Hewlett-Packard Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Hewlett-Packard full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Telecommute facility
Compensations - health and otherwise
annual bonus
Result oriented work environment

Cons – I do not have anything negative about my work experience.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the employees that are high level and loyal to you.

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

Current Employee – been working at Hewlett-Packard full-time

Pros – Opportunity for advancement is there

Cons – Typical cons of a large corporation

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

Current Employee – been working at Hewlett-Packard full-time for more than a year

Pros – Even though dealing with a RIF has not been fun, I have to admit that my management has been very supportive and encouraging regarding professional growth within the company. My managers are some of the most genuine and sincere people for whom I've ever worked. Even though I've had interest in looking at jobs elsewhere, my salary and the support I get in the workplace make it very hard to even want to look elsewhere.

Cons – It's a huge company. Sometimes, you feel lost in the masses. That is doubly true if you don't work on an HP campus facility. I work at a client site, and even though we have a sizable group of HP staffers working here, it's still easy to fit isolated.

Advice to Senior Management – Never lose sight that your employees are your greatest asset.

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

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

Pros – its great place with good team sprit's.

Cons – none I can think off

Advice to Senior Management – lead us in right direction . we are here to male HP proud

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

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

Pros – HP is one of the great, iconic companies in Silicon Valley and around the world. With Meg Whitman at the helm, the company is finally getting back its spirit and culture.

I love coming to work with such brilliant, passionate people every day. There's a renewed focus on customers, employees, innovation, and quality products, and it shows.

Leaders seem to be inspired and working from the same playbook, following through on the commitments they make.

Cons – There's a long history of poor management and sprawl to overcome, and it's a lot of work to get the company on track.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the great work, and the focus on being "One HP" rather than a collection of disconnected business units. Our current leadership team is doing a great job with communication and transparency with employees, customers, and the media. You have a team of amazing employees rooting for you and ready to contribute to this company's great story. Keep it up!

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

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

Pros – Large company with lots of room to move around
Many areas will allow very flexible work arrangements eg working from home to various degrees depending on current management chain

Cons – Salaries aren't the highest
There is a lot of emphasis on hiring in lower cost areas which makes it harder for folks in places like CA

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the momentum towards thinking of employees more as people and valuable resources than commodities.

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 7 years

Pros – Exposure to many parts of the business and management

Cons – long hours, significant travel expected

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hewlett-Packard

Pros – Many interesting areas to work in, if you have a good manager you will have some flexibility to choose interesting problems to work on. Lots of smart people to work with with varying backgrounds.

Cons – The previous CEOs have caused a lot of damage to the company. Hurd sacrificed the long term growth of the company (R&D) for short term profits. Apotheker caused a lot of confusion and damage by killing webOS. The current CEO is trying to improve things and get the culture back to where it used to be, but the jury is still out on if she will succeed.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop reorganizing ever few months and give people some stability so they can get their work done.

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

Pros – Plenty of opportunities. You get out what you put in!

Cons – They used to have free drinks for the employees - not any more....

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 10 years

Pros – Great team work, plenty of opportunities for advancement, lots of diversity.

Cons – With acquisitions (Compaq, EDS, etc.), HP struggled to integrate cultures. That led to more divisiveness, in an already-siloed company.

Advice to Senior Management – Revert back to culture of Bill and Dave days. Colleagiality, teamwork, flat management layers, opportunity for advancement, integration with local communities.

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