3.0
17 Oct 2013
Former employee, more than 1 year
Corby, Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Good compensation, good culture, some very smart and creative people. Exciting technology in some areas.
Cons
Management dysfunction in various places from the top down. Like many successful privately-owned companies, it's run more like a startup or fiefdom than a corporation, but the company is too big for that approach to work well. HP's gut feel is no longer the optimal arbiter for making corporate decisions. Some severe personnel difficulties I witnessed could have been avoided had the company embraced management development and high-quality HR best practice properly.