Hewlett-Packard Employee Reviews for Program Manager

"Working at HP/ webOS was a great experience. I enjoyed the people most of all. My boss and the department VP were exceptional and HP does a great job at hiring exceptional people at many levels. There was very little political posturing at the low levels and people always felt good about working there. The environment was great!"

"Excellent."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Excellent work life balance. Manage your own career. Lots of training."

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

"Be yourself, exhibit a can-do attitude. Raise your hand and volunteer."

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

"Slow promotions. Too big. Too much working at home vs in an office."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Strike a balance between working at home and working at an office... let the individual help decide, do not dictate."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Built messaging, pay was good, work from home, flexible hours, interaction with executives, strategy development, organized events, developed training."

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

"Run away - there is major reorganization and management change going on."

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

"Unorganized, too big, cold, hard to have an impact, unappreciated, just a number, hard to make friends, demanding with no reward, no raises, no incentives."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"stop reorganizing for a minute, retain experienced talent, promote from within the company, focus on key businesses and move people there."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Consumer products, international crowd, well established customer loyalty, strong player on the market."

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

"Make sure you get the right salary to start with since it is mission impossible to get a salary raise (if any)."

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

"Bureaucracy, lip services get you promoted, not merit, work or skills. Employee management is very poor, career development or talent management is nonexistent."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Empower, delegate, trust - lead by example. Defend my employees, promote from the inside, set clear expectations and set accountability - set consequences for individuals that do not collaborate and do not meet deadline and quality when they could have."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"There were a lot of very talented people that could work well together and get things done,"

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

"Get clear definition of what your role will be and what is and is not expected of you."

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

"Some of management was too focused on personal career and lost the view of what was best for the company and employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give the people working clear goals and direction and turn them loose and see what can really get done."

"HP has changed significantly now."