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It's sad that HP+Compaq turned into this zombie company
by bickfordb 11y ago
It's sad that HP+Compaq turned into this zombie company
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- Gibbon1 11y agoHP/Compaq had the trained staff to do what apple and google have done. But management has been busy busy cutting their way to profitability. Cutting staff to make next years numbers look good is opiate of the MBA.
- mruniverse 11y agoThe trained staff probably needed some direction to be an Apple or Google. Or at least motivation. They probably played second fiddle to the sales people. Seemed like leadership was missing. Fiorina and Whitman never seemed interested in tech. They just liked being the boss of something big. Boss of California, boss of US.
- devonkim 11y agoHP/Compaq at one point many years ago could have done what Apple and Google n years ago would have done. Today, the brain drain and demoralization at HP is far too much to overcome unless unprecedented leadership and vision on the caliber of the late Steve Jobs could possibly turn this company around. HP is a good example of why we pay great leaders what they do and... oh wait, the execs at HP are paid pretty fine for such low "performance" at doing anything besides going by the book. But for a long time I've only known HP to focus upon the bottom line rather than the top line.