Hewlett-Packard Employee Reviews for General Manager

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."

"I was very happy with this job."

"Great company to work for!"