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HP, HPE accused of coordinated plan to oust older staff

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Re: HP, HPE accused of coordinated plan to oust older staff

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Post by dig1 »

AdrianB1 wrote: post #3

I work for a company that managed to keep an older and very incompetent guy for 15 years doing almost nothing; the guy was an IT technician coming part of an acquisition and they promoted him as manager at the time of the acquisition. I know him very well, I was probably his closest friend in the company: he was a very decent technician and a very nice person (that part explains the friendship), but not a manager, he…

Are you a public company or aiming to sell? Part of parent company with similar strategy? Usually this kind of "diversification" generates sort of "good" news, inflating prices. Promoting ordinary dudes isn't something that moves the stocks.

Re: HP, HPE accused of coordinated plan to oust older staff

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Post by AdrianB1 »

dig1 wrote: post #11
AdrianB1 wrote: post #3

I work for a company that managed to keep an older and very incompetent guy for 15 years doing almost nothing; the guy was an IT technician coming part of an acquisition and they promoted him as manager at the time of the acquisition. I know him very well, I was probably his closest friend in the company: he was a very decent technician and a very nice person (that part explains the friendship), but not a manager, he…

Are you a public company or aiming to sell? Part of parent company with similar strategy? Usually this kind of "diversification" generates sort of "good" news, inflating prices. Promoting ordinary dudes isn't something that moves the stocks.

It is one of the most known companies in the world, not IT but having products in almost every house. It is known for a very disputed toxic masculinity add not so long ago.

Re: HP, HPE accused of coordinated plan to oust older staff

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Post by AdrianB1 »

throwaway173834 wrote: post #8
AdrianB1 wrote: post #3

I work for a company that managed to keep an older and very incompetent guy for 15 years doing almost nothing; the guy was an IT technician coming part of an acquisition and they promoted him as manager at the time of the acquisition. I know him very well, I was probably his closest friend in the company: he was a very decent technician and a very nice person (that part explains the friendship), but not a manager, he…

What I don't get is how incompetent IT technicians are even hired in the first place. I'm an IT worker in a large financial institution and none of my teammates have the slightest clue on how to do their jobs. The latest hire who was brought on as a combination worker/team lead tried to open a heap dump in Notepad this week... COVID-19 couldn't have occurred at a worse time for me.

Competent technicians are hired to change cables in the server room, switch the tapes in the backup devices in smaller offices where there is no autoloader, reinstall Windows for end users, replace a keyboard etc. If you promote that guy to manager level you get a very incompetent manager.

Re: HP, HPE accused of coordinated plan to oust older staff

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Post by AdrianB1 »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #5
AdrianB1 wrote: post #3

I work for a company that managed to keep an older and very incompetent guy for 15 years doing almost nothing; the guy was an IT technician coming part of an acquisition and they promoted him as manager at the time of the acquisition. I know him very well, I was probably his closest friend in the company: he was a very decent technician and a very nice person (that part explains the friendship), but not a manager, he…

In which country is that? In the German speaking world I've never seen diversity promotions, quite the opposite, you gotta be male, white and German to rise through the corporate ranks.

The company has offices in almost every country in the world, including a few in Germany. I know personally a lady in Germany that was just promoted on the same diversity fast-track, she is now a senior IT manager that cannot write a line of code in any language, cannot tell what is TCP vs UDP or have an idea what is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS. And I cannot say it is because she is too old for that, she is less than 30.

Re: HP, HPE accused of coordinated plan to oust older staff

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

AdrianB1 wrote: post #14
ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In which country is that? In the German speaking world I've never seen diversity promotions, quite the opposite, you gotta be male, white and German to rise through the corporate ranks.

The company has offices in almost every country in the world, including a few in Germany. I know personally a lady in Germany that was just promoted on the same diversity fast-track, she is now a senior IT manager that cannot write a line of code in any language, cannot tell what is TCP vs UDP or have an idea what is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS. And I cannot say it is because she is too old for that, she is…

Damn, you're giving me serious FOMO. I've been working for the wrong company. =))

Re: HP, HPE accused of coordinated plan to oust older staff

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Post by BerislavLopac »

AdrianB1 wrote: post #12
dig1 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you a public company or aiming to sell? Part of parent company with similar strategy? Usually this kind of "diversification" generates sort of "good" news, inflating prices. Promoting ordinary dudes isn't something that moves the stocks.

It is one of the most known companies in the world, not IT but having products in almost every house. It is known for a very disputed toxic masculinity add not so long ago.

So they're the best a man can get. I don't see a problem.
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