I think that, over the past few years, HP leadership has lost their "good guy" image. Many parts of HP can still be a great place to work. But I think that it's rotting from the top.
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Heh. I used to work for them... and couldn't agree more. :) I think a lot of it is a natural consequence of being so gosh dern big. I sometimes wonder if larger corporations and even unions could be broken into hundreds of tiny companies to make the world a better place...
--Ray
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Heh. I used to work for them... and couldn't agree more. :) I think a lot of it is a natural consequence of being so gosh dern big. I sometimes wonder if larger corporations and even unions could be broken into hundreds of tiny companies to make the world a better place...
--Ray
I used to be a contractor at the HP campus in Fort Collins working in the Enterprise Server group. I think you're right about smaller companies. I worked once at a smaller company that had recently been bought out by a larger company. In a very short time the work environment went from "very fun" to "very political, stifling, and rife with matieral for a Dilbert strip". And I think that fun work environments result in quality products. But I'm weird that way.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
As a major customer / alliance partner with HP, you should try working with them to get quotes on equipment and / maintenance from them sometime...
Absolute nightmare. What used to be the most efficient and simple of things has turned into our having to proof their quotes and advise them that they have missed this or that or didn't get something right. Does not inspire a lot of confidence in their ability and knowledge, particularly when we're talking 6 figure amounts that you then have to crunch and in turn create a quote to the end customer / owner of the equipment you are managing the environment for...
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
Even when I worked there, they were disorganized. It was a fun place to work, but if they had had better organization it would have made my job a lot easier.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
