Hewlett-Packard Employee Reviews for IT Project Manager

"I've worked for HP for 15 years. It has a good working environment. The work/balance lifestyle was very good - flexible and was able to telecommute for 7 of those years."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Collaborative engineering, trusting of workers, flexible work hours, my project is a high priority, well funded, working with the state of the art technology."

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

"People skills are equally important as hard technical skills. Be firm, friendly, IT is short staffed, be patient."

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

"Much time and money is wasted on project reporting tools that everyone fakes the info contained. The processes are overly complex. Approval processes take up to 12 people to approve before implementation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"HP silos engineers by skill set, HP should move to multi talented teams, leverage the power of collaboration."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"The people and the work keep me engaged and make this a great place."

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

"Be honest about your goals. So HP can match it."

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

"The pay and the limited growth, HP is always playing catch up on pay."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"MBWA, manage by walking around. I don't see this enough."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"I got to learn a diverse amount of technologies in order to perform my job."

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

"Always remember to emphasize a diverse background with a desire to learn new things."

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

"I had limited control on the resources I would need to complete my tasks easily and efficiently."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There needs to be more consultation with tech leads in planning for future goals."