HPE lacks innovation and the people at the forefront appears to have been there since Compaq. Not sure why they constantly recycle management like some managers have been there for so long and when they promote people it just be someone that was leading another team as if they’ll be more successful and make a difference in this new role. There’s no growth opportunities and when they see an issue they just either create another problem under the guise of a new tool. There’s no new ideas or new perspectives such an ancient company.
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Maybe in both cases it's the people's age alone, but probably they've learned how to play the game and that there's no point in trying harder. A lot of work is defined and assigned from the top down, and there is no difference if you do it well or so-so or just move it along so then why not just play by the rules? After 5+ years you start to see the patterns and then either decide to stay and play or go and grow. You're just seeing the stay and play and calling it age.
Yesterday, I heard a group of older dudes talk about golf from 9-10, complain about the layoffs for another half hour, then grab lunch for an hour. When they got back, one of them started packing up to head home saying they were trying to beat traffic... it was 2:00 PM.
LMFAO
Well, the sub-35 don't ever work. Y'all complain about any real work and never show up to work...
Good discussion.
Regarding the sitting around comment, I’ve never worked at a place that d-mbs down employees more than HPE. I’ve worked at hard driving innovative companies before, so I understand the comment. HP used to value new ideas. HPE values loyalty to your manager and their quest to build a kingdom. Yes men of the world unite!
Because of the lack of innovation and internal funding resources, OEM suppliers like NVIDIA own HPE. HPE has also tossed out the NPI processes from the Compaq and HP days which kept suppliers in check.
We sold off our manufacturing facilities and offshored as much as possible. Now HPE is getting stung by tariffs.
There is a huge leadership void. It’s like none of them have played a team sport or in a band. You can’t have everyone doing their own thing until there is a drop everything fire drill. That is not the case everywhere. There are pockets of leadership.
It should be interesting to see what the Elliot impact will be.
Suppliers like Intel and AMD practically manipulate the market and blackmail their OEMs by telling them that they'll be behind their competitors if they don't follow a specific design and application that they have built. This practically scares engineers and product managers from wanting to do anything that could greatly differentiate themselves. But OEMs haven't had the audacity to challenge this notion... except for Apple. Ever since Apple "divorced" themselves from Intel, they've a lot more control over design and application and they're able do whatever they please.
What you are describing is the process of people protecting people. It's the actual HPE way. Neri doesn't see it. You mention Compaq, but trust me these managers you describe would have been tossed out with bad results if this was Compaq.
It also doesn’t help that half the folks over 55 just sit around, do basically nothing, and wait to retire. Matter of fact, age isn’t really even a consideration. It feels like a lot of my coworkers just… don’t work.
I think the “HPE advances the way people live and work”, “HPE is the most ethical company”, “HPE has such great WLB!” Is kind of a double-edged sword to live by. Sure, as an employee you’re happy with the amount of time you get to spend with your family/doing things you like, but at the end of the day real innovation and progress can’t be achieved if 20% of folks are hardly working.
I mean, look at NVIDIA. Employees there worked genuinely hard for years and years driving innovation. Now they’re multi-millionaires. HPE could be the same way, but it’s not.
All of this starts with the CEO and other ECs that will truly hold employees and managers accountable for doing work. Antonio has GOT to go. He is a super nice guy, but is NOT remotely capable of running a company.
Subpar CEO is da answer