Q&A With HP Inc. Employees

It's common for "high potentials" who are on a management track. For individual contributors, not so much.

Very common.

Very common, I have switched business, function and even continent

Yes, field sales and field service.

A few

Not really, but there are exceptions if canadite is the right fit, especially at higher levels.

Enrique is a long-time HP employee and believes in people and the HP way. He is a careful and conservative business leader that does not take undue risks, but does support some investment in potential growth areas. Recently, he has been vocal about supporting equity, inclusion, and social justice movements. Overall, I have been very pleased with Enrique as CEO.

Dion is well regarded and appears to be leading HP in the right direction.

We like Dion, he is making an old company grow and make cool, relevant products. Nobody expected HP to do this good

You can do it occasionally but they like you to be mostly on site.

For sales-coded employees it's great. There's been a drive to get people back to the office, which is silly when all of your work is with extended teams at different sites. While the party line is that you need to come in to the office, some managers are more open to telecommuting than others and let their people work from home.

It varies by each unit

Layed back and casual. Flexible schedules and friendly peoplw.

I'm a teleworker so am in the office very rarely.

Steadily keep open door policy

More risk taking

Improve new employee onboarding and training, especially in Sales.

Morale is good, and improving.

The morale in my opinion is only so-so

It feels like HP is hitting its stride and we're getting our mojo back, so I've been feeling pretty good lately.

I enjoy it and look forward to each day.

Adjusted for inflation I make less than I did when I started 12 years ago. The only way to get a significant raise at HP is to leave.

Yearly and 4-5 percent

Fairly secure, we are growing and profitable.

Very secure

HP is working hard on diversity, better than most in Tech but we have work to do.

Average I suppose

Pay for engineers is not great, but this is more than balanced by the supportive and flexible work environment. HP often rewards engineers with good communication and leadership skills. Engineers with excellent technical ability but poor interpersonal skills may struggle to advance.

Competitive.

Not at all difficult.

It isn't too difficult. I am able to come home consistently most nights at a good time and spend quite a bit of time with my family.

Merit based

HP considers the promotion path based on a job profile history and rating results history, and also business need for a promoted resource; but also the new skills and accomplishments made during the history, if this factors are not present, a promotion will be hard to justify

Very nice. Unlimited sick days so vacation doesn't have to be used.

Reasonable can earn up to 6 weeks after 10 years

After preliminary discussions with the hiring manager, you may be scheduled to come in and share your work the team. You may be sharing amongst the design team, product management and other teams that may be working with you. Afterwards, you may have the opportunity to meet with smaller teams and individuals who may ask questions regarding your experience.

The jobs are taken internally by acquaintances mostly

The employees are very busy

3D print is the future.

The Graphics and 3D print businesses are probably the biggest long term growth opportunities but in general, HP is firing on all cylinders. I certainly feel like I wound up on the right side of the Hewlett-Packard split.

it is not

Very reasonable...can adjust entry and exit times to fit schedule, more strict during deadlines (month end close) or forecast schedules, but otherwise, enough flexibility is allowed and perfectly reasonable.

Network with the recruiters who work and post for hpe

Employee and friend referral.

HP doesn't have a very good sales culture. Management is focused on controlling OPEX more than on growing sales. Training and development for the Sales organization is poor and travel budgets to get salespeople in front of customers is ridiculously tight. Sales enablement and reporting tools are other areas of weakness.

I work with smart, dedicated people.