HPE Houston has been hit hard by layoffs - just venting.

I'm a younger employee in my early 30s. I hear a lot of folks talking about age discrimination and I see it often. Management has told me that "you're the future of the company so youre safe from WFR." I am so torn right now because I see the... — read more 

From the article: HPE kicked off its much-dreaded layoffs globally on Monday as part of its Next overhaul campaign. The cuts were expected, but still cast a pall over the enterprise IT giant. In June, we revealed the existence of the HPE Next... — read more 

So I had to come back to this site and write this after hearing about "HPE Next" via lunch with an HPE colleague I used to work with. You see the writing on the wall, more layoffs are to be expected, you feel your job is not safe, morale is in the... — read more 

HPE folks got a sweet box for Diwali, while the DXC would be given the WFR letters immediately after Diwali.

In today's "office hours" webcast the question of whether we should expect more layoffs or not was explicitly asked. The answer was rather blunt. Yes, in fact, we should expect further layoffs beyond what had already occurred.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hpe-falls-after-detailing-outlook-reorganization-plan-2017-10-19 Hewlett Packett Enterprise Co. HPE, stock dove more than 4% Thursday morning after laying out its plans for the rest of this year and the next at an... — read more 

Does anyone know if the Monday layoff hit HPE Labs in Palo Alto, CA, especially the Networking & Mobility Lab? Thanks.

Anyone else pick up on that "little tidbit" in the SAM Highlight video? Let's see what they say in the Office Hours call tomorrow - should be "interesting".

http://www.hpalumni.org/asap Things I would add: cash in your reward points. get a private email. Keep your phone number. The password is not specific from corporate (re: verizon) but looks like something. login bob and password bob will work fine... — read more 

Hello, Currently I'm an employee. I live in a devastated place due to a catastrophic natural event. I know that the local office has been giving WFRs like Grandmothers used to give candies in Halloween. I asked a manager for a WFR half a year ago... — read more 

How much is the latest severance?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2017/10/16/ten-unmistakable-signs-you-need-to-start-job-hunting/#539b9c43530a

https://www.thestreet.com/story/14345840/1/hewlett-packard-enterprise-ready-to-rise-after-quant-upgrade.html

I know about yesterday's layoffs at HPE, but I'm not sure if they are still taking place. Haven't heard from my wife the whole day, and now I am starting to get worried. Hopefully I am just being paranoid and it's just a busy day after a big round of... — read more 

I was one of thousands laid off yesterday. Get a new job now. Let's be done with this dumpster fire.

Rumour has it that HPE will use the analyst call this week to announce Meg's departure, which would explain her recent stock dump. Anyone else heard this?

Ignore the useless HPE management and HR. If you are spending most of your time helping your boss to survive and not learning new things for more than 6 months, you should find a job and leave. The longer you stay, the harder you will be able to find... — read more 

I learned a long time ago that at HP(E), if you have a problem, you're the problem, so don't have problems.

I’ve heard about people receiving notices today, I was not affected, my team and group are fine (I think). I’ve heard about immediate WFR’s taking place – folks are notified about December 2017 departure date – I’ve heard that there is another round... — read more 

Does anyone know if they are closing the Pleasanton, CA office?

Layoffs hit engineering, marketing and product management late last week. Going to be a bloody Monday. 2 weeks notice here we come

Anybody here had previous dealings with our HR? My direct superior has been making my job a living nightmare, the harassment never stops. This has been going on for at least a year, but it has worsened in the past few months. I am not sure if... — read more 

Take 2 minutes to watch this video on HP; it's pretty funny and some of us HPE folks need a laugh right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ntPxdWAWq8

I need to have HP Enterprise Services fill out an IRS Form 3881, ACH Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment, so that the Department of Treasury can deposit money in ES' account to cover part of my COBRA insurance premiums. Has anyone else done this?... — read more 

https://www.nystocknews.com/2017/10/12/insider-activity-increases-for-hewlett-packard-enterprise-company-hpe-with-the-sale-of-1-49-million-shares-by-margaret-whitman/ Meg and Henry Gomez sold off their stock options. HPE price dropped significantly... — read more 

Well, the proposed 5,000 cuts by end of year seems to be end of fiscal year. Tuesday morning mandatory meeting, even if you are on vacation. Gallows humor abounds. What a change from the company I hired into in 1982. I wonder if I'm part of the... — read more 

Hey HPE, you want companies to transform using your HW/SW when you are adapting to your own needs with the speed of an 8-bit sloth. Talk about speed, agility, dev/ops, analytics, AI, cloud and you are still relying heavily on Excel. Ah...and your... — read more 

some of the management update calls today started to disclose information on the redundancy plans for the UK. More information as soon as details start leaking out.

I was WFR’ed in April of 2014, and took me 9 full months to get another IT job at a small logistics company earning around 60% of what I was earning at HP. I lost my house, my credit score went from A+ to trash, and to make things even worse, my wife... — read more 

Unfortunately, not just a rumor (as I was on that meeting here in Houston this morning). Several EG Supply Chain GBU roles will be moving to Puerto Rico before the end of the calendar year. The original plan was to execute before the FY end, but they... — read more 

OO is one if the best product that HPE got through acquisition, to date it's still the best orchestrator on the market. Too sad to see what's happening to OO team. I hope you guys will find a safer and better place soon.

See https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/02/hp-enterprise-russia-review-pentagon-security-software/ and... — read more 

2 weeks have passed since rumors about 5000 layoffs. Complete silence on the topic since then, barring that one posting about the 3PAR layoffs in Ireland. Did the financial website that reported this get bad intelligence? The rumor sure seems to have... — read more 

Glassdoor has done some sort of “deep clean” of many-many negative reviews of HP lately, to include reviews that are even several years old! Glassdoor sells HP job advertising, you know… So the below is an edited recycle from there, of a... — read more 

My Question is, if the company was losing money and they needed to cut expenses, why in the heck did the company give Meg 35.6 MILLION DOLLARS? This is terrible after putting people in the streets with no medical and no job and at the same time... — read more 

From: R.I.P HP, what Silicon Valley can learn from the rise and fall of its original tech startup http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/10/hewlett_packard_hp_split_the_rise_and_fall_of_silicon_valley_s_original.html

The future is now, and now is software defined, with seismic market shifts to a cloud based service consumption model on the cheapest bare-metal hardware supplied by a big brand low cost producer such as Huawei. Don't believe me? - who in the year... — read more 

http://www.businessinsider.com/signs-your-company-is-conducting-mass-layoffs-2015-10

The entire tech industry got fat and bloated. Executives grew by purchasing companies, not by enhancing services. Surprised? Hurd gutted R&D and now the company is lagging in many ways. Who knows what the future will bring. IBM is not what it was... — read more