Coming soon, some ugly truths.
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Are Crews employees jumping ship before it sinks?
@2h4 Absolutely nailed it. The modern royalty doesn’t wear crowns — they wear job titles like “VP of Strategy” and sit in meetings talking in circles. It’s not about merit, it’s about access. Nepotism, protectionism, polished LinkedIns — and most of the time, they’re doing half the work for double the credit.
Meanwhile, the rest of us are spinning plates to keep the machine running. Companies like HP didn’t get “too big to fail” — they got too protected to be held accountable. And calling it a “family” just adds a weird cult layer to the whole thing.
And it’s not just the U.S. — same story across the UK, Europe… It’s everywhere. Different accents, same broken structure.
@2gk They are only lucky because they are most likley a product of nepotism within these types of companies that are "too big to fail". They probably get paid a ridiculously high salary to do 50%-80% less work compared to the majority of other employees. America never got rid of royalty classes such as kings and princes. They just traded in castles and kingdoms for companies like HP. People who hold executive titles and positions are the modern day bourgeoisie of America.
@2cb Yep, they’ve mastered the corporate version of wearing a bulletproof vest made of acquisitions. Just wish they’d invest half as much in people as they do in PR. But hey, if you’re loving it, you’re one of the lucky ones.
@2ca Oh yeah, God forbid someone sounds like a Reddit mod, but hey, at least Reddit mods don’t get fired for speaking up. At HP, the second you have your own opinion, you're suddenly “not a team player.” That’s the real genius test around here: survive while staying invisible..
HP is one of those companies that’s too big to fail. They are on a level where they have enough money to buy another company to use as a bullet proof vest. I love working here.
@2bd You just perfectly described America and Americans.
@29a It is not surprising that substantive discourse is largely absent in this environment. The underlying issue lies in the generally low cognitive bandwidth exhibited by much of the workforce—an observation not rooted in arrogance, but in observable patterns of behaviour, problem-solving limitations, and conformity. The organisation itself reflects this stagnation: while upper management thrives—often by manipulating the compliance of the intellectually under-engaged—the broader system remains inefficient, relying heavily on role rotation and performative engagement rather than genuine expertise.Having observed this first-hand over the past two years, I can’t exclude myself entirely from this inertia. Immersion in such an environment inevitably dulls one’s edge, and perhaps even implicates me in the very mediocrity I critique. But recognising this is, at the very least, a first act of intellectual defiance.
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It's already been two weeks so it was just a bluff. HP is doing fine, even better than that. The lack of posts on this forum prove it.
Don’t keep us waiting!!
@OP what truths? Where is it;-)
wdf us EO?