I want to know when and wh6 Trump has not jumped into this. Yes auto I ndustry is in bad shape but v CSC and ESPN are talking about dumping 100,000 workers. And making them sign not to sue or work at HPE or contractors. HOW IS THIS LEGAL??? Won't anyone h ed lp us, I reviewed 30 recent WFRS all of which were long time employees. I was told by a manager if u make 80k or more ur gone. President Trump please help us before it's too late, our jobs are all going off shore.
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I can verify thst HP does take excellent rated perfo r mers, lower their ratings and then plan to dump them. What will n ed interestin g is th ed word law suit you see in my case they stated my work was outstanding but only so many could get a high rating, however i was given a 5% bonus to say sorry. Tell it to my lawyer folks.
I am a manager leaving soon. WFRs are rigged, your performance reviews are rigged, we are told who gets what. If you are on a stalled status you are targeted for WFR regardless if you are improving. If you are are on a frim fixed priced contract your time is limited. Leadership are just trying to reach a financial goal before the acquisition by CSC, and an acquisition is exactly what is it. I was forced to WFR many people. You are way better off not working here. You are considered disposable. what left of leaders don't have the skills to manage a taco stand.
FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Got wfr'd in November... start with a new job at 20% higher salary next week,,, so glad the canned me...
At my new job, I get regular feedback and I got my first review recently, the first time in years (Since before the D--k Brown EDS era) I've felt like I got a fair review.
It certainly motivates me to perform well.
HPE's management, at all levels, is entrenched in a mentality that employees need to be beaten down and kept "in their place". It is a mentality that will drive the behemoth into the ground.
The review process is a facade and most everyone knows it...except new hires full of piss and vineger. It is merely a tool utilized to cycle folks through WFR. It is an employers market. They know it. When/If jobs begin flowing back into America and workers have many more options, it will turn to an employees market whereby corps will incentivize to retain good employees because of a mere shortage....that is if we can successfully kill off the H1B visa program.
That's well and good, but some of those bad reviews aren't exactly legitimate. There are numerous people with excellent reviews that suddenly get poor review and booted out.
Often of certain ages or in certain places or showing too much ambition in trying to advance themselves rather than sitting back and earning the same low salary in the same job year after year.
It seems to be people with bad reviews they have gone after. If you were at stalled, you were on the list. Otherwise the folks I have seen have been with the company for 20+yrs
Ok, bottom line for a second. Parts of software haven't been delivering for a while. Point the figure where you want, thats fine. But they haven't and that cant continue. Cuts have to be made and 'management speak' like cost of sales is critical. Seriously, I work in a part of the business that does more revenue with fewer people. We have to deliver and we stop delivering the cuts start happening. Sorry, but its the truth. The company does not exist to keep people off the street, it exists to generate revenue and profit and hence needs to focus on this.
I know a few people in Palo Alto that were impacted with WFR in the software org.
Get rid of Meg. Let her feel what its like.
I can confirm that layoff notifications did go out in software today. I, along with at least 3 other people, were notified that our last day would be 27 January. The rumors were that this would be a deep and painful cut and I believe that to be true. Quite honestly, I wouldn't have wanted to stay any longer as what is left is going to be a bloody mess.
Interesting. I figure Microfocus may not want the amount of sales there is now but only time will tell.
I received my WFR notice today. Last day is 1/27/17. Probably fortunate it happened before the merger.
Have not heard anything here, on the software side. Definitely lots of changes happening in software
Not sure if it will be large scale like the OP says but more organizational changes were just announced by Meg involving the COO and the "spin merge" or whatever that means. Whenever there are organizational changes, there are always layoffs of some kind.
I'd check WARN notices for your state.
Proof? Or this is just a false alarm. Haven't heard of any this year yet and I'm in EG.