Software Engineer - Software Development Engineer HP Inc. Employee Review

3.0
13 Apr 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Working along some very sharp people. For the most part there is a strong sense of commitment and teamwork. Also, for the motivated, there are opportunities to do different things and in fact management encourages moving around between various job disciplines. Since the takeover by Dion, the commitment to making very friendly and exciting products has escalated.

Cons

Strategy to drive all work possible to offshore locations. Unfortunately, this increases the stress to onshore people who have to mentor and train the offshore labor. It is very hard to take ownership for an extremely interesting project without it being fractured across timezones. The result is a very exhausting schedule between daytime and nighttime meetings. It is not uncommon to have a 14 hour start to finish day (with gaps in the middle). The office environment is subpar compared to the competition. People are packed 4/quad and there is absolutely no privacy and ability to focus on work without using noise cancelling headphones. Fortunately, there is some flexibility to work from home which can give you a better focus environment.

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1.0
3 Apr 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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