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How the HP name and logo were taken over by HPE  (Oct 3, 2023)

Many have found that Hewlett-Packard positions on their LinkedIn profiles (with the internationally-recognized "hp" logo) were changed to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (wordless version of the HPE green-rectangle logo) -- even positions that ended years before HPE even existed.

Recruiters view illogical entries -- such as HPE employment before Nov 2015 -- as signs of a fake profile.  

It appears that this change was made by HPE, not by LinkedIn.

- For most companies, there is a "company page" on LinkedIn that is maintained by the company in question -- with a company name and logo provided by the company.

- Each company page on LinkedIn is managed in the LinkedIn databases by "company number" rather than company name.

- Instead of creating a new company page for the new Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, it appears that HPE took over and rewrote the Hewlett-Packard company page -- Company Number 1025

- A side effect was that the logos displayed on the profiles of many former and current HPers were changed -- regardless of where or when they worked at Hewlett-Packard.

- HPInc created a new HPInc company page from scratch -- Company Number 5390798 

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