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Political Environment You Can Slack Off In... Until You're Outsourced

Systems/Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise for 4 years
August 26, 2016
Houston, Texas
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Not at all demanding. So much churn means that your priorities shift drastically from one quarter to another, and you don't have any solid deliverables. The stock price is going up, though that's at the cost of your coworkers' jobs being sold or spun off.

Cons

Payscale is low. They claim to value tenure, but that just values people who keep their heads down. The technical advancement board is archaic and uninformed.

The environment is highly political. Everyone is getting outsourced, shifted, and spun off, so everyone is fighting for their fiefdom and stabbing other groups in the back.

HPE doesn't invest in its employees. If you want training, you'll have to hope it's in the HPE training system (which is awful) or pay for it yourself. Also, people who can BS their way up the ladder are kept safe, even when unrealistic deadlines and promises are made.

Advice to Management

Invest in your employees. Stop cutting budgets every quarter. Get rid of most of the middle managers, as well as people who promise things but have no authority to do so.

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