Comments on: Hewlett-Packard's plans for EDS

By: Mary B., Tulsa, OK

Mary B., Tulsa, OK — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:09:16 +0000

I am an EDS, now HP employee. At my location alone there have been rounds and rounds of layoffs. We have also taken SEVERAL salary cuts. One of which was only applied to EDS employees!?!?! When Rittenmeyer sold EDS, he sold out all the loyal EDS employees that have been here for decades.

By: j jones derby england

j jones derby england — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:35:19 +0000

EDS and HP have excellent workers. EDS has awful, uncaring management. Ask the employees and the customers. The hope is that the new HP Managers will be able to lead and motivate the workforce. Integrity is a black hole with EDS Management.

By: Don, Plantation FL

Don, Plantation FL — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:23:34 +0000

I hate their friggin India or Philipine based tech support. It took me a whole 25 minutes to be able to connect with someone and communicate the model number of my HP printer.

"M-L-1-5, no M, no M as in Mary, L-1-5, no L, no M-L. Let's start all over …"

By: Alexandre Martin, Paris, France

Alexandre Martin, Paris, France — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:28:27 +0000

I'm working for EDS in France and I'm confident that HP will find a lot of US and UK EDS managers with no added value spending time to micromanage other countries by controling activities, validating stupid workflows and by final, destructing any local management initiatives.

Hurt and Ann : you have a great opportunity to clarify and simplify EDS organization which is more looking – from my point of view, and from the point of view of many of my collegues – as a private and expensive administration than a flexible and business oriented company !

Good luck !

By: Some Guy, SLC, UT

Some Guy, SLC, UT — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:31:26 +0000

I support computer hardware. When contact Dell Chat I get someone in SLCUT (that's the code that comes up), when I contact Lenovo Thinkpad support (IBM) I generally get someone down sought like in Alabama.

When I contact HP I get India for customer service, and I get someone in an Asia country.

By: Corp Insider, Houston, TX

Corp Insider, Houston, TX — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:44:02 +0000

Keep in the mind that the U.S. Govt. (including the US NAVY) typically purchases equipment from the lowest bidder. That being said, you also get what you pay for. Now do the math. Nuff said.

By: Mike Atlanta Georgia

Mike Atlanta Georgia — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:36:00 +0000

I left HP on my own after 19 years. Eight years ago during the Fiorina Dynasty I saw the writing on the wall. Seeing CF as a darling of the McCain campaign and here he mentioned as VP material only reinforces my concern about McCains decision making processes.

While at HP I had the "pleasure" of working with some EDS'ers and the irony of their laments here is not lost on me. They were, to say the very best I can say, only as arrogant as the Aurther Anderson types.

To read the crying and whining about how bad HP is treating or dind treat them only makes me wonder what would happen if the proverbial shoe was on the other foot.

As for Bill and Dave turing in teir graves I can only second that comment. HP WAS a model of respect for the individual employee an at the same time a model of business success for its industry. Now after CF and with Hurd it is neither.

By: Shad, Hermosillo, Mexico

Shad, Hermosillo, Mexico — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:25:01 +0000

Sure, they'll cut costs by firing 25,000 employees. But what were those people doing – nothing??? Current EDS customers will probably be on red alert status to see what kind of "service" a company will provide after it cuts so many jobs.

By: Richard Crooks, Whitehall, WI

Richard Crooks, Whitehall, WI — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:51:10 +0000

I have a HP laptop and I would never buy another one. These companies keep out sourcing and expect us to buy there junk. Once they have everyting out sourced who is going to be able to buy there stuff anyway with no jobs.

By: Robert Pierson

Robert Pierson — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:21:52 +0000

Comments noted