Thread regarding Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) layoffs

Laid off Two Months Ago

I was WFR'd approximately 2 months ago. Severance is 60 days pay (on target incentive) and at the end of 60 days you have to sign a form that basically makes it impossible for HPE to ever hire you back again. For signing the form and returning it within 5 days, you receive approximately one months pay.

Benefits? Gone immediately. Cobra is your only option if you want to pay a ton for benefits and not risk it.

Unused vacation pay? You just forfeited it according to the WFR guidelines.

You have 60 days to be rehired by HPE. Except that for the last week or so, there are no open job requisitions available. Meaning you must wait until after November 1st when FY17 starts and hope that some jobs start opening up. Competition for those jobs will likely be fierce as people seek to grab the fastest, easiest way to re-employment. Then they can sit and worry about the next round of WFR's, which are inevitable. Best option is to probably get rehired and then immediately start looking for another job. HPE's job cuts make no sense, unless the sense is only that they are reducing cost.

by Anonymous
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I'm just curious as to how many more disabled or older people are affected by these WFRs compared to the rest of the population. Any insight?

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Post ID: @Dwtv+L0QrYyC

I was WFR on December 5, Around this time job market is dead. Hope things pick up in Jan

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @7phz+L0QrYyC

I was WFR'd in October. I was back to work mid-December. However, I do live in an area with lots of tech growth, and my skills are in demand.

by Anonymous
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As for the job market I got an interview within a week of my layoff.

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Post ID: @5hyp+L0QrYyC

There is an ageism suit against HP and HPE right now. That liability will transfer to the spin merger companies. If you don't need the money consider contacting the law firms and joining in. It will take a year or two to sort out but consider. Personally I do not care if I make a huge sum on a settlement or not. I just want to nail them to the wall.

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Post ID: @5arj+L0QrYyC

How is the job market?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @5kql+L0QrYyC

Why anyone would go back to HPE is beyond me.

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Post ID: @3lwq+L0QrYyC

Very good advice by @L0QrYyC-wlg

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @2gvz+L0QrYyC

The best option is to seek other employment before you get WFRed. Take control of the situation and don't wait for bad things to happen to you, because this is HPE, and bad things WILL happen to you, they've been happening to you for years.

Advice: Don't talk about HPE when interviewing, outside of your relevant work experience. When asked why you are leaving, it's OK to say there's turmoil and uncertainty, but better to say that work has slowed down of late, and you are looking for new challenges and someplace where you can put your skills back to use. Be willing to relocate. Be willing to take a pay cut (a good employer will offer regular raises and bonuses that will more than compensate in short order). Be willing to commute.

It gets better when you shed HPE on your own terms.

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