Join the alumni and networking groups that fit your situation:
- See the HPAA's directory of
190
informal HP-related social and professional groups around the
world.
-
If you were an HP employee before joining Agilent,
also join the
Hewlett-Packard Alumni Association
Stock: Links and HPAA member advice on Agilent and
Keysight stock:
https://www.hpalumni.org/StockAgilent
Key: Agilent is the legal successor to the
Hewlett-Packard business units -- instrument, medical,
analytical, component, etc. -- that were transferred to
Agilent under Lew Platt. (In turn, Keysight is now the legal
successor to the Agilent instrument business.)
Make sure that 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. (HP Inc. is the legal successor to companies bought by HP -- including Compaq and EDS. HPE is successor to companies it bought -- Cray, Nimble, etc.) 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.
HPAA's Agilent page:
https://www.hpalumni.org/agilent
- If
worked in the HP or Agilent instrument business,
reclassified in the 2014 Keysight spinoff as a former employee or retiree of Keysight.
Employment verification and experience letters
for Hewlett-Packard or Hewlett Packard Enterprise,
predecessor companies, and successor companies.
Employment and Salary Verification
Experience Letter
"Potential Private Retirement Benefit"
letter from Social Security. Reports the last transaction in
a benefit plan that you were once enrolled in. If "Type of
Benefit" is coded "A" -- in the previous year, you rolled
the money into a different plan, bought an annuity, or took
the cash. "M" if you left before vesting in that plan. How
to investigate:
https://www.hpalumni.org/PotentialBenefitLetter.
Keysight Benefits. Retiree medical, retirement plan,
deferred profit-sharing plan, 401(k) plan, employee stock
ownership, and stock options are all administered by the
Keysight Service Center at Fidelity.
1-866-956-3232. (Source:
HP/HPE/Agilent/Keysight Bay Area Retired Employees Club
)
Time to untangle your stock! No one but you really cares about
your employment-related stock. You may now have stock in up to seven
HP-related companies. Your stock may not all be in the same place, or be
registered to your current postal address. You may need to find stray
accounts or retrieve lost stock, dividends, or cash payouts. The IRS
does not have the ability to independently determine your cost basis;
you may need to estimate it. An HP Alumni team has developed a
step-by-step process.
https://www.hpalumni.org/stock
Links and HPAA member advice on Agilent and Keysight stock:
https://www.hpalumni.org/StockAgilent
Contacting Keysight. Links to pages on Keysight's company
website:
- The "Contact Us" page has a link for
emails -- and gives the postal address for the company's
worldwide headquarters.
https://www.keysight.com/us/en/contact.html
- The "Executives" page gives the names of senior executives
-- including the CEO, head of Human Resources (Chief of
Administrative Officer), and the chief legal officer
(General Counsel.)
https://www.keysight.com/us/en/about/keysight-executive-biographies.html
Other links:
HPAA's Agilent information
HP,
Agilent, Keysight History Links
Contacts for
former HP and HPE employees
