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Dec 4, 2008
2008-12-04 22:33 PST
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Hewlett-Packard – “HP is the place to be”
2 of 17 people found this helpfulPros
HP has become a meritocracy - strong performers who achieve results are rewarded comensurate with their contributions.
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There is still a groundswell of tenured employees who "don't get it". They fail to understand that cost cutting measures enable us to invest in sales resources & R&D to drive innovation, become more competitive and take market share. You will read many posts about how "upper management makes decisions" - I have never worked for a company that is as crystal clear about articulating strategy & decisions and how they impact both the employee base and the company overall. It's embarrassing to read posts about ppl griping about meaningless takeaways - they fail to understand the economic implications of better deployed capital - despite the exec team's thoughtful explanations. Alas...
Advice to Senior Management
Keep up the good work. Leadership is not a popularity contest - I applaud the difficult decisions you make that benefit the longevity and health of the company.
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Dec 6, 2008
You are kidding yourself. If you never give employees their due, they will hurt your results more than help them. Only a high level manager/director would make comments like yours. Who cares if the HP takes market share if the employees are not rewarded. Even shareholders go unrewarded with a pitiful .08/share dividend. And your comment on "meaningless" takeaways! Are you crazy? You can only say this as you are rich already and these "meaningless" takeaways do not hurt or effect you. No more pension, no more pay increases, increasing contributions for benefits Bill and Dave would be ashamed about what HP has become!
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Dec 7, 2008
What world are you living in? How about finding out what it is like as an individual contributor. Don't be an ostrich.
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Dec 7, 2008
You don't work for the HP I'm working for..... There isn't any "reward" for the guys in the trenches. Yes, you are a E5 or something - you make *tons* or rewards - but these are based upon whose work? HP is really slimey - management (you) are robbing the coffers while little guys get the shaft. How can you sleep at night? Is there no shame?
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Dec 9, 2008
"Strong performers" - boy glad you feel you are a superhero. I would hold my accomplishments against anyone - yet will probably not be rewarded. It is all about what division you are in, what your accomplishments are relative to your teammates. Looking forward to your R&D product to drive our next revenue stream.
A truly great company, recognizes that it the continuous contributions of every company employee - especially the INDIVIDUAL contributor - who actually does the work. Very tired of managers managing to take all the rewards!
A truly great company, recognizes that it the continuous contributions of every company employee - especially the INDIVIDUAL contributor - who actually does the work. Very tired of managers managing to take all the rewards!
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Dec 16, 2008
It is very telling that a director gives his mate Mark Hurd a 5 star rating whilst the majority of the guys at the coalface give him the thumbs down. I don't want to work for you and you probably don't want someone like me. I AM in R&D and have been for 21 years at HP, helping to generate billions of dollars in revenue over the years. However as an lowly Master engineer (that's only 3 away from the top of the engineering tree) and consitently ranked in the highest band, I get diddly squat pay rise and LESS bonus than last year.
Good luck with your real time MBA project, I'll be off as soon as the job market picks up. I truly weep for a company being run by you lot. You don't really care about the employees but you probably have amassed enough money to never have to work again when it all goes belly up in 5 years. You are hiding behind the economic downturn.
P.S. Your communications are clear, you are telling us to leave. Guess what, it works, well done.
Good luck with your real time MBA project, I'll be off as soon as the job market picks up. I truly weep for a company being run by you lot. You don't really care about the employees but you probably have amassed enough money to never have to work again when it all goes belly up in 5 years. You are hiding behind the economic downturn.
P.S. Your communications are clear, you are telling us to leave. Guess what, it works, well done.
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Dec 17, 2008
You still need to keep your so-called "high performers" happy, whether they work in R&D, sales or whatever. You can't just cut all the benefits, call-off agreed pay-raises, cancel education and non-customer travelling and expect that your "high performers" will be loyal and stay if they get an offer... high performers, who have more impact on service quality then the average rest, need appriciation, which consists of both monetary and non-monetary recognition. At current they lack both.
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Dec 31, 2008
I was in management at HP before I left a few months ago. I could no longer stomach the lack of ethics and the imbalance of looking after the needs of employees and customers as well as the needs of the business. Whether they admit it or not there is in fact a long term strategy to get the average time in service with the company down to a lower level. This means replacing veterans with college hires where ever possible. The goal isn't concerned with quality at this point since senior leadership sees their services business in a mature state that will soon be retired for other opportunities as customers learn to live without good service. While senior leadership will never admit this to their employees it is quite obvious if one is making even the most casual of observations about their actions. I am so glad to no longer be a part of the slimy leadership there.
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Jan 5, 2009
Of course the person who posted this glowing comment is a director, thou shalt not bite the hand that feeds you or better yet thou shalt kiss the a__ of those above you. I would bet my meager 401K that this person is a post merger emloyee and has no idea what it was like when HP was consistently a top company to work for. As they say ignorance is bliss..... Does he/shre realize that HP survived for 60+ years with repeated stock splits, profit sharing for all and VERY hig morale? I bet not..
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Jan 6, 2009
Dear Director in Palo Alto - "strong performers who achieve results are rewarded comensurate with their contributions" Is that statement some kind of sick joke? You've got to be kidding me. Last year I was a "K" and received 0% for my raise despite being in band 3 of 5 in my pay grade. Explain that one. This year I was a "P" (and I busted my butt even harder but it was time for the forced ranking to reward someone else with no raise) and was equally rewarded (as was the rest of the company due to the "recession"). I can't wait to see the proxy statement to see how well those strong performing company officers were rewarded for the results they achieved on the backs of the IC's. You're living in a different world from the masses my friend.
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Aug 17, 2009
I didn't realize Sarah Palin worked at hp...nevertheless, you're still a mindless twit!
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Oct 9, 2009
Every manager I know at HP appears to have NEVER WORKED A DAY IN HIS OR HER LIFE. Why wouldn't they give HP the high marks? Gift horse? But for those of us who work for a living, HP is sheer terror. I've had to explain things to management virtually every day I've worked here. It's the land of managers of entitlement versis the rest of us who are accountable for all failures, while our management takes credit for all wins. Can you say Red Revolt?
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Jul 10, 2010
The other advantage of being a Director these days is that you do not even need to make a meaningful decision of your own. Mindless following of high-level directives. The review is a perfect example.
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Where is this R&D investment happening? Has corporate R&D spending increased? This is an honest question.