HPE sales chief Peter Ryan abandons ship amid downsizing ploy

my bet new director

Opportunity for new, habil, conciliative, productive, young but experimented director may be HP´s Gonzalo Usandizaga

mixed emotions

It's with mixed emotions

That's classic US manager speak for "Thank God he's going, but I'd better not say that".

Sales speak for "he missed his number and would rather leave on his own than be sent packing". At least this way when the company misses plan for the year, he isn't there to take the fall. When they backfill, the FNG will be viewed as their saviour for a few quarters as well, unless they also fail to perform.

Welcome to sales, here's your quota and your pink slip. Miss the first, sign and date the second.

Scapegoat

Classic corporate exit. "Your fired, so we will send out an email saying that you want to spend more time with your family". HPE sales are probably falling off the cliff, and a scapegoat has been identified for the annual cull of senior executives.

It was Neri or Ryan for the top job....

And Neri go the president job, next in line after meg leaves. Ryan didn't so he is going, is my guess. Can't blame him. I worked there for a while and both men are really good guys and talented execs in a really bad situation. HPE is screwed. Losing Peter Ryan is a loss for HPE. Peter Ryan will be an asset no matter where he goes.

HP Loses Another Good Manager

My spouse used to work for Peter Ryan at HP. He was a stand-up guy. Smart, hard-working, good with people, non-political, unflappable. With all the senior managers from HP over the years who have resigned, or been forced out for not making their numbers, when is it going to be admitted that perhaps the problem with HP is at the very top. Bribing stock holders with dividends to keep the stock price up while laying off boatloads of employees and selling off the assets that previous management teams have accumulated is not a strategy. In fact, it is so counter-productive that it makes all the managers trying to implement that strategy seem incompetent, whether they are or not.

My heart bleeds!