The Layoff Club

Laid off from HPE.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced plans to cut about 2,500 roles in March 2025 chasing $350 million in savings, then closed the $13.4 billion Juniper deal and started integrating overlapping teams. A different company from HP, with different layoffs.

At a glance

What's known about HPE severance and layoffs

  • About 2,500 roles · Cost program announced March 2025
  • $350M gross · Savings target by fiscal 2027
  • About $350M · Estimated program cash charges, March 2025 filing
  • $13.4B · Juniper acquisition, closed July 2025
  • $418 million · Severance charged company-wide in fiscal 2025
  • Over 9% since programs began · Workforce reduction reported June 2026
  • One July 2016 plan document · Severance formula on record
  • 2 covering 113 jobs · Filings in our tracker since 2025

Recent HPE layoffs

HPE's September 2026 results still carry the cost program

HPE reported fiscal 2026 third quarter results on 2 September 2026 for the quarter ended 31 July 2026, with record revenue of $12.2 billion and networking revenue up 74.9 percent after the Juniper acquisition. That same release still lists a cost reduction program among the items it adjusts out, so the program the board approved in March 2025 was still carrying charges in that quarter. Our tracker holds no filings for the company in 2026.

Previous rounds

HPE layoff history

HPE has been running two reductions at once, and which one caught you changes what the public record says about it. The board approved a cost reduction program on 6 March 2025, aimed at roughly $350 million in gross savings by fiscal 2027 through workforce reductions, and Antonio Neri put it at about 2,500 positions plus expected attrition over 12 to 18 months. The Juniper Networks acquisition closed that July for about $13.4 billion, doubling the size of HPE's networking business and bringing two overlapping product organizations under one roof. By the June 2026 earnings call HPE was describing its Catalyst savings work and the Juniper synergies as both ahead of schedule, with a workforce reduction of over 9 percent since the programs began.

The filings carry numbers the announcements left out. HPE charged $418 million in severance across fiscal 2025 and paid out $229 million of it, closing October 2025 with a $238 million severance liability on the balance sheet. Over the nine months that followed it charged another $120 million and paid out $237 million, ending 31 July 2026 with $121 million still owed. Those are company-wide totals covering every reason for severance in the period rather than a per-person figure, and they sit alongside the roughly $350 million in cash charges HPE estimated for the cost program when it announced one.

On what HPE pays a laid-off employee, there's exactly one real document and it's a decade old. The company's July 2016 workforce reduction FAQ for US employees set cash severance at 11 weeks of base pay, added 0.4 week for each year of qualifying service beyond 11 years, then subtracted the 60-day pay equivalent it advanced after the last day of employment. Its own worked example shows what that subtraction does. Sixteen years of service at $1,200 a week came to $13,200 of minimum severance plus $2,400 for the extra years, minus $10,285.68 of 60-day pay, leaving a cash severance payment of $5,314.32 and $15,600 in total plan benefits. The same document treated that 60-day money as what it pays when a reduction falls under the federal WARN law. Nothing in the reporting we track shows a successor formula.

Where the two portfolios overlapped is itself on the record. Campus wireless, campus and access switching, SD-WAN and network management each ended up with an Aruba product and a Juniper product doing the same job, while routing and service provider work arrived additive with nothing to collide with. Rami Rahim, Juniper's former chief executive, took over the combined HPE Networking business at the close. The reductions that followed the integration came with no separate announcement and no official count, and what circulates instead are employee accounts on TheLayoff.com and Blind describing rolling cuts across global functions, AMER sales and engineering. Those are posts, not company confirmation, and an account of a package on a message board is somebody else's paperwork.

If you came to HPE from Juniper, start with how your service gets counted. The 2016 plan credited years at an acquired company only where HPE had agreed to include that service as part of the acquisition, so ask in writing how your Juniper time is credited instead of taking it as read. That plan also pointed employees who disagreed with the calculation on their severance statement toward an AskHR case with supporting material attached, so use whatever dispute process your own notification documents name. Read the waiver and release before you sign it, because the cash severance depended on returning it unaltered and not revoking it. Our tracker holds 5 all-time filings for the company and 2 filings covering 113 jobs since the start of 2025, with none in 2026. Those counts track what got filed, not everyone who left. You can check what HPE has filed and where.

Reporting on previous HPE layoff rounds

How HPE's layoffs compare to other companies

HPE and HP split in 2015 and file separately, HPE sells servers, networking, and hybrid cloud to enterprises, HP sells PCs and printers. Severance searches routinely land on the wrong company. If your badge said Aruba, Juniper, or GreenLake, this is your page; if it said OmniBook or LaserJet, you want our HP page.

What to do after being laid off from HPE

  1. File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. HPE's biggest hubs: California, Texas, Colorado. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
  2. Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what HPE's hub states run: California, Texas, Colorado, and every other state is here.
  3. Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
  4. Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
  5. Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.

HPE layoff and severance questions

What severance does HPE pay in layoffs?

HPE hasn't published a current formula, and none appears in the reporting we track. The one real document on record is a July 2016 workforce reduction FAQ that set cash severance at 11 weeks of base pay, plus 0.4 week for each year of qualifying service beyond 11 years, then subtracted the 60-day pay equivalent paid in advance. Its own example leaves a 16-year employee with $15,600 in total plan benefits. At the company level HPE charged $418 million in severance in fiscal 2025 and another $120 million in the nine months to 31 July 2026, but those are aggregates with no published per-person denominator. Only the agreement you were actually handed sets your number.

Are the HPE layoffs from the Juniper acquisition?

Both streams sit on the record separately. HPE's board approved the cost reduction program on 6 March 2025, months before the Juniper deal closed on 2 July 2025, and by June 2026 the company was reporting Catalyst savings and Juniper synergies as both ahead of schedule, with a workforce reduction of over 9 percent since those programs began. Nothing we found assigns a headcount to either stream on its own. Which one your role fell under matters less than the terms you were actually offered.

Is HPE the same company as HP?

No. HPE and HP Inc. file separately with the SEC, run separate reductions, and hand out separate paperwork. They file separate annual reports too, from different headquarters under different commission file numbers, so a severance figure filed under one name doesn't describe the other. If your badge said Aruba, Juniper or GreenLake, this page is yours. If it said OmniBook or LaserJet, our HP page is the one you want.

Are there HPE layoffs in 2026?

The cost work was still running through HPE's third fiscal quarter, which ended 31 July 2026. The results HPE reported on 2 September 2026 still carried a cost reduction program line among the items adjusted out, and on the June 2026 call the company put the combined effect of Catalyst and the Juniper synergies at a workforce reduction of over 9 percent since those programs began. Our tracker holds no filings for the company in 2026; a tracker counts the notices that were filed, not everyone who left. Employee accounts describe rolling reductions through the integration, and those stay unverified posts.

When does HPE severance actually get paid?

The only schedule on record is the one in HPE's July 2016 workforce reduction FAQ, so read it as that document rather than as current practice. It paid the 60-day pay equivalent one to two weeks after the last day of employment, the 60-day benefits equivalent roughly 45 to 60 days after, and the net cash severance roughly 60 to 90 days after, with that final payment conditioned on returning the waiver and release in the stated timeframe. Eligibility followed the end of a 60-day preferential rehire period. Your own notification documents carry the dates that bind.

Does HPE file WARN notices for its layoffs?

Rarely, on the evidence we hold. Our tracker holds 5 all-time filings matching the company and 2 filings covering 113 jobs since the start of 2025, both in California, with none in 2026. That's a thin trail for a company that said it planned to reduce about 2,500 positions. A tracker counts the notices that were filed, so no filing in your state isn't evidence that nobody in your building was cut.

Where do I file for unemployment after being laid off from HPE?

In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. HPE's biggest U.S. hubs are California, Texas, Colorado. Severance usually doesn't block you from filing, and benefits run from your filing date, so file the same week.

Is it OK to file for unemployment after a layoff at HPE?

Yes. Unemployment insurance is funded by payroll taxes employers pay on wages, the claim never appears on credit reports or background checks, and future employers cannot see it. If the hesitation itself is the obstacle, whether filing is OK has its own article.

What happens to my health insurance after a layoff at HPE?

Your plan sets the end date rather than the law, so the separation packet is where that date actually lives, and it is often the last day of the month rather than your last day of work. After coverage ends, COBRA lets you keep the identical plan by paying the whole premium yourself, up to 102 percent of what the plan really costs, which lands as several times the payroll deduction you were used to. You get 60 days to elect, counted from the later of coverage ending or the election notice arriving, and electing reaches the coverage back to the day the old plan stopped so no gap exists. How continuation coverage works walks the timing, and whether to take it rather than a marketplace plan is a separate decision.

Should I sign the severance agreement right away?

First pin down how much review time you actually have. If you're 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to consider an agreement that waives age claims, 45 in a group layoff, and a waiver signed under a shorter deadline can be invalid. If you're under 40, no federal window applies and the deadline in your packet may be real, so confirm it in writing and ask for more time if you need it. Use whatever window you have to read the release terms, especially non-disparagement and no-lawsuit clauses, and don't stall past a real deadline, because offers can be withdrawn.

Can I collect unemployment if I got severance from HPE?

Usually yes, though some states delay benefits until severance pay periods end, and lump sums are treated differently than salary continuation. Check your state's rules on our state benefit pages, and file immediately either way so your claim date is locked in.