Yesterday, a huge amount of us here in Roseville - Storage (3PAR UDU) - were pulled into a meeting and were told that we are being laid off. There's at least 50 of us here. Thanks Meg! Our jobs are being sent to Bangalore...
Trump's new executive order to clamp down on H1B visas
"WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is set to sign a new executive order aimed at overhauling work visa programmes like the H1B and L1, a move that will adversely hit the lifeline of Indian tech firms and professionals in the US."... — read more
Secret HPE letter tells sales team and partners to keep selling Arista 'confidently' (HPE is about to get Rick Rolled by customers)
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/30/secret_hpe_letter_tells_sales_team_and_partners_to_keep_selling_arista_confidently/
Meg's Employee Update on Immigration email
Have you received Meg's PC email she sent out about Trump's executive orders? What a friggin politician. It must hurt pretty bad that Hillary lost and she can't be a cabinet member.
Trump’s Next Move on Immigration to Hit Closer to Home for Tech
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-30/trump-s-next-move-on-immigration-to-hit-closer-to-home-for-tech Probably not going to impact the CSC/HPE merger itself but if the administration is true to its intentions changes are afoot... — read more
HPE & Micro Focus spin-merge result of ADA and Title VII employment discrimination, both face suit in Western district of Texas for $15M
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Micro Focus, who have announced a merger valued at 8.8B (USD) recently, have now been named co-defendants in a wrongful termination suit alleging violations of the Title VII Civil Rights Act, the ADA, and various... — read more
I got a job offer at Hewlett-Packard Ent in Houston. Is it worth leaving IBM?
Is company morale low? Are people getting lay offs? Thoughts? Anyone here work at both places and can compare?
The other side of "Chickens return to Rooster" story. Rich and greedy execs refuse to retire!!!
These are the facts in many organizations. 1). Rich and greedy executives refuse to retire. Fame-seeking execs want people to admire and worship them. They spend time promoting themselves rather than investigating the organization issues or quietly... — read more
HPE employees who came from EDS now belong to EntServ UK Limited!
http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=22510747 Check your profiles... Public Sector employees have discovered they have switched over to this new entity. You've been assimilated into the Brexit. The cycle is... — read more
NewCo Leadership Announced
2/3 of CEOs direct reports come from CSC - Good luck HPES
Meggie AGAIN fails to realize why us Millenials went against the grain when stating that "Chickens came home to roost"
Yes. Chickens came home to roost. Not because of your statement at the World Economic Forum "It's up to leaders in this room, particularly in the technology field, to think 'How do we help manage the transition of people who have been disrupted by... — read more
More reorgs in storage and some are now reporting to people in India.
a couple of managers will be reporting to people in India. Lots of reorgs and layoffs in California and a lot of reorgs in storage.
R.I.P. SimpliVity. Poor guys... They just got acquired by HPE...
They have no idea of what's coming... If someone from SimpliVity is reading this post... PLEASE, LEAVE ASAP! Save yourself!!!
Layoffs in Fort Collins
Word is that layoffs are now determined by current revenue. No assumption of growth. Layoffs in Software as well as areas that are part of the future HPE.
Your 2017 HPE vacation - what impacts with newco?
So, we started 2017 with our vacation re-charged with 3, 4, or 5 weeks vacation. Come 1 April, do you think that newco with let you keep all of that to be consumed by 31 December (regardless of newco's fiscal year)? I don't know. Seems unlikely... — read more
It will get worse.
You may have noticed that 1) Meg was not invited to Trump Tower for discussions. 2) Meg supported Hillary. You can bet HP/HPE/NewCo will not be receiving government business or government renewals. You can also bet that any American businesses are... — read more
Does HPES get MLK Jr Day off?
If you do....just know that when you're part of NewCo you will have lost that benefit as well. Welcome soon to NewCo!
Nearshore and Offshore Jobs will come back. When they do, we should send HPE a strong message TOGETHER.
I'm not a Trump fan. I didnt even vote for him. BUT the one thing I have high hopes for is his stance against outsourcing. There is strong indication that trade wars with China and Mexico will pressure companies to come back as Trump is already... — read more
HPE can't even fulfill orders...
EG Houston HW GBU... Sales got the green light to do fire sales in order to meet the q-end numbers. we're having a huge WW mess right now as we're not able to make all those deliveries on time. Customers (small & big) are becoming really pissed... — read more
Next one to go
Class of March 2016 here... I had a scheduled 1x1 on a Thursday which was moved to the following Monday morning (the invite was changed 2 weeks prior, which means mgr knew for 2 weeks). The week before I was laid off, 2 other people were WFRd and mgr... — read more
WFR Schedule
WFR started as a quarterly event, but has been consistently on a monthly tick for the past year or so. Justified as reductions for the HP/HPE split, ES spin off, Software divestiture, or whatever Meg dreams up this month. Whatever it takes to move... — read more
Monthly WFR's and moving to low-cost countries
HPE is on a monthly WFR schedule now to prepare for the divestiture of the ES (services) division. I am in management and since 2012, my best estimation is that the company has WFR'd (workforce reduction) around 100,000 people either outright or by... — read more
What is the process when you are laid off? (or should I use the HP politically correct term: WFR?)
What is first contact WFR like? Did it start with a call? An unexpected meeting? Is it always on Monday? Was it a contact by HR?
Pre and post XMas layoffs, not just HPE, contingent workers as well.
So, before XMas I had to shortlist people to let go on our offshore dev teams, no less than 20% mandatory. So we did, delivering HPE XMas gift to many people in Bangalore, Manila and Cairo. We were betting on when somebody would do the same exercise... — read more
What does your typical day look like?
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about not being given enough at work. Everyone else around me seems like they are swamped with work and way too busy. Boredom is killing me but my manager doesn't have any more work for me. So, I try to look busy. I... — read more
Did Some Snooping - HUGE round of WFRs Announced Late Jan into Feb
Access to documents and without too much detail, HUGE Americas Software employee purge, starting in a few weeks and into mid February. Hit hard is support employees including people managers and executives. Start job search.
Mass Layoffs Paying off? Forbes thinks so...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2016/12/27/hewlett-packards-split-have-massive-layoffs-paid-off/#539e74055729
Will HPE Software Employees Have Roles at Micro Focus?
Micro Focus is an inside sales organization. There is No Way the HPE sales organization is going over whole. This is especially true of support roles like HR positions.
Laid off Two Months Ago
I was WFR'd approximately 2 months ago. Severance is 60 days pay (on target incentive) and at the end of 60 days you have to sign a form that basically makes it impossible for HPE to ever hire you back again. For signing the form and returning it... — read more
Who here truly believes in Meg's plan that HPE will be a sucessfuly Hybrid IT company in a few years?
We have all heard it before at an all employee meeting that Meg's goal is that hpe will become a successful leaner hybrid it company in 3-5 yrs and will be leaner and stronger than ever. Is there a future in servers at hpe? Is there a future in... — read more
So ridiculous... Help me understand why...
I can understand old employees still trying to survive there (more than 10 years with vested $$$ interests), but there's no way I can understand why anyone with less than 5 yrs in the Company (or being 30 years or younger) would sacrifice their... — read more
What the heck is going on at HPE? This is unacceptable... You better watch out and keep your eyes and ears wide open.
WFR class of Q4 2013 here... I've been working for a big HPE reseller for almost 2.5 years now. What the heck is going on there? They have been failing almost every committed delivery dates on orders placed for EMEA and AMS requirements since August... — read more
HPE top exes compensation - 22 mils in 2012 vs. 50 mils in 2015
http://insiders.morningstar.com/trading/executive-compensation.action?t=HPE®ion=USA&culture=en_US
Civil Rights / Employment Discrimination Lawsuits
I was just taking a gander at an unrelated class-action lawsuit in pacermonitor.com, and decided to search for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HPE has quite a few discrimination lawsuits on their hands. Looks like most of the plaintiffs come from the... — read more