Pros
Was once the greatest company on Earth. Inventive, inclusionary, funded risk, 22 stock splits. Yes, it wasn't all rainbows and unicorns; there were squabbles, differences of opinion, and sometimes people who didn't follow The HP Way. But over time, these people were either corrected or they left HP. When HP moved to India and Japan, the Founders didn't cut American jobs and shutdown in the US, no, they started new businesses IN these and other countries and created economic equilibrium. Not economic chaos.
Cons
This company is so sad now. The 'merge and purge head-fake' of the numerous CEO's who were pretending they were doing something so they could engorge on Bonus money by using the paychecks of the employees, has finally taken its toll. If maximizing shareholder value was the plan, well, that didn't work either. the stock never grew and split. Finally the company split and split. Who knows what they do? -I guess those large divided positioned stock players were getting $1.85 then $1.86 did get something, but they missed getting splits and $2 an $3 opportunities by back the Board for these crumbs achieved.