No career development, no raises, no investing in R&D. The company is falling - Engineer HP Inc. Employee Review

1.0
Feb 15, 2019
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Pros

Nothing good at all at HP

Cons

Printing and PCs are dead. The business is falling apart. Management only makes numbers look good using layoffs and cost reduction. Deadlines are tight, scope is high and resources are low. There is no development at all. One has to wait over 15 years to get a promotion and salary raises are below 3% at best. A lot of experienced employee are complacent because they won’t get fired. They don’t add value to the teams and get away with doing the minimum. They know HP will pay everyone the same regardless of performance so why bother working hard? This leaves 1-2 people from the team doing most of the work until they burn and leave to go elsewhere

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Apr 3, 2026
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Pros

You won’t find a more resilient, good‑humored, and quietly heroic group of employees anywhere. The real pros at HP are the folks who keep delivering results, supporting each other, and holding the place together — even as they’re asked to smile through baffling executive decisions, absorb constant reorganizations, and “embrace” strategies that seem designed by consultants who’ve never met an actual customer. If you want to work with people who can turn chaos into productivity and still crack a joke about it, HP’s rank‑and‑file are world‑class.

Cons

Despite consistently strong performance reviews and years of dedication at a senior level, HP’s decision to shut down our site while offering “relocation” — at my own expense, and only if I re‑apply for the job I already do — says everything about where this company has drifted. The old CEO’s infamous slip, “In HP Business First… I mean… Customer First,” has never felt more accurate. Leadership is disconnected from the realities employees face, yet continues to bring in PwC and other cost‑cutting consultants to tell them what employees have been saying for years. HP was once a company built on innovation, trust, and people. Today, it feels like a shell of that legacy — driven by short‑term cost cutting, site closures, and decisions that undermine both employee loyalty and long‑term business health. For a company that claims to value its people, the actions tell a very different story. Use caution if you’re considering building a career here. The culture and stability that once defined HP are fading fast.

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