Thread regarding HP (Hewlett-Packard) layoffs

Hopefully, we will be able to WFR some of the non-productive DEI hires we have made over the last 2 years.

Couldn’t be the 100 pieces of software they want you to install, the proprietary cartridges that have a 300% markup, the terrible network tech quality or just overall quality of their product? The evolution of their company into this predatory, faux-monolithic company tells me their leadership and decision making people are likely the real issue.

@bk

I agree with your sentiment but it shouldn’t be circumstantial. If a company is going to promote DEI, then they need to be globally consistent. Corporations show their true selves when they’re silent about civil issues outside of the US. Take the HK protests before Covid. Many companies who operate in China were absolutely silent about human rights violations in fear of retaliation from the Chinese government. They obviously prioritize profits over what’s morally good.

If you pay Latinos the same as you pay white people, then when we talk about the local ethnicity, we must acknowledge that there are people of all colours everywhere. These are simply the facts.

So it is a problem that the workforce in HP locations in primary white Nordic countries is also primarily white? Should the workforce there not reflect the local ethnic mix? What about other countries like in Latin America or Asia, do they have to then decrease the percentage of local ethnicity to become more white?

Just 2000? Yawn. I’m a CW full stack developer with value who actually delivers so if HP lays me off then they would be s+upid. They better give me another raise instead of trying to low ball me again and have me take a lower wage. If anything I’m going to use this news as an opportunity to get a raise!

That’s an unbelievable amount of money to spend on restructuring. Layoffs alone can’t help pay for that. HP must be taking out even more loans to do this. I don’t even want to know how much debt HP has.

The fact that they’re chopping even more personnel than previously planned suggests that they’re in for a bumpy ride. Oh but don’t forget to pay your investors.

I do agree that HP needs to restructure immensely. Before I left a couple of years ago, I just remember how competitive it was internally and extreme overlap there was in organizational responsibilities. No one knows what happens outside of their own organization. There’s no synergy. Everyone wants to develop their own tools and their own ideas to the point where they are trying to do things outside of their own role classification to try to get a good performance review… and everyone knows why they would go through the effort to do that.

Come on HP… Cut the clout chasing people and stop giving people merit when they do things that are way outside of their expected functions.

I think the wrong locations are being reduced, while the UK remains bloated with unnecessary headcount. There's blatant nepotism—people are being promoted or hired based on connections rather than merit, even bringing in their babysitters. Meanwhile, the workforce remains overwhelmingly white.
The same pattern is seen across many Nordic countries, like Denmark, where there’s barely any diversity, just overpaid minions adding little real value. France and Germany, however, are untouchable due to strong worker protections. Germany, in particular, is just as overstaffed but impossible to restructure because of their laws.
Are we actually optimising for efficiency, or just reinforcing the same imbalances?

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It seems that the post from few days ago was correct ("We Have A 20% Tasking Exercise Coming And A WFR Target of 15%").

For days the HP shills and HR were denying and downvoting it. Given their lying track record there will be more WFR to come. More layoffs mean more money for HP board to spend on stock buybacks and reward themselves.