HP: Clever, Clever Downsizing
September 2, 2015
I have no idea if Hewlett Packard is giving employees 48 hours to decide on their future. I know that the time limit seems very MBAish. You can decide for yourself when you read “HP Layoffs Are Going on Now and Involve a New Job Offer … but No Severance.”
But the article contained a management gem, crafted by some of the folks who bought Autonomy and then wrote off billions because Autonomy was not what HP concluded Autonomy was. Yeah, I know that sounds wacky.
Here’s the passage:
A person close to the company told us last month that remaining remote workers in the HP ES division — people who lived too far to commute — were being pressured to move so they could drive in, or driving three hours each way. This even though some regional HP offices didn’t have enough desk space to accommodate them all.yee
I like the no room for employee thing. Good planning, better execution. Now what about splitting the company in half and reversing the five consecutive quarters of revenue decline?
Stephen E Arnold, September 2, 2015
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