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It's a nice place to work, if you're not in Puerto Rico

Systems/Software Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise for 1 year
July 30, 2016
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
4.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Benefits are decent. I even have an ocular care budget, which, to me, is unheard of.

Work-life balance is good.

Most people are friendly.

Cons

Work mostly goes unnoticed.

They lie about having 'lots of opportunities to move up or explore different career paths' as management blocks lateral moves and they are usually in a hiring freeze about 80% of the year.

There are people waiting for promotions that have been passed over several times, citing "the higher-ups didn't approve it, sorry."

Starting salary is paltry compared to the states, and you DO get compared to them when evaluations come around, which is unfair as they get paid twice as much, easily.

Some systems are outdated, like pay, HR, searching for people and resources. It's all really confusing and obfuscated, almost on purpose.

Training is non-existent.

Advice to Management

Pay your employees more; they deserve it. They are in the states, not in China. This isn't outsourcing. Fight for better rights and benefits; it's your job.

Train your employees better. You can't blame people for taking a long time to do tasks or learning slowly if there's literally no training regimen or pre-prepared setups for certain things.

Listen to your employees. If someone tells you that another person is being a terrible person, or you believe they are not a nice person, don't hide behind "they do good work." That's a bad work environment, bordering on hostile.

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