Topics regarding layoffs at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Topics regarding layoffs at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

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 

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| 2410 views | | 6 replies (last June 26, 2016)
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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

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| 1131 views | | 1 reply (June 5, 2016)
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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 

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 

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| 5260 views | | 9 replies (last September 15, 2017)
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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?

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 

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| 2110 views | | 8 replies (last May 3, 2016)
Post ID: @OP+H7BvfnR

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.

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| 2916 views | | 1 reply (April 26, 2016)
Post ID: @OP+H5ImJps

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?

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 

Severance/WFR Package

I think I'm about to lose my job. What does the severance package look like for HPE employees?

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| 7150 views | | 5 replies (last April 19, 2016)
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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 

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| 6220 views | | 6 replies (last August 30, 2017)
Post ID: @OP+GGpTuHt

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 

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| 3030 views | | 6 replies (last April 7, 2016)
Post ID: @OP+GuuTuX4

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/

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| 1025 views | | 1 reply (March 30, 2016)
Post ID: @OP+GpcdJHy

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.

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| 2421 views | | 4 replies (last March 12, 2016)
Post ID: @OP+GeFmMvO

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 

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Post ID: @OP+GcrvQDH

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 

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| 1360 views | | 3 replies (last March 2, 2016)
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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 

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| 1460 views | | 2 replies (last March 9, 2016)
Post ID: @OP+G8IxNBN

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.

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