Working at Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, CA: 56 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Palo Alto, CA Area

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What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Company has a great culture but it is declining due to competition."

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

"Follow your heart and do what is right for the company."

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

"Reward is based more on politics, less based on merits."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please do what is the best for the company, not what is best for you."

"Great people, need clearer strategy."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"It is satisfactory to see how much impact the revenue I bring can make on the company."

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

"Deliver what you promise and develop a network as soon as possible."

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

"Reward is associated more with politics rather than based on merits."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on results, do what is the best for the company, not for management individually."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Getting paid is about all I can think of at the moment."

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

"Do not do it. Under no circumstances come to this company. You'll be sorry by the end of the first day."

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

"Process hell, no equipment, constant cost cutting, administrivia, no empowerment, no freedom to make any decision, we want everyone to be creative, as long as we all do it the same way."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Oust the whole board of directors, including the CEO, and put the new CEO on salary NOT tied to stock price but tied to how many jobs he/she saves, employee satisfaction, and client satisfaction. Win in those three areas, get huge bonus, lose in any, get measly salary. Stock price gets ignored. Only way to make a CEO care about employees and clients is to remove the tie to the stock price with their compensation."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"HP is a premiere name among technical companies with many good qualities to recommend it."

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

"Like all companies, you have to show us that you bring value and a strong work ethic to the table in order to be considered."

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

"It is possible to get lost in a company that is so large."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company should strive to remember that the HP Way is what made it great."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"My experience working at HP was very good, I learned much from the culture, people, and technology there."

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

"Yes, keep a positive attitude and be prepared to make a contribution to your workplace."

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

"I have no complaints about working the company whatsoever."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no suggestions for management, they all conducted very professionally."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Making IT contribution to a research lab that did top notch research for the computer industry."

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

"Tips for interviewing include: a positive attitude, an open mind for learning and interacting with people."

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

"HP Labs was a wonderful place to work with, I have no complaints."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management was excellent, they were all talented individuals who treated their employees well."

"Not the same as it was."

"HP is a place filled with high caliber engineers with high productivities, high performance. It is an excellent enginee skills incubation place."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"It is a data driven engineer communities. You can meet many high calibers which can give you someexcellent advices both technically and personally."

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

"The projects are not focus enough and sometime engineers do not have an overall picture about assignments and waste too much timeinwrong directions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It is ultimately important to develop an object oriented program management skills.It is necessary to balance all projects between performance and budgets, and time constraints."

"Awesome place to work."

"Nice employer to work as personally and professionally."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Good team."

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

"Just be honest in answering questions."

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

"Management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve communication with employees with more info from management."