Depends on what you want in your job - Systems Engineer HP Inc. Employee Review

3.0
18 Jan 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Relatively relaxed environment, flexible hours, easy to switch jobs after a few years.

Cons

Little room for creativity, Large company, lots of corporate BS such as layoffs due to stock price fluctuation, progress is slow. Getting a good manager can make or break your experience. A lot of employees in their early 20s and 45+, but little in between. Get ready to be a powerpoint engineer. Heavily focused on a dying industry (printers) with little drive for innovation. Contractors are treated as second class citizens. HP Corvallis will often layoff engineers and hire them back as contractors for less pay, and they can do this because Corvallis has few other options for engineering jobs. Little respect for computer science and therefore the infrastructure is lacking.

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5.0
6 July 2026
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Pros

Globally recognized company. Good work/life balance. I don't feel micro-managed in my role. I appreciate the benefits.

Cons

Right now job security is a concern. There are frequent re-orgs. Managing operational details in a customer facing rolw.

1.0
3 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You won’t find a more resilient, good‑humored, and quietly heroic group of employees anywhere. The real pros at HP are the folks who keep delivering results, supporting each other, and holding the place together — even as they’re asked to smile through baffling executive decisions, absorb constant reorganizations, and “embrace” strategies that seem designed by consultants who’ve never met an actual customer. If you want to work with people who can turn chaos into productivity and still crack a joke about it, HP’s rank‑and‑file are world‑class.

Cons

Despite consistently strong performance reviews and years of dedication at a senior level, HP’s decision to shut down our site while offering “relocation” — at my own expense, and only if I re‑apply for the job I already do — says everything about where this company has drifted. The old CEO’s infamous slip, “In HP Business First… I mean… Customer First,” has never felt more accurate. Leadership is disconnected from the realities employees face, yet continues to bring in PwC and other cost‑cutting consultants to tell them what employees have been saying for years. HP was once a company built on innovation, trust, and people. Today, it feels like a shell of that legacy — driven by short‑term cost cutting, site closures, and decisions that undermine both employee loyalty and long‑term business health. For a company that claims to value its people, the actions tell a very different story. Use caution if you’re considering building a career here. The culture and stability that once defined HP are fading fast.

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