so you will fail.
I worked for HP over 10 years and the last 3 made it the absolutely the worst job I ever had in my life. The metrics a setup so you will fail. It use to be can company that cares about it customers and it employees but those days are long gone. The... — read more
2/3 of HPE will be spun off... and the other 1/3?
2/3 of the company was sold off to CSC. The remaining 1/3 worth just over $2B. HPE is hoping to be bought by another company. Good news if you are a stock holder but not for employees. Thought HPE couldn't be sold for a few years after it splitting... — read more
P45s are being lined up for Redundancies
IT Outsourcing techies warned their P45s are being lined up for end of July - “It is expected that up to 500 positions within UK&I ITO will be impacted through WFM in Q3 2016" - this is per: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/maurice-mattholie-b8a7053
Project Unify in Enterprise Services is meant to put a bow around the CSC deal
Don't kid yourself, management has no intention of developing your skills, or retaining you. Look elsewhere.
few months in and already hesitant to stay.
New HPE employe currently in training and i'm talking to my coworkers they are far from "motivated high-tech company employees). They fear of getting WFR, I heard you can go 4 or 5 years with a pay raise, formation is at his lowest and that VOW is... — read more
ITO to be sold to CSC
That's the rumor, cannot confirm it but that's what I heard
HPE Enterprise Services sold off to CSC for a "merger"
"Merger" as in, gut the workforce and transfer the business to their existing workforce. Been nice knowing you all. Meg gets her payday and still keeps a job on the board to pay her utilities... — read more
Has anyone who has been laid off NOT signed/thinking about NOT signing the HPE legal waiver?
I hear there is a class action law suit going on--age discrimination, etc. I am thinking of not signing the waiver and forfeiting my last payout (only a few thousand after taxes). Any advice? I will be seeing a lawyer to review the waiver, but just... — read more
One year on since I left HP: 5 things I've learned since leaving.
Cut a long story short. I left last year during the whole split shenanigans. All my colleagues that were based in Germany and USA were already told which company they'd be working for once the split, when I asked my manager (I'm based in UK) I was... — read more
Checking cubicles
People are walking around checking cubicles making sure everyone is in their cubes working. If a cube is empty, they take down the name and cube number. Just a heads up.
Closing down offices.
If you work in the 3PAR office in Fremont the latest rumour is that their getting rid of most of us because there is no room to put us in palo alto when they close down the office. Someone was there taking inventory and wouldnt say where their... — read more
Results from VoW survey are BS?
Anyone else think that the results from the VoW survey are horse plop? They seemed way too high. My manager swears they're anonymous yet my old manager said they aren't.
Working for the Government for Free?
The Project Managers that work for the NGEN contract are loaded up with projects and basically forced to work nights and weekends, we are not compensated in any way. HPE only gives raises/bonuses to Meg Whitman and her direct reports. While we are... — read more
May Layoffs
Has anyone heard when the axe will fall this month?
The company is broke....Mckenzie is running the show. ...Not sure why people still work there
If you can not see that the company is broke...... I am not sure why you are not looking for job. .....THE COMPANY IS BROKE>...........They can not sell anything !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does EDS service time count toward HPE severance?
Expecting a round of layoffs come executive buy-in in May. As a long-time EDSer, I was wondering if anyone knows whether EDS service time is included in the HPE severance package service time. The FAQs are a bit ambiguous, stating if there was an... — read more
HPE games, getting redundancy in the 2016 2nd quarterquell (a parody)
In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of HPE is divided into silos and the management board. Every 3 months representatives from each silo are selected by lottery to participate in the quarterquell. Part entertainment, part brutal... — read more
WFR'd
After 15 years at HP/HPE, I was WFR'd last week. Even though I am 62 and cannot retire yet, I feel relieved. So glad to be out of the craziness. Now to find a job and start a new life.
Not really layoffs....
HP is migrating workers to low cost regions; the company is hiring like mad in those regions at the same time they are destroying their US workforce. I was laid off this week after nearly 20 years. The paperwork states my position was eliminated, but... — read more
HPE gliding towards a sale?
I read that HPE cannot sell itself for 3 years after HP divorce. True? If so how are they going to stay afloat that long?
Meg Trashes Watson
Watson responds, "Shall we play a game, b*tch?!"
Email from HR about mandatory time in office?
Did anyone see an email or other notification from HR in April 2016 requiring that employees spend a specific amount of time in the office, effectively eliminating even occasional work from home? I read about it in a posting on Glassdoor.com, but I... — read more
Meg wants her $91 million bonus - employees be damned
Speaks for itself. Don't know why media hasn't plastered it all over: http://www.businessinsider.com/whitman-gets-51-million-if-hp-axes-her-2015-3
Severance/WFR Package
I think I'm about to lose my job. What does the severance package look like for HPE employees?
Deutsche Bank IT employee to HPE employee (Nucleus)
Just a couple months have passed since I moved over to HPE from Deutsche Bank AG. They talked about a global transition - Nucleus project, a 10 year deal where the bank contracted all / (most?) of the IT departments to HPE, say, Wintel, UNIX / Linux... — read more
Conway
There's tons of rumors swarming the Conway location regarding WFRs and forced relocation to Plano Texas. Does anyone know what the future of Conway looks like for the departments in this building? When would a WFR occur? Several dates have been... — read more
Moving on
43 years old. Worked for 6 months. Laid off. There were people in my department hired after me who were not chosen for WFR. My same position in my same department was posted online, internally and externally, before I left. After I saw that, I... — read more
HPE Storage UP!!!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/14/idc_storage_tracker_tracks_netapp_down/
Internal Memo Leak - Jacqui Ferguson, SVP for HP Enterprise Services in UK and Ireland
In the UK, part of our strategy for Enterprise Services is to move more delivery services to both our Regional Delivery Centres (RDCs) in Erskine and Newcastle and to our Global Delivery Centres (GDCs). In aligning to this strategy in the UK, we have... — read more
Leak: "Management Update” memo by Maurice Mattholie, VP ITO / UK
I am writing to inform you of the Company’s proposal to implement a Workforce Management (WFM) programme in Q2 FY16. As announced by Meg [Whitman], Hewlett Packard Enterprise needs to create a more efficient and accountable organisation to ensure a... — read more
Success in Negotiating WFR Package?
Just curious if anyone has had success in negotiating their WFR severance package? I've heard rumors of people being able to counter the package and getting more but I don't know if that just talk or real.
What happens if I volunteer for WFR?
I been with the co for a short time under a year. What'll happen if I tell HR I volunteer to be WFRd? Will they make me pay back relocation? My contract says I have to pay reloc costs if I get fired or if I quit b4 a year is up. What'll happen if I... — read more
Talent is wasted on the young
Talented employees stay because they are: Paid well Appreciated Listed to Promoted Involved in making decisions Mentored Challenged ~ www.ExtraMadness.com Since arriving at what is now HPE in 2007 I experienced little of these but with an... — read more
Thanks Carly
Can thank Carly for the corporate culture shift with transplanting mgmt with CPQ mgmt. Ever since HP has been circling the drain with smoke and mirrors. The mentality of taking 5-10% pay cut instead of layoff's is for the history books. HP's down... — read more
Can you get laid off if you are there under a year?
Are you on the lay off list if you have been with the company for under a year? I am in an entry level position and am fresh out of college.
I'm not a happy camper
HP was in business over 50 years without a layoff. It does require better management to suceed without layoffs though. It also means that the upper management needs to be in a pay scale that makes it realistic to afford keeping staff on instead of... — read more
Axe
Do you opt for a cloud vendor that faces such obvious challenges as breaking itself into two companies while taking an axe to headcount? Risk-averse IT pros will think twice on that one.