Thread regarding Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) layoffs

Funny that Packard said computers would be the death of the company. Go figure.

The reason people come to a website about layoffs is that they either don't trust their leadership or they were blindsided and are looking for support from peers. HPE leadership over the past year+ have not been transparent about anything other than they are looking to "realign" the company. To prevent a mass exodus of talent, HPE leaders have keep WFR plans close to the vest, even citing misleading statistics during all employee meetings to prove that all is well. So given that reality. People are looking for other sources of information and some come here shellshocked when it (WFR) happens to them because leadership was purposefully obtuse about their plans for the company.

There are good online resources for HP/HPE alumni, Linkedin has an HP/HPE group that does some great networking, there is a website http://www.hpalumni.org/ that provides support and information. This site is just another resource, it is ok to be upset, to vent, it is part of the healing process, and when people are ready. They will move on.

Going to a website about layoffs is going to have a lot of posts about layoffs and unhappy people in general.

"What I don't understand is why people would stick with a declining company unless they don't have better alternatives."

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Well, I think you actually do understand, in reality. "Bingo" on the lack of good alternatives... Family and friends reasons not to pull up stakes, super-specialized job skills under a LARGE company like HPE means we're not "jacks of all trades" as smaller companies are looking for, and living in cities where there are no other high-paying tech jobs. And some are old, who COULD still work, but age discrimination is very real, especially in tech hiring. Those are the big ones.

Yes, there IS such a thing as people who enjoy wallowing in their misery, and complaining about things. I have met a few, but they are few and far between (in my limited circles). The comments here do generally exaggerate the prevalence of these people who complain because they enjoy complaining. As has been remarked here before, part of the validity of the complaining is to warn other people away from working at HPE. "Don't go in the long grass!" (From Jurassic Park movies; Long grass = HPE of course).

So anyway, I discount most of the complaining about the complaining!

Carry on, and good luck!

Well, Meg realized that HPE is pretty much dead anyway being squeezed by cloud on one side, and white-box/dell on the other. So she made a buck off a declining, increasing irrelevant, business. You know very well, rightly or wrongly, that wall street judges companies purely on money, and not if lives are made better or worse. Yes, capitalism 101.

And i don't think anyone should have the illusion that it will ever not be the case. All the companies who are treating employees well only do so when they are doing well (by wall street "standards"), and have the luxury to do so. Look at Yahoo before it got gutted and sold off. Remember Yahoo was providing free food for every one. That did not last.

What i don't understand is why people would stick with a declining company unless they don't have better alternatives.

... And now HPE reaps what she sowed:

https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/dell-emc-overtakes-hpe-data-center-server-revenue/2018/03/

There will be thousands and thousand of hp'ers ready and waiting to remind the public of her evil deeds if she ever tries to get elected to government.

"(now it's the time in which you stand up and begin applauding for no less than 1 minute)"

That reminds me of what I have read of speeches by Stalin... Stalin's "comrades" were often afraid to be the first to stop clapping, after the speech. Be the first to stop clapping, on a regular basis, too often, and it might be "off to the Gulag" with you!

Well at least The Meggot had no way to take your freedom or your life, unlike Stalin... She merely had the power to terminate your employment, not terminate you!

Let's keep it that way, and NOT elect Her into a position of government power!