Will our new execs ever get this going? Or are they all Powerpoints and no ability to execute? https://platinum.hpinstantink.com/us/en/
Dutch HP Employees Face Uncertain Future Amid Integration Meeting
In a recent "Integration" meeting held at HP's Amstelveen office in the Netherlands, about 30 members of the Order Management team, some of whom have dedicated more than 20 years of their careers (spanning their time with Plantronics, Poly, and HP)... — read more
New cost saving target coming this investor day
New cost savings plan will be shared this coming investor day to entice and support share price. The plans will reinforced the return of 100% cashflow with more cost cuts (package as business efficiencies). Approximately 3000 more headcounts will be... — read more
Consumer Services - leading the new HP Way?
Lots of exciting things happening in the new Consumer Services org lately Will they be the leading the charge for the new HP Way?
Axed today! Hooray!
Been axed today, first thing in the morning. I hear this will be going today and tomorrow in Spring. Package is cheap. 2 weeks paid for each year of service. ENJOY the management wannabees ! Director is a pushover and manager does not deserve their... — read more
HP Hardware Subscriptions
When will I be able to get my hands on premium HP hardware via a digital subscription product? I really looooooooooooooooove my Instant Ink subscription and I'm eagerly awaiting the opportunity to do the same for my printer and PC.
Layoffs yesterday?
Heard from my manager that a supply chain team we interact with had two people WFRed. Spoke with someone and the broader team under the director lost 19. Did it happen elsewhere? Seems September is always a WFH month before end of year. Same happened... — read more
Are layoffs still taken place ?
Could someone please provide information about whether layoffs are still occurring? I've begun to wonder about the current job security for many of our colleagues from Poly. It seems that some of them might not be feeling entirely secure in their... — read more
SD site is closed
At least for Monday. The roof in B66 leaks. It leaked since 2010 at least. Under all sorts of property owners. Now it officially leaks under Apple. Apple, remember: Soo soo smart Apple.
Latest round of layoffs started on Monday (July 7)
Approximately 5% US employees are being let go based on internal sources, not sure about other countries. Can confirm layoffs in San Diego, including high level managers. P.S. HP's lease in San Diego expires October, and Apple has already purchased... — read more
Access disabled
I’m currently on furlough but shortly before this I lost access to my software tools that’s needed for me to do my job. I was told that this was an “unexpected” issue that would be resolved by the time I got back but now I’m starting to think this... — read more
Can somebody shed some light on this?
Why is taking credit for somebody else's work so common at HP? I'd really like to know because this is becoming ridiculous. I've been here a little over a year but I don't see myself staying much longer, considering this. What kind of managers does... — read more
Compaq H1b
I am watching an old 60 Minutes segment from 1993 about Hewlett-Packard using H1B workers. Lewis Plat wouldn’t answer questions. It got me thinking about Compaq and how much they were using h1bs. Anyone know?
HP has negative equity and its debt is about to reset
The company has negative equity, The current and the former CEO gorged on cheap debt for years. Most of the debt will soon roll over at much higher rates. https://ycharts.com/companies/HPQ/debt_equity_ratio
Permanant layoffs now hitting CW's
Just heard that 7 contractors from 2 separate agency's are getting laid off. Their last day is June 16th. This is at the Corvallis site. Anyone know of more? At different sites? Same last day?
How many already laid off so far?
Of the 4-6k announced layoffs, how many people have already been impacted? To my knowledge I think only ~100+ have been reported in the media. It was stated that the majority of the layoffs would happen by the end of this year so I’m surprised not... — read more
Its furlough time for CW's again
Yes it is that time of the year when us CW's get either a few weeks off or a month. This time it is not across the board like last year but according to what team you are working with. That being said, you might be on furlough or not. CW's will... — read more
HP is consolidating CW suppliers
I was told by my agency that HP is currently removing some of the smaller contract agencies from its roster. I was wondering if my agency is making this up. Anyone have more info on this?
HP moving out of Palo Alto site?
Has anyone heard that HP Inc is evacuating the Palo Alto campus? I want to confirm the rumor that only execs stay.
Anyone knows what's going on in San Diego?
As some of you may already know, las summer Apple bought the HP campus in Rancho Bernardo for 445 million (HP sold it in 2016 for 69 million). They make commercial inkjet there but a second line has been replicated in Singapore, certain to replace... — read more
What happened to the promised 9k layoffs?
I know some people were laid off, but it never reached even close to 9k. It didn't even reach a thousand, from what I gathered. I wish the leadership didn't say anything rather than giving us a huge number and then letting us stress over it as they... — read more
Will the market become even worse?
I'm desperate because I can't land anything outside of HP, and some say that the market could get even worse.
Expect many more layoffs
When the whole world is hiring, hpq is busy slashing headcount. So when the whole world is slashing headcount, do you think this company will stop at 6k layoff. Think again when co like amazon, meta and many more are having second/third rounds of... — read more
New wave of layoff coming soon
Company is planning another wave of layoff in addition to the current one. Annoucement coming out soon in the next couple of weeks.
Capgemini CW at HP?
Are you Capgemini CW at HP? What's the news? Should we start looking for outside
Manager Got Axed
My manager was laid off and I subsequently transferred to a new team under a different manager. How long do you think I have until I’m next on the chopping block? I’m already looking for another job but it’s been pretty tough lately. — read more
Tesla moving to HP headquarters in Silicon Valley
Did I miss anything? Is HP finally moving out of Silicon Valley? Link here https://ktla.com/news/california/tesla-hq-to-return-to-california-musk-announces/
Layoffs have started
Israel is the first victim but it won't be long before we start getting announcements as well. I'll be honest with you, I'm glad this is about to happen. I've been stressing about layoffs since the company first announced it planned to cut up to... — read more
PIPS are starting
Based on bogus reasons, you are put on a PIP. I guess the don't want to pay severance or unemployment.
Did layoffs happen and I missed it?
Why are people saying their last day is tomorrow? I didn't hear anything about layoffs since the original announcement and I highly doubt that's something that could fly under the radar. Are people trolling or am I missing something here? Please... — read more
WFR workforce reduction wave 1
How many people impacted this week? Feb 10 is the last day for many of us.
Not clear when bonus is paid or salary increase
Myself and a lot of other poly employees are wondering when the bonusses are being paid by HP or salary increase what is discussed last year already and nobody got a answer
Were you laid off? WARN Act
The WARN Act requires an employer to notify employees, in writing, 60 days before a layoff, and pay the employee for those 60 days, in addition to any severance the employee may be entitled to. Unfortunately, some employers attempt to circumvent the... — read more
I'm getting worried
I've submitted over two dozen applications since last month and so far I've gotten no bites. I usually had no issues landing an interview before now, so to say that I'm starting to worry would be an understatement. I think there are too many of us... — read more
Don't take your chances staying at HP!
"ALL companies ARE laying off staff at all levels big time right now. Don't believe it? Check out what's been happening at Oracle, Intel, Teradata, IBM, Twitter, and a whole lot of other companies. And don't forget to include HP in that list. " This... — read more
Odds of being laid off?
If HP has over 50,000 employees and plans on laying off 6,000 isn’t that only around 10% of the workforce being laid off or about 1 person laid off for every 10 people employed at the company? If this is true then doesn’t that mean that most of us... — read more
Get out now
This is your last chance to try and find a new job before the tech job market completely collapses. I have no intention of putting myself in such a situation and neither should you.
Never stop looking for new opportunities
The job market right now is not good in IT. And if your primary work experience the last 10 years or more has been exclusively HP, you’re in an even worse situation UNLESS you have been able to gain significant experience with Cloud. If all you know... — read more