I have access to certain staffing information and similar, and there is a headcount activity underway focusing on certain criteria to begin identifying executives with Software Sales Americas who will be the first to go after Q4 closes. This is all... — read more
Granny Meg is smoking something I guess ..
I don't get this, If you take out services and software then what is left. Servers only I guess. And with cloud computing, the demand for servers will only go down as the CPU usage will be optimized. I heard Big Data being thrown around, I can swear... — read more
Meg Whitman slams Dell: They have $60-$70 billion of debt, we have $5.5 billion
http://www.businessinsider.com/meg-whitman-slams-dell-debt-2016-9
Sweet vengeance... What did you do after getting fired/wfr'ed that you wouldn't tell anyone?
In my case... Summer 2010... I was fired - not WFR'ed for not "meeting expectations". I was a Planner/Buyer in what is now HP Inc., and we were basically exploding MRP from a spreadsheet I created like 3 years before (SAP never worked for us). The... — read more
What's left of HPE ?
I'm in the service division, seeing how Granny Meg is splitting the whole thing appart, what's left of HPE now that software is gone ?
Now I'm joining the lawsuit!
For the last couple of years, HP has been executing so called WFR - Work Force Reduction. I was hit with it at end of July this year. During my 10 years at HP/HPE I only received great reviews, was well recognized by the clients I worked for. I'm 69... — read more
HPE / Thoma Bravo Acquisition
Does anyone know anyone working at a software firm owned by Thoma Bravo? If so, what do they have to say about TB's management style and leadership? I wonder how much worse it could be than it is now in software sales at HPE. For those of us in... — read more
HPE's future
HPE's future success will be like any business - HPE will only be as good as the staff it employs...
The Goliath's prophecy is real!
Does the announcement on 9/2 of HPE selling its software business different than the HPE Services spin off/merger with CSC? If so... What will remain of HPE then? Just hardware, with no software IP? OMG... Is that the strategy long term? Selling... — read more
Granny Meg's ain't on the employees side for sure ...
This Lady is on fire and she's pissed. They (HPE) bosses could not deliver the profits she wanted so she's gonna butcher the company, cut it into pieces like a stolen car and sell the parts individually. Like someone said before, her part of brain... — read more
Private equity firms in talks to acquire HPE
PE firm Thoma Bravo in talks with HPE to buy it. Bad news for HPE Software division folks. Google the news for details.
Does anyone under 35 in the US actually work Fridays?
Seems like no one younger than 35 comes in on Fridays here in Houston. Do they know something we don't?
We live in such a small world... I guess this is what some people call Karma...
I still can vividly see the scared look on the face of my wife when I told her that I was laid off from HP 3 years ago. Her only response was: " We're going to be fine.", and she hugged me. I can't remember how many times I woke up in the middle of... — read more
#AgeDiscrimination at HPE
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30280949/hp-hit-age-discrimination-suit-claiming-older-workers
@IBM layoffs today
lots of action on their board here and also on their "Watching IBM" FB page. Jobs going overseas, of course. Lots of people with 20+ years.
Do yourself a favor...
Do yourself a favor and find a new job. If it is not obvious, the "merger" is largely an exercise of the combining of the existing accounts under one delivery organization. Therefore, off the bat one can expect staff between the two companies to be... — read more
When Meg Whitman Starts Calling Customers....You can bet
The ship is going down. I've worked for many sales organizations in many companies, start-ups and big name companies, and when enterprise sales is in trouble (i.e. not enough money coming in), there are certain steps all companies take to (1) bring... — read more
NASA's Outsourced Computer People (HPE) Are Even Worse Than You Might Expect
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/08/24/1519226/nasas-outsourced-computer-people-are-even-worse-than-you-might-expect "This week Federal News Radio reported that HPE is doing such a poor job that NASA's chief information officer, Renee Wynn... — read more
Sep7th.... Results.. Expecting big bang announcement on layoffs
So what are you expecting on the results of Q3.
Age Discrimination Class Action Suit against HPE
#AgeDiscrimination Class Action Suit against HPE (San Jose Mercury News 8/23/2016): PALO ALTO -- Four former employees of Silicon Valley icon Hewlett-Packard have filed an age discrimination lawsuit alleging they were ousted amid a purge of older... — read more
Up Next - Executive Assistant Function - To Be Farmed Out (Get those resumes out)
HPE is signing a contract with a global company to provide Executive Assistant function beginning 2/3Q17. Do not believe you have a special relationship with your executive AND will not be included in this job elimination. You will. Executive... — read more
Indian workers with H1B VISAs replacing American workers is illegal and is a winnable case if multiple people file a class action suit.
Ex Disney workers have already filed suit against Disney with hiring H1B VISA workers which the program was specifically intended to fill unfillable jobs. It was not meant to displace workers. Anyone know of any information should consult with an... — read more
HPEXIT
Does anyone feel better (or worse) since the split (this is a rhetorical question focusing strictly on the professional angle)...
Andover, MA WARNING
From a direct source, Andover site is currently under review for data collection at Meg Whitman's request to "set an example". All VPN activity (when engaged on company time); website activity; log in activity; badge swipes correlated to this data... — read more
HPE Age Discrimination Class Lawsuit
"O'Neil Cannon Hollman De Jong & Laing S.C." is working on class action lawsuit for Age Discrimination of HPE employees - their website is here: http://www.wilaw.com/ - they will bring a site up focusing on this action it's in draft from now... — read more
HPE employees are not unionized in the US, so you can't fight back the beast. The only alternatives are to accept, or to leave.
There's no room for anything else. By just complaining on sites like this, you are simply accepting. if you are not happy with your job nothing forces you to be here. You might come up with plenty of excuses based on your personal situation, but they... — read more
Most of the Posts here are real, no trolls , these are real stories that Granny Meg and Company do not like to hear
BTW, most of the posts here are real. Ask yourselves, why do these posts exist now and not before ? say 1 year back or 2 years back. The massive layoffs brought on by the greed and personal ambitions of Granny Meg are real, all she cares about is her... — read more
Readers beware of this site: here be crap!
I just came across this site and read through some of these comments/threads...mostly pure crap!! Looks like it is dominated by folks from Enterprise Services (former EDS), where the layoffs have been brutal due to years of unprofitable contracts... — read more
About the trolls
In regards to "trolls" just because you didn't have it happen to your team doesn't mean it isn't true. We are an international company and different teams are having different experiences in different locations. When someone says big layoff on... — read more
I got laid off in October, 2015, and I still check this site from time to time...
It looks like things are the same (or probably much worse) when compared to when I was kicked out. At the beginning for me it was total chaos (the worst Holidays of my entire life - as well as for my family), but once I got a great job this past... — read more
Every day brings more bad news of layoffs
Posting here using the Tor browser as Granny Meg and her cronies may be scanning the IP addresses. Except for 2 people, all of our team is WFRed and has been replaced with people in India. In my opinion the number of people in HPE is still the same... — read more
There will be no body left after the CSC merger - thanks to Granny Meg
Meg gave me a big laugh when our internal SharePoint sites were migrated to Microsoft Office 365 cloud. We received an email from Meg claiming this as one of her personal accomplishments and a gift to all of us. Haha, sorry meg but this is not going... — read more
HPE Pay cuts Coming
Overheard from HR Manager today: Managers will be notified on Monday Aug. 22 about pay cuts for their employees. Letters will be sent on Aug. 25 to all employees indicating 10-15% pay cuts. They are hoping to get additional people to quit, so... — read more
Aruba Networks Layoffs
Anyone knows what's going on with Aruba? I left in 2014 and it was not a happy place.
You want facts? - http://reviewfortune.com/2016/08/15/hewlett-packard-enterprise-company-nysehpe-insiders-look-pessimistic-about-prospects-2/
Insider Activity: Corporate insiders look pessimistic about the outlook of the company stock that they seem to offload shares while they have 44.96 jumped so far this year. A SVP, Controller & PAO at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) sold... — read more
If you are mgmt level 4 and above and not an exec leavel before the CSC "merger"
If you are mgmt level 4 and above and not an exec with HPE ES, you will be replaced by the CSC manager already doing the job you do. This is not a spin/merger - it is only called this for tax reasons. It is an acquisition and CSC will run the company... — read more
SGI to be a part of HPE
Your thougts?
More in Big Brother (badge swipes, Skype calls, etc.)
The new IT dashboard is actually a cover for more employee monitoring. When you open your own IT Dashboard, whatever information you can pull there can also be accessed by your supervisor, and, in turn, your supervisor's supervisor and so on. This is... — read more
IP check? Anyone have legit info?
I changed work buildings and the onsite RE contractor mentioned many employees badge in and out to work off site. Woukd HPE risk even deeper disgust by employees and industry by actually checking daily IP activity? Read it here but want it to be a... — read more
Layoffs happing right and left and the replacements are in India
We have seen two people that were assigned to our account let go in the past couple of weeks and they have been replaced with folks in India. Unless you are absolutely needed in your current job -meaning that if you leave then the production will... — read more