I was laid off from HPE in this April and I worked there only two years, so I didn’t know this company very well. I applied at least 7 jobs in HPE career website after this April, but I never got any call or email from HPE recruiter, so the rehire is just a joke, right?
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Relatable Dilbert Comic:
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After your layoff, you have 60 days to get rehired. Otherwise, you cannot rehired until April 2026. That's the company policy.
You need to look elsewhere. There are so many better companies out there. I used to work for HPE as well. I strongly suggest that you don't work for an OEM unless it's a cloud giant like Google or Amazon. HPE's market share is tiny compared to these guys.
I understand you want to go back to HPE, I do. I felt the same way for a long time. But the more I realized what that company actually does, the less intriguing of an idea it sounded to go back. HPE are for people who want easy work and don't want to challenge themselves. The majority of the heavy lifting work is outsourced. There's very little career development to be earned at HPE.
Weird! I volunteered to go 3 years back, and keep reminding my manager, but somehow I am still here.
I agree. I worked with a guy who was a good asset to our team and networked before he was WFR'd. He got another position in the 2 week transition period but he is the only one out of many who I saw let go. Honestly, a lot of people working for HPE are cruising, doing the minimal (or less) amount of work to stay employed.
I knew I needed to go when I could no longer find the people I needed when we started to work from home or had to put up with their whining kids or barking dogs during Teams meetings. I volunteered to go and was gone 2 months later. The best thing I've ever done!
It's this simple. If anyone valued you, you would have landed somewhere during your 2 week notification.
Not saying you are invaluable, I'm saying HPE works behind closed doors during this process.
They may be hiring but you need to fit their DEI profile to get a job. Before I left my manager hired a DEI candidate for a technical job who had no technical experience. My manager said that the person could learn on the job. It took me decades to get the experience I needed to do a decent job. After trying to mentor the person for 3 years they finally let them go. The company is a s___show IMHO.
The rehire is absolutely a joke. They should be ashamed for even advertising such a program.
Yes the rehire is a joke.
HR in HPE is a disgrace! I'm not surprised you didn't hear back from them, it's hard enough to get any answer from them when you work there.
Don't go there
As has been said, there's no hiring. I lost a guy recently and can't even backfill. At least not in the Americas or maybe even Europe. Recent grads maybe; or C level people but otherwise -- nada. What I don't get is why they keep advertising openings we have no intention of filling. It's cruel. Once upon a time companies might do that to collect resumes, but the resume you got 6 months ago is not terribly useful -- that person has moved on and likely not that receptive to a company that ghosted them, unless they're really desperate.
They are not hiring anyone other than new graduates (read: cheap applicants).
Hiring freeze in place.
Completely agree that HPE HR is the worst in the business. As an employee they treat us like cr-p. I know they treat applicants like cr-p too. So sad!
Not getting any response when you submit an application means more layoffs are coming but HR and mid-level management hasn't been told yet. They have only been told to keep the job requisition open but at executive levels they are telling HR to pause hiring.
The recruiting team in HPE is a real bad team