Younger Sibling HPQ is laying of 5000 in coming months. Will the disease spread to the older Sibling HPE as well? Time will tell.
VOW Time!
Don't forget to respond to the VOW - looks like they "want to hear from us" (But, do they want to know how we really feel!?!)
I Think HP Employees are Safe
You all are safe. The layoffs are over. There is now exactly the right number of people to keep the lights on.
Thank You to the Hewletts and the Packards -
Thank you for everything that you did for my family. Looking out the "windows" I see the Glendenning Barn and I wondered over the Building 57 and rank in to a "Duke" Best Wishes.
Layoffs "working better than planned"
Anybody worried about the fact that HPE executives are boasting the fact that reducing headcount is working out much better than they expected? If this becomes a go to tactic to improve business (even if I firmly believe that any gains are only... — read more
Former HPE Employee looking for W2
Let go in January of 2017. ADP site shows 2015, 2016, but no 2017. Paper copy received in the mail was accidentally destroyed and now I need it. Of course I’m in a time crunch, so the email route that takes days to weeks for a response is not... — read more
Any readings on potential workforce re-alignment after Q2 results released yesterday?
Any readings on potential workforce re-alignment after Q2 results released yesterday? Anyone? The stock appears to have taken a big hit today. This after good results posted yesterday.
While we rant here, HPE is partying hard at Nashville with Aspire festival
You can see all the partying in social media of Aspire participants in Nashville. Those people are doing the right thing by enjoying every freakin dime of HPE by partying and drinking all the Kool Aid. Just say YES to everything the executives are... — read more
MEG brings down HPE
Seems to be the only TECH company laying off...Thanks MEG....I was rehired!!! then get WFR'ed...Hope HPE goes down...Grew up at HP with Bill and Dave...God bless Bill and Dave...
CE Sick Out June 4 and 5th
Protest the crappy Unisys deal
Root Cause? Yer Mama Didn’t Raise You Right!
Root Cause? Yer Mama Didn’t Raise You Right! Whoa, people! Two whole days, and no fresh new posts at all?!? Whazzzup with that??! … Lemme stir it up a bit. There’s been a lot of posts here about bad office politics at HPE, mostly-probably caused by... — read more
Benefits post layoff
Oh yeah, for those that are being laid off and let go, please note that we were not allowed to continue our life insurance policy either, not even at a higher premium, so, don't count on it. Is this true? What about health coverage? Is there any way... — read more
HPE Announces Sale of Flood-Prone Houston Facilities
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2018/01/18/262321/former-compaq-campus-to-be-sold-by-hpe/ Anyone need a large hobby shop? A large indoor "MJ Grow House" would work as well, but please be advised that in the deep-red state of Texas... — read more
Good Fishing -
Just remember, there are career consulting agencies looking for, well, I don't have to really tell you, do I? Wanted 12K for 12 months of consulting to help me find a new job. Just so you know what the going price was. Pinged from Glass Door... — read more
Oh yeah - customer service
Oh, HEY, BTW ( b y t h e w a y) for your unmotivated employees (according to these posts) I just wanted to let y'all KNOW that I actually DO NOT get paid for taking consumer account complaints on LinkedIn and reporting them to EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT... — read more
Project "Summer" hast started in EMEA - GSD Outsourcing to Hemmersbach
The US is already executing on transferring the field support force to Unisys. Now EMEA is following suit. In EMEA the GSD field customer engineers are transferring to Hemmersbach, in those countries that do not have a CDS entity (wholly owned HPE... — read more
Mid year bonus was just a lie
There was a lot of noise on this website about the emperor doling out mid year bonuses. The emperor and the cronies made a big deal about it at the coronation as well. All a bunch of lies. Looks like the cronies like may and june have been feeding... — read more
Arrogance as downfall
I personally think that the reason WHY HPE top mismanagement can NOT get acquisitions to be successes, is flat-out arrogance! They immediately think that they know more than the experts at the company that they just acquired, and that they can lay... — read more
HPE clutchinig at straws buying up tadpoles
https://news.hpe.com/hpe-acquires-redpixie-to-strengthen-cloud-consulting-expertise/ a UK based consultancy of approximately 70 staff, most of which will be out the door tomorrow as they dont want to work for a multinational
Does HPE now have unlimited FTO?
Carly introduced unlimited sick time, I wonder if the Emperor has included FTO along with it. DXC recently implemented unlimited FTO. I heard only at a max of 2 week increments and depends on "business needs". I expect the Emperor will bring... — read more
Something positive
It's been a long time since I read something positive about HPE. Not that I think this changes our situation in any way, but it was a nice distraction for a moment. HPE shines in IDC Converged Systems tracker, Cisco does not... — read more
Any Substantial Policy Changes Since The Ascent of Emperor Nero?
I do know this much… About 1.5 to 2 years ago (or so???) there was a big push to get rid of all or almost all USA contractors. Now lately, there are a TON of in-house (and low-paid, you bet!) contractors in Houston, for example. So there’s one place... — read more
Wow, a 5-day stretch without any postings!
Wow, a 5-day stretch without any postings about hpe! Perhaps the bleeding has finally slowed down or stopped?
Laid off (Provo, Utah)
My position was eliminated in Provo, UT office 3 months ago. I just heard that more were let go after me. It seems they are spreading it out as to not appear to be doing one massive layoff. No bonus payouts last year... No merit increases haven't... — read more
Now with the new regime
If you been WFR before, are you still not allow to apply to anything? Thanks!
IBM Age Discrimination
https://features.propublica.org/ibm/ibm-age-discrimination-american-workers/ Sounds eerily familiar. But not sure why this is news only now.
Is it true that SAP will be announcing its acquisition of HPE?
The gossip all over around the Bay area this week is that SAP will announce its acquisition of HPE as a wholly-owned subsidiary (keeping at least for now Antonio and his team), after Microsoft stepped out of negotiations. Can someone confirm this... — read more
I can't believe HPE didn't make LinkedIn's top 50 "favorite" companies to work for in 2018
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-companies-2018-where-us-wants-work-now-daniel-roth/ Come'on... If Dell and IBM made the list, HPE, HP, DXC, and Micro Focus were must-be's. The article clearly reflects Jeff Weiner and Satya Nadella's... — read more
So now we only have 25k employees?
According to a comment Antonio made to this post on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6381597766271012864
Meg sells nearly 13 more million in HPE stock
Talk about writing on the wall... Meg just sold another close to 13 million in HPE stock... Meg Whitman had set up such a plan on March 2 and over March 14 and 15, the plan sold $12.7 million in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (ticker: HPE) stock. She... — read more
I guess Chris Hsu wasn't really "All In". He just quit as CEO of Micro Focus
Another minon of Meg is done with his job. His tag line when speaking to us employees was "ALL IN" and wore tshirts with this on them during coffee talks and town hall meetings. I guess he never made it all the way in??... — read more
ASAP Checklist -- before losing access to internal systems ...and in the following few weeks.
Former employees list all the stuff you need to do as soon as possible http://www.hpalumni.org/asap
I'm invited to a Unisys interview Wednesday. Anyone done one yet? What did they ask? Did they mention compensation?
Thanks for any advice on this. For reference, I was a CE, MCHS, and (was) a DCE.
I was kicked to the curb after 30 years
I am also a long time CE 30+ years and will be kicked to the curb with the others it looks like. I was honored to work with a team that went above and beyond daily to help a customer and keep HPE's name up front with the customer. Beware those left... — read more
Ten for ten
What happens when employees stop caring about their work. If this isn't the best indicator that nobody at HPE gives a damn anymore, I don't know what is. We are ten for ten... — read more
At least the CE's will receive their 401k match
I talked to my manager one on one yesterday about the Unisys spin. The good news is that they will be able to keep everyone who wants a job. Unisys will honor HPE's commitment to employment for all. And she said that they are working on paying out... — read more
Huge layoff coming to Bay Area offices
Heard on Friday there will be a Bay Area focused layoff . It’s gotten too expensive to run the Bay Area buildings so layoffs will occur and the buildings will be sold. This information comes from solid sources
With the way things are going, I wonder if HPE would contract out its technical support next?
Its been said many times its very expensive to keep technical support in the USA vs "low cost" locations in other countries, even though the suppport is far better. If they can do away with knowledgeable field technicians, what will rule out tech... — read more
The HP Legacy was worth more destroyed than maintained... Capitalism 101
Forget the romanticism of history, a legendary name, a legacy, and all those things... Forget about destroying families, and crushing the morale of those poor souls that for x or y reason decide to stay... It's all about the money. Capitalism 101 on... — read more