Thread regarding Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) layoffs

Well that response didn’t sound insane at all. I especially liked the double exclamation marks. Next time try all caps. Just remember that help is available. Maybe Prozac?

OOH, someone's insanity got called out by multiple people and now you're still doubling down?!! Not sure who's not on their meds here. Time to practice some humility.

Well, at least we are now in agreement that the attitude towards layoffs has changed in the business community, and that the change occurred long ago.

I think you do need to go back on your meds. Do you still hear the voices?

Layoffs haven't been an embarrassment for HPE for at least 3 decades now. Who are you trying to kid?

Now, it just a way to line CEO/Board member pockets...

Yes, you should take your meds.

You got all this emotive projection from text on a web forum did ya?

Such an angry person you are.

Bruh! You just called IBM (and HP) a leader!!! In 2024!!! If anyone is not living in objective reality it is your d-mb a-s!

IBM is not an outlier, it is a leader. Other companies follow. HP itself is another example. It used to pride itself on a no layoff policy. Well that has certainly changed. The point that, yes you are missing, is that things have changed when it comes to layoffs. If you don’t see that, then you are not living in objective reality.

That's great, but IBM in the 80 and 90s is a massive outlier compared to the "average" corporation in the US. The average US corp doesn't even stay in business for 40 years.

I interned at IBM I the early 90s. They were quite proud that the company never had a layoff. So, yes, this was a thing at one time. A few years later, somewhere in the mid 90s, IBM had its first layoff ever and has been having them regularly since.

We're not missing the point. We're pointing out that layoffs are a normal part of business, and have been for as long as private enterprise has been a thing. The OP has made a very bizarre point. Almost as if he hasn't been living in an objective reality for the last 40, or is it 4, years.

I think maybe the 4 is a typo and that it was supposed to be 40. Regardless of whether or not is was a typo, focussing on the number of years is missing the most important point about this post.

sh!t rolls down hill

That's the way to do it alright, get into a big HPE customer then make sure they get as little new business as possible.

I completely agree Anonymous. I've easily steered over 12 mill+ of business over my last 25 year career away from places like HPE, IBM, EMC, etc. They are highly unethical companies and prove it with their actions time and time again. They don't understand reputational damage until it is right in their face.

This is nothing new. Back in the day, 4 years ago???? I have been in IT since 1989! These layoffs happen constantly. Companies look at IT folks as expendable, the one thing they don't focus on is when they lay people off what kind of damage that person will do to the reputation of the Company. I, for instance, have steered every customer I work with away from HPE, IBM, and EMC for well over 15 years ( success rate of 100% ). They lost money and reputation. The C suite understands money not Tech. Scr3w them and the pool they told their kids they would get for Xmas.

I guess you haven't been paying attention. Mass layoffs have been a thing for going on 33 years (GE was the mastermind in the mass layoff and offshoring before spreading this method as "the one to rule them all"). No, CEOs have never been thought of as failing when they lay off people. They would routinely increase their bonus levels as a direct result of layoffs, as layoffs lead to increased revenues.

I recall one of those all employee meetings being held in Miami and the English guy hosting it coming on in a Miami Vice type suit and jumping around like an id--t, now that was embarrassing.

I see he's now an SVP which may explain why things are so bad in HPE if this is the type of person running the place.

Yep. Ever since the pandemic, seems like Wall Street praises mass layoffs rather than raises eyebrows