Hewlett Packard Enterprise

1. Great company culture: ethical, collegial, and innovation-oriented.

2. The CEO, Meg Whitman, is probably pretty good. She's running such a large and diverse business that it's tough to know for sure, but she's definitely not bad.

3. Focused on innovation, not on large acquisitions. Real innovation, not financial engineering. I love that.

4. The resources here are great. It's a huge company with incredible experts who are willing and happy to help. You just don't get that in smaller firms. It's awesome.

1. Nothing is streamlined. We're constantly barraged by new executives saying how they're going to streamline processes, only to have them implement new processes on top of the old ones in the name of streamlining.

2. My specific business unit (in software) is struggling to find a message that resonates with customers. We have great products people use, but they're expensive, and open source is really starting to dig in. Our products are seen as relics of an older age.

3. Sales execution is not there. My "on target" earnings (base salary + bonus) is fiction. I've never seen 100%.

4. Little potential for advancement. Lip service is given to promoting from within, but when push comes to shove, "stability in the field" is given precedence over letting employees grow. It's a very bad idea.

Focus on customers.

Work to implement plans that embrace open source. Contribute to open source and own it, just like our upstart competitors do.

Make sure sales engineers are taken care of when numbers aren't put on the board, or they'll work for competitors that are making their numbers.