An incredibly bloated company with very top-heavy management. Working for HP either as a
contractor,
consultant, or
employee can be a flashback to the old
style days of the
military-industrial complex- with strict
rate structures, lots of
paperwork, and a whole bunch of
people who sit around not doing very much.
Still, if you work for this company for any amount of time,
it may be a refreshing breather from
Silicon Valley's stress farm way of life. The
HP way is one of treating your employee's non-work life with respect with lots of
flex-time,
telecommuting, and
maternal leave. A warning though: the
dilbert principle applies in full force here!