Working at Hewlett-Packard in Chicago, IL: 7 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Chicago, IL Area

"Autonomy is still going through absorption into Hewlett-Packard. Despite Hewlett-Packard's split into two companies, it is a solid enterprise. Autonomy, however, is in a great position in the market, but is very chaotic in its operation. True training is unheard of and a "churn and burn" attitude is taken towards its technical staff."

"Strong company and comfortable working environment."

"I have worked with HP\Autonomy since 2011, a great company, great products and great people working on this company."

"Although they are currently on a downturn I believe HP is a growing company that will hopefully find it's way back to the top."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"My account, R&D and delivery teams are committed and push to provide value add to my customers. There is also a real love of technology and innovation even though the management is Old School."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be clear on whether the opportunity moves you in the direction you want to go. Then, if it does, ask yourself how much hassle you are willing to put up with (e.g. is it okay to only do the stuff you like < 10% of the time)"

What don't you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Politics and jockeying to keep your current role, perks, titles when the company needs to embrace change to survive make the job difficult. I report my forecasts 6 different ways every week because no one can agree on a single approach to measuring business performance. So, our brand suffers and we are target practice for any journalist trying to cut his teeth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Align all of the business units to work together to optimize business results instead of operating in silos. The internal competition is counter productive and causes frustration which leads to apathy. That apathy shows in our products, sales efforts and our ability to compete with companies that are more unified."

"Great equipment & co-workers, hard to get info."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Great equipment and co-workers. Daily a lot of different situations."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"None at this time. It used to be a world class co. It's questionable whether they will achieve this again."

What don't you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Hard to get info. A culture of everybody knows that. This company has a lot of resources, the problem is locating them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the people at the battle lines. Trust them."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Nothing, joined HP by acquisition, and in less than a year got laid off."

What don't you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Bad experience, work invariant not conducive."