Any rumors regarding early retirement offers at HPE? The last time they offered one was in 2012.
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Yes, HPE is again offering early retirement packages.
"Just wondering why HPE does not offer the EER (early retirement package) anymore. "
Didn't EER in the past mean they dropped a wad of cash into the now no longer funded pension plan? If so, the answer is clear: to save money.
A Early retirement package would greatly benefit the departing CEO as well as the many HPE'rs who are contemplating early retirement.
Hope the departing CEO will show one act of kindness on her way out.
On a serious note, is anyone hearing any rumors out there regarding EER?
An appeal to Ms Whitman and Mr. Neri.... Please spare the agony for the hard working and loyal folks who have been toiling for the company for decades. Give them a decent early retirement package and let them leave if that is what they wish. It is a win win. You get your numbers and they feel they at least got some reward for all the hard work they have put and their sacrifices over the decades.
Why offer an EER when WFRs and attrition are already doing the trick!
Just wondering why HPE does not offer the EER (early retirement package) anymore. I am sure a lot of older folks (55 and older I believe is the eligibility cut off) will gladly take it and spare the agony (at least mitigate) for the younger folks left with the company.
Perhaps the management types that hang out in this site can provide some clues on any such plans in the works at HPE.
As for "volunteering" for a WFR, keep trying. If you're really in a position to retire and hate your current job, then in a polite and professional way keep letting your management know your wishes. On the other hand , if you can tolerate your job, and work remotely, or out of site of your team, then do as little as possible. Either way it will work out well for you. Good luck!
Unwilling graduate - I asked my "manager" to please WFR me. He refuses to do it. Says I'm "too important". Right....
Don't worry about WFR or "laid off" at job interviews. Half the interviews I went to didn't even know HP/HPE was still around. The changes have been so frequent at HP/HPE that the public doesn't really know what's what anymore! If you interview well and are completely honest about your current state (but do not appear desperate) you'll land a job very easily. And you'll wonder why you waited so long to get away from HPE! Life is good post HPE!
Great comments from all. Does seem like a fair option to volunteer for wfr for those of us who have had enough with what this management is doing.
No future employer cares if you were laid off from HPE. Everyone knows what's going on. I wouldn't worry about that. There is no shame in saying in a job interview you were laid off and now looking for new challenges and opportunities. Any competent company and hiring manager won't care and will be looking at your skills, experience, education, and fit.
Where I came from an "early retirement" was getting laid off.
As for your next gig, you can always tell a perspective employer anything. WFR is a better way to go if you're going to retire, you can collect unemployment. For me that's another $10K, for about 45 minutes a week of effort. Good luck!
@atg, what you say makes sense. However in my view, eer is preferable over wfr. The slight advantage that eer might have over wfr is, eer might might make finding your next gig a little less difficult. May be it is just my perception.
To my fairly firm knowledge, you can volunteer to be laid off... Just let your boss know you'd be just fine with being laid off at the next "graduating class". For all practical purposes, the scant bennies will be the same, either way. "Early retirement" at HPE just means 99.9% the exact same thing as being laid off.