Received a "Potential Private Retirement Benefit" letter
from Social Security? How to decode the letter and who to contact, if necessary:
Potential Benefit Letter
If you have paper stock certificates. What to do:
Stock Certificates
Benefits: (All benefits -- including health and
financial benefits.)
Agilent Service Center -- toll-free 1-877-989-2727
(operated by Fidelity.)
Stock. Due to the breakup of HP, you may now have shares in HPInc, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Agilent, Keysight, and DXC – held in multiple accounts – and may not have received cash payouts for Micro Focus or Perspecta. HPAA members have developed a step-by-step process to find all of your HP/HPE-related
stock – and estimate employee stock purchase cost basis.
Stock
Links and HPAA member advice on Agilent and
Keysight stock:
Agilent Stock
Key: Agilent is the legal successor to the
Hewlett-Packard business units -- instrument, medical,
analytical, component, etc. -- that were that were
transferred to Agilent on May 2, 2000. In general,
responsibility for commitments to former employees
of those business units rests with Agilent. (In turn, Keysight is now the legal
successor to the HP/Agilent/Keysight instrument business.)
Make sure that the legal successor to every company you ever worked for has your current postal address.
Even if not classified by the company as a "Retiree" or
if long gone -- in case of pension plan changes, employment
lawsuits, settlements, or other issues. Update
address at former company
Former employee or retiree of which company?
(Includes any retiree health coverage, pension, 401(k), etc.
)
- Left the Hewlett-Packard Company
before the May 2, 2000 Agilent spinoff and had worked in the HP
businesses that became Agilent -- instrument, medical,
analytical, component, etc. -- classified as a former
employee or retiree of Agilent and sent a notice at that
time.
- If
worked in the HP or Agilent instrument business,
reclassified in the Nov 1, 2014 Keysight spinoff as a former
employee or retiree of Keysight and sent a notice at that
time.
HPAA's
Keysight page:
Keysight
Employment verification and experience letters for
Hewlett-Packard, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and related
companies.
Employment and Experience Verification
Agilent Benefits. Retiree medical, retirement plan,
deferred profit-sharing plan, 401(k) plan, employee stock
ownership, and stock options are all administered by the
Agilent Service Center at Fidelity.
1-877-989-2727 (Source:
HP/HPE/Agilent/Keysight Bay Area Retired Employees Club )
Local social
club.
HP/HPE/Agilent/Keysight Retired Employees Club -- Bay Area.
https://hpretirees.org/myhprec/club-brochure/ (click "View
Fullscreen")
Reconnect, celebrate the good times, and appreciate
those who have passed. There are many HP-related social
groups on Facebook, including: HP, Agilent,
and Keysight. Private, independent online forums operated
and moderated by people from each community. Leading
HP-related Facebook groups:
https://www.hpalumni.org/facebook
Contacting Agilent. Links to pages on Agilent's
company
website:
- The "Contact
Us" page has a link for "General Suggestions and
Feedback" emails -- and gives the postal address for the
company's worldwide headquarters.
https://www.agilent.com/en/contact-us/page
- The "Leadership" page gives the names of senior executives
-- including the CEO, head of Human Resources, and the chief
legal officer (General Counsel.)
https://www.agilent.com/about/companyinfo/leadership/
- The "Contact
Us" page has a search directory of local company
offices worldwide.
https://www.agilent.com/en/contact-us/page
Corporate Headquarters: 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa
Clara, CA 95051 (800) 227-9770 (At a Post Office
window, you can specify Certified Mail combined with Return
Receipt.)
Other links:
HPAA's Keysight information.
HP,
Agilent, Keysight History Links
Contacts for
former HP and HPE employees
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1960's management meeting.