Hewlett-Packard Reviews

Pros

HP china is runing and operating gloablly, must think globally and act locally. Better for fresh graduates to learn and grow.

Cons

business model in HP is complex and unclear, meanwhile the strategy in enterprise service business unit are not well defined.

Pros

Great management, market leader, great products

Cons

very large company, making it less nimble and able to react to change

Advice to Senior Management

Too many ideas and products suffer from being the company being too large and all encompassing. We acquire great technology, only to have it die here. I am not just talking about webOS, however it is a great example, but other things like LeftHand, Colubris, 3PAR, 3COM, and dozens of other niche products that lose their inherent advantages and lose the people and resources that made them great. We could do much better in this area.

Pros

Relaxed - you'll have time to learn on the job

Cons

No design leadership/mentorship
Places many designers on contract and disregards their personal and career development
High turnover rate and low morale

Pros

Stable place to work without the real fear of being let go. Nothing at HP (Enterprise Services) was stressful and the work was not difficult. This would be a great job if you just didn't care and wanted a place to spend 6, 7 or 8 hours a day. The best part of working for HP was the ability to print photos for free.

Cons

Dull, boring, work environment. Poor top-level leadership; every week we'd get emails about all the new Vice Presidents we were hiring or promoting. The message from the top was disjointed and inconsistent. EDS offered better benefits and opportunities for growth.

Advice to Senior Management

Stay exactly where you are and don't acquire any new companies, ever. This will guarantee that our paths will never again cross and I won't be subject to your malaise or incompetence or both.

Pros

good resources in terms of internet, research papers and subscriptions

Cons

lack of agility, employees have the room to become complacent

Pros

* good benefits,
* good environment
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Cons

* baad compensation,
* baad managment
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Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

Big company, lots of potential
Good culture, great mid level workers, management
almost cutting edge

Cons

Slow processes
management is stagnant
too much bottom line very little risk

Advice to Senior Management

let things ride a little. Don't expect change overnight.

Pros

work life balance, work from home option, flexible

Cons

No career growth. no promotions

Pros

HP is a large company with plenty of training and advancement opportunities. the abilty to telecommute awith HP is a plus as well.

Cons

with HP, promotions will not always result in pay increases. other negatives recently with working at HP is employee morale, due to leadership changes and leader mismanagement.

Advice to Senior Management

go back to the "HP way" of running the company; treat employees with respect and reward them on par with other leading IT companies.

Pros

Nice on your CV, ok benefit

Cons

big is not always good.

Advice to Senior Management

do more communication with your employees, Meg is trying to, let's see how it goes.