Hewlett-Packard Company Message Board
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Next CEO better be a cost cutter!
HP needs a cost cleansing....old guys hanging around with big salaries...too many layers of management....pathetic IT.
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For example, from software sales in the field, which is what I do, there are SEVEN-yes, 7--layers of people leading up to Ann LiverLess--I mean, Livermore, that being she who makes decisions to screw up territories, assign accounts to salespeople living 1500 miles from a G1K corporate account's HQ, and then she and Ferrar wonder why SW Sales are down and most people will not make quota. HP runs SW like a hardware company and has absolutely no clue whatsoever.
- 1 Reply to i_am_hp_or_hurds_pecker
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28Million Wal-Mart GOON!
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Right on! Now that the 'worker bees' have been let go and that China / India are in full force, it is time to get rid of that entire American Domestic middle / upper management layer - let's squeeze out some more cost savings! Hurd's work is unfinished!
- 2 Replies to jaaceedee2001
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Hurd's work has just started....HP never has had a soul to be damned...it is a business. plenty of IT shops in your area are looking for good techs and so will the HP partner channel. Move on...take one for the team...you are too expensive for the stockholders.
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start with Hurds underlings that he has been protecting and paying off!!
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HP operates a lot like the old Digital Equipment Corp (DEC). On the surface they look good but you walk through an unmarked door and find a mgt dining room with table linens, waiters, and prime rib on the spit. HP needs to do some "house cleaning" and eliminate the waste that has been built up over the years. The current mgt team is incapable of this task, they are too busy getting seconds on the prime rib. Maybe a new CEO can sweep clean with his broom.
- 2 Replies to gpd8252
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Indeed....they are tone deaf.
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Where the hell have you been. Hurd cut and cut and cut. He hurt the company but don’t worry he made sure there was no pain for him and his cronies. The blind on Wall Street loved him
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there ain't nothing left to cut unless you move to whole show to china. That's no lie.
- 3 Replies to labor4sure
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HP has lost it's soul.
They will never get it back and I dont mean lost it's soul becasue Hurd is gone,. I mean Carly and, Mark and the BOD have removedalmost everything that was good and great about the company. Shame on all of them and lets see the money grab they take as usual this year. Give Hurd a severence package after all this and after they stripped worker bee severance and benefits for everyone else of a humanistic severence deal f'em all! -
most American white collar workers are still grossly over-paid for what they do....salaries for that type of work should be 25% lower....$60k instead of $80k is MORE THAN ENOUGH PAY!!!
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Don't forget the lavish pay and stock option for the a few executives.
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CNBC says HURD was the costcutter--a visionary is now required
- 6 Replies to auntiedini
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I totally agree, Hurd was a cost cutter and it will show in the earnings. HP needs a visionary, another Steve Jobs. Someone that is a conceptual thinker, can bring teams together, motivate and encourage individuals to think outside the box. Another Jack Welch would be the answer, any prospects that come to mind??
How about:
Jeffrey Bezoz, Amazon
Eric Schmidt, Google
John Thompson, Symantec
Richard Batelaan, Cbeyond
Thomas Engibous, Texas Instruments
Thoughts, the company is in great shape, a visionary is needed and sooner rather than later.
Aero
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