Hewlett-Packard Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Hewlett-Packard full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great people (especially long time employees and new college hires). Good large corporation benefits.

Cons – Not much news here, disfunctional and mediocre Board of Directors, averaage senior management.

Advice to Senior Management – Cut the overhead & management fat. Eliminate &/or reduce the Business Groups & Units stovepipes. Allocate more resources to innovation and customer facing resources.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hewlett-Packard full-time for more than a year

Pros – Excellent technology and good people.

Cons – Could not properly market and sell competitively.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hewlett-Packard full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Management genuinely making effort understand and treat staff well - even in a tough environment.
Great place to learn - so many opportunities to move and grow.

Cons – Salaries are lower than some other industries.
Job security is iffy for those that are not stellar performers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hewlett-Packard full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Received and continue to receive growth opportunities. Work with amazing people who strive as a team to succeed.

Cons – Be ready to put in extra hours and have the ability to manage tight deadlines with the added pressure for excellence.

Advice to Senior Management – No time for C players...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Hewlett-Packard full-time for more than a year

Pros – lots of options to move within divisions

Cons – HR process driven "large corp" feeling

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hewlett-Packard full-time for less than a year

Pros – nice environment. fun for young people

Cons – Boring job with metrics that many manipulate to look good

Advice to Senior Management – change metrics so they reward right kind of behavior,

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hewlett-Packard full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Big name and a big brand are nice. Easy to explain who your employer is at social gatherings.

Cons – You're one of about 350,000 and that becomes pretty evident. There is a lot of red tape to do anything outside the box. A lot of products rushed to market. Work/Life balance is what you make of it - but it's easy to be swept away into an always on lifestyle.

Advice to Senior Management – Talk to us

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hewlett-Packard for more than 7 years

Pros – Opportunity to work with great people; performance based raises; global company; decent benefits package; some flexibility with hours and remote work depending on job role

Cons – US based employees face constant threat of outsourcing and layoff; salary is not consistent with market; do more with less culture, high stress

Former Employee – worked at Hewlett-Packard full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – People are respected and given responsibility. I worked on interesting projects and with very smart people. Lot of opportunities to learn new skills. Competitive salary and benefits.

Cons – In recent years cut backs to R&D have caused a lot of the innovation to stop. A lot of good people left or were let go.

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in R&D. Don't try to be IBM. Get out of commodity businesses.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hewlett-Packard full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – free food at their hq
lots of technical challenges
If you are able to get on a smaller project, you can be left alone for a while and be a lot more efficient. If you are on a flagship product, expect a lot of time wasting with meetings

Cons – management is lacking a purpose or direction. they are still stuck in the past and the heavy processes are killing innovation

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend