Hewlett-Packard starting salary - new grads Forum

[Anonymous User]

There are worse places to be stuck at than at HP for near biglaw salary. even if you do 3-5 years of biglaw, there is no guarantee that you will get a better inhouse position. Furthermore, there is also no guarantee that it will eventually lead to a GC position. Most people in biglaw don't make it to become a partner. I remember reading somewhere that a biglaw associate is similar to being a NFL running back. Most players only last 3-5 years. There are only a small percentage of cats who will get the big money long term contracts.. ie Adrian Peterson ... LT... etc. You can't count on being in biglaw for the rest of your career.

Yes the training is somewhat decent in biglaw, but if your end goal is inhouse, which most people will end up anyways, I think it is probably a smart move to take the HP position right out of law school.

Keep in mind that even though inhouse positions value law firm experience, if you look at a lot of the job postings, they also want people who have inhouse experience as well.

Some people told me that in the past, inhouse jobs were ONLY open to people with 3-5 years biglaw. More recently, the past 5 years, more and more positions have been opening up for jr and fresh law school grads. I'm having a hard time grappling whether there is causation or correlation seeing GCs with 3-5 years biglaw experience.

[Anonymous User]

Above poster. Offer just now

PA office

Congrats!!
Mind telling me about the CB? I have mine coming up and want to be well prepared.

[Anonymous User]

Above poster. Offer just now

PA office

Congrats!!
Mind telling me about the CB? I have mine coming up and want to be well prepared.

Thanks! Be prepared for why HP/in-house. And why lit/corp/ip, whichever you are interviewing for. The rest of my questions were pretty typical of those asked during law firm interviews. Everyone was super chill.

[Anonymous User]

Above poster. Offer just now

PA office

Nice! New poster here, completed call back. Mind if I ask a few questions? I haven't heard anything yet.

Do you know how many they are taking at the office? Any indication that they had given all their offers out?

When was your call back?

Thanks! Congrats

[Anonymous User]

Above poster. Offer just now

PA office

Nice! New poster here, completed call back. Mind if I ask a few questions? I haven't heard anything yet.

Do you know how many they are taking at the office? Any indication that they had given all their offers out?

When was your call back?

Thanks! Congrats

No idea how many they are taking, but my sense was that they are expanding it (i think there were 6 last year, all in PA). i'm pretty sure they haven't given all offers out, let alone many at all. i was one of the first CBs and i had given them a deadline bc of another expiring offer. i was also told i was one of first offers. good luck and keep us updated

[Anonymous User]

Interview went well, I thought.
They didn't give any indication on a time-line or numbers of summers they were taken. It did sound like they were expanding form the last two years.
I was also told the starting salary was 150k.

[Anonymous User]

Interview went well, I thought.
They didn't give any indication on a time-line or numbers of summers they were taken. It did sound like they were expanding form the last two years.
I was also told the starting salary was 150k.

Glad to hear it went well, keep us posted

[Anonymous User]

1. Are they hiring 3Ls?
2. How do I apply?

[Anonymous User]

1. Are they hiring 3Ls?
2. How do I apply?

1. I don't think so.
2. They came to our OCI.

[Anonymous User]

1. Are they hiring 3Ls?
2. How do I apply?

I agree with poster above - I do not believe they are hiring 3Ls.
They also came to our OCI.


Ughhhh.... this wait is brutal

[Anonymous User]

1. Are they hiring 3Ls?
2. How do I apply?

I agree with poster above - I do not believe they are hiring 3Ls.
They also came to our OCI.


Ughhhh.... this wait is brutal

Which office are you waiting on?

[Anonymous User]

1. Are they hiring 3Ls?
2. How do I apply?

I agree with poster above - I do not believe they are hiring 3Ls.
They also came to our OCI.


Ughhhh.... this wait is brutal

Which office are you waiting on?

I am waiting on the Plano office.

[Anonymous User]

Any movement yet? Still waiting....

[Anonymous User]

Any movement yet? Still waiting....

I know someone waiting too

[mvp99]

Isn't HP going down the drain?

[sundance95]

Isn't HP going down the drain?

This is hyperbolic, but even if it is true, a blue chip corporation like HP is 1000 times less likely to quickly supernova into oblivion than a law partnership. Instead, they get sold or less profitable divisions are spun off. Even if its totally obvious to the entire world that the ship is going down, it's an incredibly slow death. See, e.g., Blackberry; Sears.

[Anonymous User]

Any movement yet? Still waiting....

I know someone waiting too

Still waiting as well.

[Anonymous User]

Is anyone waiting on palo alto

[FSK]

Isn't HP going down the drain?

This is hyperbolic, but even if it is true, a blue chip corporation like HP is 1000 times less likely to quickly supernova into oblivion than a law partnership. Instead, they get sold or less profitable divisions are spun off. Even if its totally obvious to the entire world that the ship is going down, it's an incredibly slow death. See, e.g., Blackberry; Sears.

Unlike a Law Partnership, HP is a real company with assets, intellectual property, value to the world, etc.

[goden]

Thoughts on the split? Affect the attorneys at all?

[Anonymous User]

Thoughts on the split? Affect the attorneys at all?

I'd be a lot more hesitant in taking the job now. These kinds of splits usually involve massive lay-offs, and the GC's office is easy to outsource to firms so it may be a target. If you're considering an HP offer and have other options, you should ask HP a lot of hard questions.

[Anonymous User]

I just received word that they recently finished up their interview process and will be making decisions shortly.

[Anonymous User]

Two years ago it was $115,000 plus a $15,000 signing bonus. While it might have increased since then, $150,000 sounds too high.

This is what it was when I applied last year. 150K sounds really high. I'm In-house at a bigger company than Hp and our junior lawyers (1-3 exp) start at 120 - 130K.

[Anonymous User]

It's 150 I was told repeatedly by people during interview and it's in my offer letter

[Anonymous User]

It's 150 I was told repeatedly by people during interview and it's in my offer letter

Considering they just upped their layoff target to 55,000 employees, it's likely to be $0. I can't imagine they maintain their legal hiring in the midst of splitting into two companies and laying off tens of thousands of employees. (http://www.businessinsider.com/hewlett- ... fs-2014-10)