I was a Pre Sales SA in the Storage Division and I along with someone on my team were both WFR'd about a month ago. More than 10 years with HPE.
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Following the Oracle model where F2F can be eliminated and customers can just place orders via web, like Amazon.
Do you need a salesman to buy a new refrigerator? No, sales is high cost, typically lying up and down the management chain. Every forecast is wrong.
They will finally reap what they sow.
Smart people manage their own careers and follow the money. Low IQ serfs remain in dead end jobs waiting for someone else to determine their destiny. This is not unique to HPE. It’s just the way it is.. in all endeavors of life.
I was in storage presales at HPE and recently left HPE of my own accord. This company is in free fall and the only value they have is their assets.
I have worked for a couple of other large storage companies and can honestly say I have never encountered the level of ineptitude that I experienced in the several years I worked at HPE.
In their defense, they are carrying far too many people in the field who feel entitled because of their length of service which most wear like a badge of honor, and don't make any effort to train themselves or actually do the job they are paid to do. Not directed at the original poster!
Most people introduce themselves as follows, "I'm x and I've been at HPE years!"
Antonio is either completely ignorant or being lied to by those below him, either way he's not capable of fixing this, nobody is, the place needs almost completely gutted and it's too late for that.
The current strategy of almost weekly WFRs is only serving to make good people seek opportunities elsewhere, while those who have no value and couldn't get a job elsewhere remain at HPE to collect a regular paycheck.
I don’t entirely agree with you on being older means you’re not safe.
I was let go back in July and I, along with 4 other people in their 20s, were let go. No one else in that org was let go. How do I know this? Since I now work for HP Inc., we also have Skype for Business (rarely but it’s there). I can type in the email addresses into the search bar and see my previous coworkers. If their status is not “Presence Unknown”, it means that they’re still employed at HPE. I looked up my old email at HPE and saw that my “presence was unknown”.
I thought that since I was young, I would have some immunity from layoffs. I couldn’t have been more wrong. However, I can fully say that I’m glad I don’t work for HPE anymore. People who have never worked for HPE or HP Inc. do not know who or what HPE is. Every time I have to explain to a friend that it’s HP but they split into two different companies and HPE are the server people, basically.
Unfortunate that I don’t get to see my colleagues anymore and it was a good start to my career. I hope the company reevaluates their leadership.
HPE has a track record of getting rid of talented SA's for the sake of saving money. They target master level, individual contributors in favor of entry-level employees (age discrimination). When buying a company, they favor the acquired over the master level employee already at HPE (age discrimination). I don't agree with it and have seen it too often. They get rid of people with proven track records inside the hot mess that is HPE, in favor of people from the shiny new acquisition (age discrimination). Most of the newly acquired don't want to be at HPE, are resentful for being acquired, and soon leave on their own. Good SA's are hard to find. It's HPE's loss.
Your job will be moved to a third world country where people will work for 1/10th of what you cost them as an American employee. This is happening right now with many support jobs in the US being moved to Costa Rica. This is the the new model for delivery as COVID has demonstrated that you don't need to be face to face with the customers, they are still buying product. Sooner or later they'll realize that they don't really need the sales people either, they can work with people in remote locations. That's where their biggest savings will be, by eliminating most of the F2F sales roles
Me too, after 25+ years in customer support with HP/HPE. There have been so many WFRs lately that I don't see how HPE can possibly be successful in meeting their customer's needs and expectations. It's as if senior management doesn't even care about that anymore. It's so bad that I think those who were WFR'd are actually the lucky ones, I pity those who were left behind and are still trying to keep this rapidly sinking ship afloat.