Hewlett-Packard Employee Review

I worked at Hewlett-Packard

Pros – Our staff supported each other contstantly. When one rep discovered a solutution to a common problem, it was shared throughout the team. Knowledge sharing occured at the highest level of any tech organziztion I have ever worked with. Best team environment I have ever worked in.

Cons – After the merger between Bellsouth and at&t, we could see changes was coming. It was one and a half years later, but management finally put something out in puplic so we would know this for certain; IBM was awarded the contract for continuing pc, server, and network suppot. EDS was being taken off the account. This started a many of the people looking for other work, and sometimes leaving when the right position came along. Work with less staff, made it all the more stressfull for those still working to keep the account running. IBM did not communicate with EDS/HP very professionally, withheld time lines, personnel change impacts. Our last day was Dec 31, 1999, but we did not have a seperation conference between EDS/HP, AT&T, and IBM until November.

Advice to Senior Management – My advice would be to communicate with admin and tech staff reguarly the last 6 months of the transistion disclosing plans to close the account and the time and event for each milestone. Each day, our staff felt like slaves at oars in the bottom of the giant battle ship. We are told not be concerned with what is going on outside, just keep rowwing as hard as you can, damn it!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend