Business as usual at HP

One would think that after the bruising battle over Carly Fiorina and the subsequent "spy scandal" over snooping on journalists, the one lesson Hewlett-Packard would take away was the necessity of absolute transparency in dealing with the media and analysts. Fat chance. In mid-June, HP announced the consolidation of U.S. call-center activities in Rio Rancho, N.M. and Conway, Ark. The disposition of employees at other locations would be announced later, HP said. On June 25, the Colorado Springs Gazette carried a front-page story that local HP employees were told they could move to New Mexico, or lose their jobs. An HP spokesman had no comment on the substance of the discussions. Is it really necessary in the era of Web 2.0 real-time rumor to reiterate the Robert's Rules for the media? When an internal company announcement is... [read full story]