I used to work for EDS which was bought by HP.
EDS was a good place to work. HP, not so much. I was glad to leave.
HP was stupid with that mandatory furlough, they even required people on contracts to take it, meaning HP doesn’t get paid by the customer for the hours not worked.
I was a contractor to both EDS and HP working on the Bank of America account our group overhauled the entire branch bank network in the country routers, switches, circuits, etc.
We also always had a refresh project at the branches going on
We also did the Foundational Cisco Voice for the branches and enterprise sites and rolled into Merrill-Lynch and Countrywide Mortgage when the bank purchased them, it was a great run until HP lost most of the business under Meg Whitman