Recently layoff, Canada.
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This recent round of layoffs showed that HR was told that they don't do sh!t so they told managers that they're going to take the wheel for layoffs. My manager told me he was told from HR the Friday prior about my layoff the following Monday and stressed all weekend to figure out what to say. He had never laid anyone off before.
One week later, HP was celebrating and having happy hour at the Houston site and all was well again. Jolly good time on LinkedIn. "We care about our employees," they said. It's like I never existed. My director sure as həll didn't care about my departure. They never reached out to me ever again. In fact, on my last day, I passed them in hall as I was leaving and turning my badge. Didn't say a word to me.
Left the parking garage, gave HP a final🖕
But at the end of the day, I'm blessed that I worked for my manager, not HP... MY MANAGER... We cliqued/clicked very well and I wish the best for him and the friends I made at HP... even though the company is complete nonsense and I am convinced that the majority of people who work there are just there for the paycheck, and I totally get that: we all have to survive and provide for our families and loved ones. And there are some great people at HP who really do want to make the company a technology company once more.
That's a little shady if HP are indeed staggering the layoffs to avoid triggering WARN requirements.
"Lately many people are being fired and not laid off for bogus reasons, even for insulting a coworker while the HR is not being specific. "
Our section manager was canned recently after an innocent joke. But he was an old white male, so no loss.
"They may be done for now but remember Enrique's layoff plan until 2025: he said the company plans on laying off 6000+ people in three years (2022-2025). This was announced during a time where HP was performing relatively well so I would expect more as the PC market slumps even further."
Large companies should layoff 500 or more FTEs per month for the WARN act to be triggered, so HP has been careful not to exceed that number to avoid the two-month mandatory severance pay under WARN.
Lately many people are being fired and not laid off for bogus reasons, even for insulting a coworker while the HR is not being specific.
They may be done for now but remember Enrique's layoff plan until 2025: he said the company plans on laying off 6000+ people in three years (2022-2025). This was announced during a time where HP was performing relatively well so I would expect more as the PC market slumps even further. HP is having a very difficult time right now and they miscalculated the demand for their products, causing Enrique to accelerate his plan and probably look for more ways to save operating costs. That's why there has been a lot of layoffs lately.
Unfortunately, just like any hardware company, if you spend most of your resources for solely making hardware, you will be doomed to fail in today's market. HP is a hardware company. We're seeing a time in the tech industry where silicon based consumer hardware is reaching its plateau.
The only thing the hardware industry can do now is create better and faster software, which is something that HP likely won't do. HP, just like Dell or Lenovo, is becoming a PRODUCT company, not a technology company. HP pays third parties to do the thinking and design for them. HP is nothing but a bunch of "technical" architects that follow what product management and planning tells them to do without questions asked. Sure, you may talk with suppliers but they are really just there for demos and proofs of concepts. Heck, the ODM literally takes over the design away from HP. If you wonder why the PC industry feels static, it's because the ODMs literally copy their own design and present it to another OEM, like Dell or Lenovo.
I was recently laid off from HP. I've been interviewing for multiple different types of companies and oh my goodness... I can tell you that there's a massive difference between HP interviews and smaller company interviews. HP asks you technical questions that won't even matter because you won't be doing anything remotely relevant to the technical questions. Smaller companies tell you exactly why they ask you the technical questions they ask you. Not to mention, these smaller companies have told me that they will offer about 25% more than what HP was paying me. HP severely underpays their employees.
Layoffs will NEVER be done @ HP. It's on-going. During it's heyday their were over 80,000 employees + more. Now it's less than 55,000. HP bleeds money left and right. It's glory days are over. Sad, but true. I worked @ the SD site for more than a decade.
I don't think mgmt will say when they're done. I heard that there might be more later in 1H
There hasn’t been any layoffs lately and the proof can be found (or “not found” in this case) on Linkedin! Every other company has employees posting their “sad but grateful” layoff stories but not one recent post can be found on HP!
If they even happened, since we didn't get any official word on it yet.