Within 1 year HPE will go private and be bought by a private equity firm or sold to a Chinese company like Lenovo.
Layoff @ Houston and PaloAlto centres
Heard massive Layoff @ Houston and PaloAlto centres , is it true ?
Information appliance
HP was first with the concept of an "information appliance" aka the modern smart phone. Joel Birnbaum as hp-labs director was the last in a long line of brilliant inventors. Carly killed that, and a bunch of other programs. When Meg got here it was... — read more
I surmise that Granny's been smoking something ...
So Granny thinks she is going to make a flourishing business selling servers in a world where things are fast moving to the Cloud. She moves the company Outlook and apps to Microsoft Cloud and thinks that she's going to be selling servers - I guess... — read more
A nail in the coffin - of Granny Meg that is ..
Granny has not make any intelligent decisions during her tenure at HP/HPE. Most of what we see is financial re-engineering to make numbers look good - underneath all this financial stuff are layoffs which anyone could have accomplished. I want Megs... — read more
Job loss not so bad if you really think about it
I just love to write about the flaws with this company. Losing your job can be very hard for anyone and me too, but we must trust in the larger power. As believers sometimes when things happen to us we wonder what good can come from this? Loaded... — read more
Server Business Plunge after Massive Diversification - Fire Meg Whitman
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-update-1-hpe-posts-steep-revenue-decline-in-key-servers-business-2017-5 Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Wednesday reported a steep fall in revenue in its biggest business that sells servers, networking and data storage... — read more
Print Pay stubs
If I m have layoff. How can print my pay stub for last year if I don't have access anymore to Hewlett Packard Company
Czechia Layoffs
Do you have any updates on plans? Please share if you have any info!
Layoffs in HPE Bangalore Unit
Around 17-20 contract employees were laid off on 26 May 2017 from HPE Server Support Team (AMS)
some Vertica details
May 1 WFRs include 10 contractors, 11 or 12 in dev & QA, 2 doc, 3 or 4 customer experience (support escalations, pre-sales, etc), 1 product manager.
Latest HPE insider trading activities
Why several executives have been selling off HPE stock?? http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/hpe/insider-trades
“Blacklist” Policy Hardens, and, Recent Layoffs in Houston
35 laid off recently in Houston… 25 direct-labor (assembly and test) on the factory floor, and 10 indirect labor at the same. In related news, some so-called “permanent” employee (as if there could be such a thing at HPE) factory direct-labor person... — read more
Last time you got a raise with HPE?
Hello I took a WFR in fall of 2015 and it was the best decision ever to leave HPE. I couldn't be happier at my new company. At the time in 2015, we never received any merit based wage increases over the previous 4 or 5 years if I remember correctly... — read more
Just wanted to share a positive piece of advice.
Retirement is better than this mess. Boy do I realize a lot about life, work and family now. Amidst the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we have lost sight of dreaming and achieving our own purpose in life. Today we have bigger houses, but... — read more
Doesn't look safe.
I was offered a position as a tech consultant for a federal customer, but all this merger layoff business has me pretty much turned off from HPE. The pay offer is very generous, but with this being my deciding factor of staying in the military or... — read more
What happens to my vacation and other paid time off after I leave HPE?
Here’s a quick summary of how your vacation and other time off benefits are affected when you leave Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Vacation and Vacation Buy Program If you leave Hewlett Packard Enterprise for any reason, either voluntary or involuntary... — read more
What happens to my equity grants after I leave?
Equity grants include nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options (ISOs), restricted stock units, and stock appreciation rights (SARs). The treatment of any outstanding equity grants upon termination of employment depends on the following:... — read more
How do I continue medical, dental, and vision coverage through COBRA?
If you leave Hewlett Packard Enterprise prior to retirement, you can continue to receive the medical, dental, and/or vision options you have in place on your last day of work through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)... — read more
Leaving HPE, ending employment
http://www.leavinghpe.com/ending.html Username: leaving Password: HPE Ending employment before retirement You're generally considered to be "retiring" if you leave Hewlett Packard Enterprise at age 55 or older with at least 10 years of qualifying... — read more
Houston WFR's
So far 20 Mfg employees were WFR'd this morning... most of them are older folks who have been with the company for 10 or more years o_0
Monty Pythons Fans, See Dell v/s HPE Video (Monty Python Spoof) Here!
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/01/dell_emc_monty_python_parody/ ... It is worth checking out! A business news article with the embedded video that's pretty funny. Dell is apparently using this video to recruit or attract current and / or... — read more
HPE Officially Explains WHY You Have Cooties!
Hey Everyone, for those of you who have been wondering about the nitty-gritty details surrounding HPE’s official policies concerning the exact nature of the cooties carried by ex-employees of HPE, and WHY, exactly, said cooties are SOOO utterly... — read more
Best be Nimble, best be quick. You're out of a job at HPE
Good reading... Sad but true related with most companies that HPE acquire, this time Nimble. URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/03/hpe_lays_off_nimble_staff/
Alpharetta Layoffs
Looks like the layoff bug is hitting the support center in Alpharetta too. 3par storage is shedding a few, servers is shedding a few, and even the non technical customer care positions as well. This from a company that stressed staffing was a big... — read more
Best thing i ever did was leave HPE.
The place is a joke by and large anyway. Full of lazy and incompetence dregs. Not everyone is like that and many are hard working but a lot are not and enough to effect the image of the place. Got a really good severance payout almost two years ago... — read more
Storage All Hands BS
Is anyone listening to this all hands meeting BS? "It is our hope that our portfolio will blow away Pure Storage and EMC..." Bull sh--e! Do they believe their own BS?
HPE Vertica gets thinner once again
Sneaky Monday morning layoffs a really bummer of a way to start the month of May.
Dallas Layoffs
3 in the Dallas area today were WFR 2 field engineers 1 ASM took the oldest age people in the group. HPE is really going down fast.
More layoff's today in Phoenix, AZ.
Just got notice a few hours ago... We lost 2 field engineers that are used to keep our customers happy. 2 less with an already overloaded team. It should be fun.
layoffs in HPE cloud professional services
Several people got the axe today in HPE cloud professional services or pointtext, whatever the call it these days . all in the US, Including the manager.
Complaining about OT as an exempt salaried employee? No such thing as OT.
You want to leave the company and expect them to make it easy for you with benefits payouts? Wake up and grow up. No, you don't get a bonus if WFRd in any quarter. Why would any manager give someone leaving a bonus? No, you don't get paid unused... — read more
The Nimble Axe
Get ready for the Nimble cuts coming next week. Now that they are part of HPE time to wack the moles.
Would HPE pay unused vacation pay if i leave w/2-week notice ?
Does anyone have an insight whether HPE is required to pay the unused vacation time if i leave with a 2-week notice ? i heard from former colleagues in the Plano campus they didn't get their unused vacation reimbursed after they left; even with a... — read more
Our Leadership
Executive leadership Meg Whitman - President and Chief Executive Officer; Martin Fink - Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Hewlett Packard Labs; Antonio Neri - Executive Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise... — read more
I was offered a position for HPE 3PAR support, is it worth it?
I was offered a position for technical support for 3pars. It is a 6 month contract to permanent position and pays low to mid 40's. I dont like that the health care through the contractor is $450 a month and close to $800-1000 if you have a spouse or... — read more
H1Bs for Meg
HPE has recently WFR'd a number of software engineers in Fort Collins. So why then are they applying for H1B visas for 10 software engineers??? (it's a rhetorical question .... I know the answer) http://www.myvisajobs.com/H1B-Visa/LCA.aspx?ID=5047703... — read more