I can bet my job that she's planning an immediate RIF to further improve our financial position.

Can we send Meg to IBM. They need a new CEO, now it'd be perfect time. Also, they are cutting a lot, she'd feel fairly comfortable in such environment.

Where is all this "layoffs are certain in the next 2 months" coming from? I'm yet to find any concrete information about it, but it keeps popping up all over the place. I thought that the latest round would have made sure we were safe at least for a... — read more 

It's not that bad... Not at all...

What's your prediction in regards to earnings? I vote Repeat. Same ol same ol.

I've been hearing rumors that something is afoot again at HPE, and I can't find any concrete info on it anywhere. I was wondering if anybody here knew if we should be expecting another round of layoffs this year? I am talking something more... — read more 

The problem with the boomers who are left at HPE is that they have floated to the top of the septic tank with their survival skills which have nothing to do with the job and everything to do with keeping a low profile and getting as little as... — read more 

As I have said repeatedly over the years, Granny has zero leadership skills. She also has zero vision of where things are going. She is good at financial hockus-pockus - layoff employees, sell parts of company, all for the benefit of her own bank... — read more 

Fox Business News, counting from 7 to 1 - Meg wins to be the worst ever. Thanks Meg for destroying HP and the terrible display of laying off people and selling HP to a foreign company (Micro Focus) is shameful. Micro Focus does not have a good track... — read more 

http://www.marketing-interactive.com/hp-enterprises-marketing-lead-karen-holland-departs/

I think Meg sees the potential in HPE and has made cool acquisitions, but the leftover boomers are not helping things. It's just a different world. The boomers add value from an SA perspective, but working with people who don't have excel skills... — read more 

You know there is no hope when the CEO of a company is Job Searching. I have nothing else to say to this SAGA !!!! When Catherine Lesjak jumped ships it was very obvious that HPE had no future with Meg Whitman on board... — read more 

After 17 years at HP/HPE I decided to leave the company a few months ago. It was a hard decision, I really enjoyed all the years I worked there. And I hoped I could be more optimistic about the future, but looking back the last 10 years, I really... — read more 

She made herself clear, she is out for herself, when she showed up at the Presedential debate in support of Hillary and thought she would be given a spot on her staff, even though she previously ran as a Republican. So... when she is cheating on HPE... — read more 

They keep laying off established and component ArcSight QA Engineers, etc personal from all areas and replacing them with Costa Rica employees. After the several layoffs in the last two years, they do not waste anytime to start recruiting in Costa... — read more 

Things must be REALLY bad over there for them to want to commit seppuku

Forever playing catch up to the competition ever since it has been disrupted their community seems awfully quiet. https://community.saas.hpe.com/t5/ArcSight-Questions/qa-p/arcsight-qa Don't worry folks MF + being the 7th largest pure play software... — read more 

Its just weekly layoffs and quarter after quarter of missed results, and the whopping 1-2% raise at the end of the year if you are lucky. Hiring people as contractors with horrible benefits and not making them full time and the increasing stale work... — read more 

Prior to spinning off from HP, HPE’s Enterprise Group operating margins averaged close to 15%. Now they’re at 12.8%. http://www.barrons.com/articles/why-hpe-is-earning-less-than-peers-1502877088?mod=BOLFeed&tesla=y Must be because of all the "happy"... — read more 

What does Meg know that the rest of us don't? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hewlett-packard-enterprise-co-hpe-001505622.html (Ok, yes, we know it, too...)

In a Nimble virtual town hall today, it was mentioned that HPE transformation is expected "to be completed by November 1st" and while Nimble had a strong quarter, a couple of compromises need to made. To me that means WFR are gonna hit hard by then... — read more 

Management in HPE Houston MFG decided to do something different and of course might not be a good idea and possibly illegal. MFG HPE Employees are being tracked with their HPE badges and now have to clock in and out with a separate badge as well as... — read more 

I see a lot of people here posting that they hate working at HPE, but I actually enjoy this place. I get paid well, do what I like, and people around me are decent and hardworking folks (for the most part). I am not saying people who hate working... — read more 

See https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/dealbook/shown-the-door-older-workers-find-bias-hard-to-prove.html ... Note at the very end of the article, a LOT of POTENTIAL suits never do go to court... They are settled out of court "voluntarily"... — read more 

Can anyone add any veracity to this?

This is not directed towards any specific employer, it is generic… Please forward if appropriate… The short version is this: As a brand-new college grad (or other youngster new to the work force), you haven’t yet had the chance to get laid-off and... — read more 

Those that have been around a while know what 'looking at performance' means. It means tightening the criteria even more than what it already is. You have to walk on water just to be in the middle band of the performance curve. Anything less, you get... — read more 

For all the issues and the new approval tool, i still cannot get over how stingy the travel policy is. I have two trips to Asia coming up, both of a week long, both worth millions of dollars to the org, yet I am expected to perform at my best after... — read more 

Now the HPENext started go faster, what will happen?

At HPE, the pirates parrot the parrots! HPE discriminates, not only against older folks, but also, HP discriminates against decent and ethical folks! Won’t play dog-eat-dog? Prepare to be laid off! HPE employees are so fearful of layoffs… And HPE... — read more 

Another poster here has spread across several threads, a comment whose longest version contained “Meg said publicly out with the old and in with the new!” I wanted to confirm that, and point the reader to a source of details. See... — read more 

Any rumors regarding early retirement offers at HPE? The last time they offered one was in 2012.

When you get to the point that your team starts comparing number of years at the company and envies each other's layoff packages... You get 2 weeks per year. The 30-year+ lifers are just waiting for their HPE-paid year long vacation. Lucky dogs...

Saw this in Yahoo news today "Uber Reportedly Looks to Hewlett Packard Enterprises’ Meg Whitman in CEO Search" I was thinking, really? Does Uber really want someone who is a master at decimating jobs and destroying employee morale by constant cost... — read more 

Somebody called it, a class-action suit has been submitted against both HP inc. and HPE. I am not surprised in the least. The suit both alleges racism and ageism. Again, not surprised in the least... — read more 

Chasing after cheap Labor will continue with all American companies. Corporate greed and the desire to to constantly fill the bank accounts of shareholders is the very driving force for this. America is addicted to this easy money and companies will... — read more 

My perception of the layoff I was a part of on June 30, 2017 is that it was age related. They now want me to sign a 9 page waiver saying I have no rights to pursue any disagreement/dispute I may have with them. If I do not sign I will not receive... — read more 

Major layoffs before merge with MicroFocus are continuing and they are saying they laid you off because of your work is no longer needed, then why are the VP Management teams over in Costa Rica doing a major hiring spree for replacing your job in the... — read more 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/17/trump-officials-order-15000-new-visas-for-low-wage-workers/ Just the beginning. H1-B program is next. Trump makes good on his promises, the secret ones to the other foxes. Meanwhile, Trump's... — read more