[Info-vax] Expect 3 feet of snow -- HP is hiring OpenVMS developers

[IanD]

On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 11:58:30 PM UTC+10, seasoned_geek wrote:
> On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 10:33:15 AM UTC-5, MG wrote:
> > seasoned_geek schreef op 20-mei-2015 om 22:36:
> > > Fuzzy dice on a rear view mirror are red flags for a red neck [...]
> > 
> > Rest assured, you wouldn't have to worry about /that/ at HP.
> > <http://www8.hp.com/us/en/jobs/working-at-hp.html>
> > 
> >   - MG
> 
> Actual mileage does vary.
> 
> http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/outsourcing/2013/01/hp-troubles-show-dangers-of-demotivated-staff-to-business.html
> 
> http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Hewlett-Packard-RVW5848370.htm

Well, I was at a company for near on 17 years that eventually fell into HP's hands. Our account was profitable every year without fail and we grew over that time in size and profit

Wind the clock forward and we were sold to HP during the downturn (later it was revealed after the shareholder vote that it wasn't necessary to sell...)

10 months later after the *cough* merger *cough* (read, sell-out / by-out), HP decides all our jobs can be done in India along with a whole swag of other systems / applications as a bundled deal to the customer

It didn't matter that we were making a profit every year, to HP, all that mattered was the size of the profit and India = bigger profits in their eyes

5 years later on I heard from someone I know who is within the ranks of HP, that the outsourcing deal has been declared a failure by the customer and that the customer is moving a lot of the business back onshore, but under their own business, not under HP's, they are decoupling themselves from HP now

Comeuppance ? Perhaps :-)