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Planning ahead. For current employees of HP or HPE. (Updated May 23, 2025)
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If considering retirement, dealing with possible layoff, or recently left. Action to quietly take now even if not expecting to leave soon. Practical "What I wish I had known" advice from HP/HPE alumni who have gone through past cycles: Leaving HP or HPE (Public website. No password required.)
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Actions you can take
Evaluate your career situation. Use the HPAA's Career Checkup -- hard-earned advice from members on evaluating your situation -- wherever you work.
Diversify. Don't let the company make you an expert in just one thing (unless it is what you really want, you are sure it is something that will always be in demand, and you are willing to change companies to follow it.)
Establish your personal network. Powerful while at your current company -- and you may need it later:
Connect -- inside your current company and outside. Maintain your relationships and track the career changes of your former co-workers. "I became an internal-only resource." Participate in a professional association, an open-source project, a church, or a community activity.
"I realized that I only knew HP people." "My friends and acquaintances were about my age and worked in similar jobs. When things changed for me, most of my friends were in no position to help, because they were in the same boat."
Update and strengthen your LinkedIn profile. Even if not currently looking, you need a strong, credible LinkedIn profile. Reconnect with people who know your work. Be found for your specialty and background by AI, recruiters, and managers. Your profile may look bogus -- most HP positions were changed to HPE; the LinkedIn company selector has trouble with "Hewlett-Packard" and "EDS." Member advice on settings, networking, emails. LinkedIn Tips and Traps
Join the unofficial "HP/HPE" group on LinkedIn (HPAA membership not required.)
Whether leaving or not, discreetly untangle your personal business from employer-owned email, phone, and computer -- which you will lose sooner or later. No matter where you work, what your job situation, or how innocent your activities -- there are legal, privacy, and data loss issues with using your employer's IT facilities for your personal business. How and why based on personal experiences reported by HPAA members. How to set up professional email. Advice from HPAA members on getting a private email account on Outlook, Gmail, or Yahoo Mail -- and choosing a professional email username.
Plan for transition when you retire, get WFRed, or leave:
- ASAP Checklist. What you need to do before losing access to internal systems and in the following few weeks. Supplements the official checklists.
- Questions to ask if you are offered the "Golden Boot" -- an early retirement deal. Pragmatic advice from personal finance columnist and author Jane Bryant Quinn.
- What I wish I had known before layoff, retirement, or leaving -- based on input from dozens of HPAA members.
- Advice from HPAA members on job hunting -- inside or outside HP.
- How much notice to give on retirement -- at any company. Advice from HPAA members.
- Advice and info on returning to HP Inc or HPE -- including informal and formal restrictions.
- Stock. You may now have shares of HPQ, HPE, DXC, Keysight, and/or Agilent – in different accounts – and and may not have received cash payouts for MFGP and PRSP. Find it all – and estimate your current cost basis: Stock Step-by-Step
- Member Advice: How to Choose a Financial Advisor. When getting financial advice, you need to understand the role and motivations of each person and company you deal with.
References recommended by HP alumni:
- "Think you might lose your income? Four money moves to make now" by Michelle Singletary. Washington Post (Several free articles per month.)
- "Making the Most of Your Money Now" by Jane Bryant Quinn. Explains how financial things really work -- especially good for analytic folks. ISBN-10: 0743269969
- Social Security. Member advice from an ex-HP/HPE perspective.
- ACA Health Insurance [AARP membership not required.]
Related Companies. Member advice for people from acquired or spinoff companies: Agilent Autonomy Compaq DEC DXC EDS Keysight Micro Focus Perspecta Tandem Other acquisitions and spinoffs
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