Thread regarding Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) layoffs

@1nej I forgot to mention, I was let go 2 weeks ago!

@iqra with you all the way on that. We need real friends not imaginary ones

I just checked with a few friends I have in HR... We believe the OP used his real name, and works from the Puerto Rico site. Just do a search on the portal for the latest Americas HR Org. Charts... David T., I really doubt you were authorized to write this post. If I were you I would request taking it out, or you might get in trouble with your "friendly" peers...

@1bfr - Fanatics like you are the ones that really scare the s--t out of me...

David T. If that is truly your real name, ya-da-ya-da .. heard all of this company line bull*hit on my 30yr HP(E) career exit. Such a load of steaming BS. Everyone knows what HP(E) is doing, master spreadsheet column 1 (age) column 2 (salary) and work down the list. Peeling off BU's hoping for a buyout/merger.

Honestly why even bother posting to a public forum only to satisfy your own twisted sense of humor.

Just remember.. karma is a b--ch.

David T - don't expect any sympathy for HR from anyone at HPE when we see how loyal longterm and hard-working employees are being treated. Calling it "just your job" doesn't make it ethically right and it sounds like your internal moral compass knows that and is trying to tell you something. If your conscience is so troubled by what you are doing and seeing, maybe it is time for you to find another line of work.

I agree with @1wfa. Never use the name of God in vain. I personally consider guys like this ten times more dangerous that armed robbers out there. Evildoers disguised as innocent sheepherders... HR is not your friend. HR is evil... Mercenaries at the service or their false lord... Beware of them...

@1oop - People are not "let go"... That's a ridiculous phrase invented by HR. People get fired. Period. They can call it any way they want... Downsizing, layoff, workforce reduction, letting people go, etc. The reality is that people simply get fired. The only difference between being fired vs. wfr'ed, is that when you are laid off, you formally rescind your right to sue the Company and automatically become their intellectual property slave by signing their documents and getting a few bucks for that.

David, look up the word, "Kapo". For that is what you and your like are.

Eventually you will be disposed of the way you dispose of others.

I don't even know how to reply to this, no one has the right to threaten another human being, with that being said HPE HR is kind of a joke.

I have been here for 15 years and I have yet been able to contact HR with an HR related matter and have them first answer the phone and/or email and know the answer or be of any help. HR is not for the employee it is for the company to protect themselves.

Many people are being let go and no matter what is said, HPE is cleaning house to generate more money. As these layoffs happen, I have also heard of management receiving large retention bonuses.

It comes down to being top heavy with Executives and them picking their favorites.

HR is pushing for people with the best reviews, I would say that was a fair way to do it, however that is also rigged, Lets say for example management can have 10 people whom all preform above average but cant give them all the same rating (policy) so they give some people rating that are substandard to what they should receive.

BTW it seems most people I know that are being let go have been with the company for a bit of time and are over 40...just saying!

People like this @55hole are the worst of the worst. Trying to victimize himself, and even daring to end his post with an hypocritical blasphemy. Made me sick to my stomach...

It is Advice...not Advise. You advise people they were WFRd and now you give them advice about how to behave.

Marilyn... is this you? Put down keyboard and you'll feel better.

You know, I started out feeling a bit for you, David, but then I realized something.... many people through history have used the old "just following orders" excuse.

The company I work for lays off NOBODY. If they are let go, it is for just cause, and they are hiring like crazy, as the company expands. HR there helps people get on board and deal with the few issues that might cause problems. I had just started looking for other opportunities when my new company reached out to me through one of their HR hires... a former HPer... who quit because their conscience wouldn't allow them to continue doing Meg's dirty work.

If your job has become more "Executioner" than "Welcome Wagon", you should do the right thing and quit HP/HPE. You aren't a doctor or a police officer, where "disassociating yourself" from the people you deal with is a requirement because you have no options with how you deal with your primary "clients" - as an HR person, you can choose to work for a company that is not hostile to its employees; plenty of places are hiring. Unless you are a sociopath, continuing to be complicit in ruining people's lives will only eat your soul.

Hypocrite...

Five years ago there was an HR team of four at the end of our open plan office. They had no idea about discretion. They talked openly about people as though they were numbers because in tbis company that is exactly what we are. Overheads and costs to be controlled and mitigated.

They would hold join conference calls where it was obvious what they were talking about. They would discuss individual payoffs in public, there was no attempt to disguise what was going on and zero compassion. I even heard laughter after a call where one manager had clearly been told to let people go and had pushed back.

Then suddenly, they were gone. Empty desks. I hope they were dealt with equally as unprofessionally.

David - you should request for this thread to be taken down. You will not accomplish anything with it and you are exposing yourself for mega trashing by posting on an anonymous board.

I disagree with most of things you say in your post but will take the high road and keep my mouth shut, however as a person I hate threats that were directed to you and I am really concerned that by you posting on a board where most people are utterly pissed you will be igniting even more negative chatter

God bless to you too

During this difficult time for you and your family, we strive to provide the best tools and resources we can to make your transition as straightforward as possible.

b---s---. HR exists to protect the company from being sued. You're soulless drones that don't bring value to the company in the least other than to nitpick policies and provide justification to terminate stellar employees.

Don't climb up on some high horse and talk about how much you "feel bad" and "want people to succeed." You don't care.

Working in HR is much more complex than what people might think. We are not beasts... We are not animals... It's not easy for us to coordinate and execute things like this (no matter how many times we are instructed to do them).

b---s--- again. You literally signed up for this. It's a twisted person that signs up to be an HR drone, knowing that this is part of your job. You know what's complex? Designing new hardware. Developing new software. Formulating and executing go-to-market plans.

I know it's challenging not taking it personally, but layoffs are happening on every Industry right now.

You made it personal when you laid off the employees. It's personal to them. Just because you can compartmentalize it and and you're not directly affected, YOU are responsible for those employees having to worry about how they're going to pay their mortgage and put food on the table.

It's not personal to you because you're the worst of the soulless corporate drone: the frozen middle that produces NO value.

To those of us who actually produce for the company? It's pretty damn personal.

I must say I am humbled by my friends that received their notice. To a person, they have been professional about it. It speaks well of the people at HPE, but most of all, it reflects well on them. I would do anything possible to help them in their search.

For the others that acted differently, no comment...

I can't even get HR to reply to an email.

Do you know what specific areas and how many are impacted?

Sorry to hear you received personal threats.