Hewlett-Packard Reviews

Pros

work life balance
easy to take a leave

Cons

compensation, benefits and pay needs to be worked on

Advice to Senior Management

compensation, benefits and pay needs to be worked on

Pros

Access to some interesting products
HP name opens doors
Opportunity to travel and gain Int'l experience
Many intelligent and nice people within the company
Some Sr Management actually know how to manage

Cons

Outside of the CA offices, pay is a bit lower than the norm
Constant reorg'ing has taken its toll on employees
Newer management are learning as they go
Working at HP has become known as a short-term career move vs a long-term

Advice to Senior Management

Spend more time trying to keep the current excellent employees would mean less time wasted constantly trying to recruit new ones all the time.

Pros

Work-life balance, nice colleagues, freedom

Cons

Low pay and declining benefits

Advice to Senior Management

Value your people from all levels

Pros

* new job opportunities always come up
* expected benefits (health, dental, 401k, employee stock purchase etc...)
* decent amount of time off
* some very good managers
* open door management policy

Cons

* can be difficult to move up the ladder
* upper management constantly moving around and difficult to keep track of "who's who"
* negotiate pay upfront, getting a raise can be difficult

Advice to Senior Management

streamline processes

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

You can work with some excellent professionals who have a great work ethic and dedication to their role.

Cons

Easy to be anonymous given the lack of physical work places and the sheer size of the operation.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on core competencies.

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 from home flexibility
professional growth opportunities
some really excellent people to work with
interesting work and some opportunity to choose projects to work on

Cons

pay raises pretty close to non existent. Mgmt hopes same annual bonus each year keeps you happy

HP strives that each benefit be "market average". Average in every benefit = less than average across all benefits.

workload can be quite heavy. Nobody thinks twice of 6 PM meetings and some are genuinely surprised if you can't make a Saturday meeting

promotions seem very hard to come by. internal transfers almost always can't contain a promotion element because that represents an unfair advantage for the hiring manager. HP seems more willing to hire a stranger for the higher position than promote from within.

Advice to Senior Management

more communication is needed from senior mgmt. Meg started out with regular communication but now we don't hear much.

Pros

Lot of history
good work ethics
Knowledgeable management

Cons

Focused in too many product areas

Pros

Work life balance, good learning, experience includes working with international colleagues, exposure to different cultures. Challenging assignments and projects. Good benefits, training, internal movement horizontally. Rich history, brandname and strong resilient background of the company.

Cons

Career growth opportunities are limited. Some teams have internal politics. Has a culture of over dependence on manager only appraisal, without taking in to account other other types of feedback. Salary is not benchmarked with the best in industry.

Advice to Senior Management

Have 360 degree feedback and appraisal, reduce politics in the teams. Senior management need to be more sensitive. Company lacks clear direction in 2011.