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Terrible Place for Sales Positions, Decent Base Pay & Benefits

Solutions Architect
Former Employee
Worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise for 4 years
September 12, 2021
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Most of the time, it is a low-stress environment. Base pay is decent for the amount of work required, usually. Benefits are good, and generally, ethics are considered a priority. Most of the people I worked with were great.

Cons

Unbelievable compensation issues for commission and sales incentive work. Account rostering, systems used for crediting sales, etc. are all defunct. On more than one occasion, pay was retroactively taken and awarded to other account teams whose only job is to sit and "claim" deals in Salesforce.

The above is exactly the problem. There are too many "old guard" leaders and workforce members who have made a career out of doing no work and claiming the work of others. Good leadership from acquisitions and internal growth are alienated and let go, in favor of underqualified legacy HPE managers.

No one listens to these issues, and people use their one counterexample as a way to wave off problems.

Confirmation bias is the thing that kills this place.

Advice to Management

Stop letting good leaders go. Stop rewarding useless leaders internally that shouldn't have their current position, let alone promotions.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
3.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
2.0

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