Hewlett-Packard Reviews in Shanghai, China Area

Pros

Overall, Hewlett-Packard is a good employer to work for as it provides opportunity for me to growth and advance, as well as a good work environment.

Cons

The company is not really invest enough in innovation.

Advice to Senior Management

We have too much focus now as a whole, it might be better to focus on a few to really lead and change the industry, and to do more investment in innovation and talents. Cost cutting is not a sustainable solution.

Pros

Learning new things and new people

Cons

Manager is too much dependent on relationship not evaluating skills fairly.

Advice to Senior Management

Be fair and honest towards the company's goal

Pros

1. General name brand recognition
2. Clean work environment

Cons

1. If you're located out of a non-Western country, then you are treated as a second-class employee who services the HPers in the U.S. or Europe
2. Pay is not competitive to other western headquartered companies (or even some Chinese IT companies e.g. Neusoft) with "outsourced" locations near you
3. Too many "people managers"! Many of them don't understand the technical product or its development cycle

Advice to Senior Management

Morale is low among the rank & file at HP. Turnover will continue to be high if HP management in Palo Alto and overseas, doesn't start recognizing and rewarding loyal & talented employees -- who are referred to as "resources" at HP :( Those 'resources' will continue to take their talent to IBM or SAP or ...

Pros

good compensation, nice colleagues, good work-life balance, could work at home,

Cons

poor career development opportunity, little salary raise, too many email communication, too many reports, sometimes have to work at irregular time

Pros

Self-Motivated people can do better here I guess.

Cons

Don't get disappointed if you are not recognized as you expected.

Advice to Senior Management

Please recognize them whom are to be recognized and not them who claims for recognization.

Pros

Lots of learning resources to learn a lot of things

Cons

Pace of getting things done is very slow.

Advice to Senior Management

Less red-tape, less bureacracy, quicker response.

Pros

Knowledge sharing, Good colleagues
Hp Values and Hp ways

Cons

Not share the growth with the employee

Pros

it is very flexible to work in HP, the environment is good, people are professional and nice, and good place for career development as well.

Cons

business units are widely set and bring more competitors, there are not many HP branded competative software and service products. and yes, too many cost down initiatives.

Advice to Senior Management

streamline all the business units, own more strong software products, see more possibilities to grown business with hight margins and/or profits.

Pros

You can work at home, the working time is not fixed. Most of the HP managers are kind, unlike most China local companies, they usually are too tough to their employees.

Cons

Manager almost know nothing about IT management and don't have clear plans in their mind, what they care is all about money and customer, it is more like an insurance company than a technical company

Advice to Senior Management

Care more about team management as well as money

Pros

Strong financial balance sheet
Either #1 or #2 in almost every major division
Direct management team is the best i've ever worked for

Cons

No job opportunities for American Engineers
All engineering jobs are moving to either Taiwan, China or India and Americans have not been given chance to move with their jobs.
They do not value their employee's. Employee's ratings mean nothing when it comes to layoff's. You can be a K performer and still be laid off because you are not in Asia.
All employee's took a 5% permanent paycut last year while the executive VP's took home millions and millions dollars worth of bonuses and options. How do you justify that?

Advice to Senior Management

Make this a place that people would be proud to work at again.