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Employment and experience verification for former employees of HP, HPE, and related companies
Advice from members of the Hewlett-Packard Alumni Association, an independent volunteer group of former U.S. HP and HPE employees. Not officially endorsed or supported.
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Due to HP's complex history of acquisitions and spinoffs, employment and experience verification can be very complex for former employees of HP, HPE, and related companies.
HP Breakup. On Nov 1, 2015, the legal name of the Hewlett-Packard Company was changed to HP Inc. and a new, completely separate company – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (no hyphen; singular; green-rectangle logo) – was spun out. Portions of HPE were later spun out into DXC and Micro Focus.
HP Inc. is the legal successor to companies acquired by Hewlett-Packard (Compaq, DEC, EDS, Tandem, etc.) before the company was split into HP Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on Nov 1, 2015.
Our HP Breakup Timeline shows each event as HP acquired Compaq, EDS, etc. -- and spawned Agilent, Philips Healthcare, Lumileds, Keysight, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPInc, DXC Technology, Micro Focus, and others. Each is a completely separate company. hpalumni.org/hptimeline
Trap: It is easy to wind up listing a position that looks like a fake, such as employment at Hewlett Packard Enterprise before Nov 1, 2015 -- before that legal entity existed.
For legal and privacy reasons, employees must initiate the employment verification process themselves.
If you are a verifier, provide the employee with a link to this page ( https://www.hpalumni.org/verif ) which has worldwide HP and HPE contact instructions -- and advice from HP/HPE alumni.
The HP Alumni Association is not operated by Hewlett-Packard or Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has no access to employment information, and is not able to forward verification requests.
Links to official verification contact points
If you were contracted to HP/HPE through another company, you need to contact the company that was paying you.
If you left the Hewlett-Packard Company before Nov 1, 2015 -- or left a Hewlett-Packard predecessor, such as Compaq or EDS, before that company was sold to HP -- or if left HPInc on or after Nov 1, 2015 -- you are legally a former employee of HPInc – regardless of which part of HP you left.
HPInc Employment Verification or Experience Letter US Member advice on WorkNumber Advice on experience letters HR contacts for former employees If difficulty: HP Inc Admin Headquarters, 10300 Energy Drive, Spring, TX 77389. 1-650-857-1501. (At a Post Office window, you can specify Certified Mail combined with Return Receipt.)
If you left the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) on or after Nov 1, 2015 -- you are legally a former employee of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
HPE Employment Verification or Experience Letter
Member advice on WorkNumber
Advice on experience letters
Official website:
Leaving or Retiring from HPE
HPE former employee contact form
If difficulty: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, 1701 E Mossy Oaks Rd, Spring, TX 77389.
1-678-259-9860. (At a Post Office window, you can specify Certified Mail combined with Return Receipt.)
If you transitioned to DXC or Micro Focus, it is treated as
though you left HPE to join another company.
HPAA info about
DXC
HPAA info about Micro Focus
How to provide a valid employer address and phone number.
Records are kept at the headquarters office in each country.
Instead of using an address from a paystub -- which may be for
a building that the company no longer occupies -- members recommend that you use the headquarters address for
the country where you worked.
- HP (Hewlett-Packard Company, now named HP Inc.) Worldwide
HPInc sales/service office directory [U.S.
Admin headquarters is in Texas.]
- HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company)
Worldwide HPE sales/service office directory
What do you need to
provide?
For legal reasons, many companies forbid managers from giving references
for former employees while the manager is still with the company. If you
ask one of your former managers for a reference while they are still
employed by the company, you are probably asking them to violate company policy.
Find out what the specific employer, financial institution,
or government agency requires. Three possible choices:
- Earnings Statement (W-2 in the US) or
other company document that shows your current or former employment. (See
How to obtain your
annual W-2 or final Earnings Statement )
- Employment Verification Service. As with 75% of Fortune 500
corporations, for legal and privacy reasons HP and HPE outsource US employment and
salary verification to a third-party company, the
Equifax Work Number service -- which you must contact yourself to
authorize the release of your personal information to the specific
employer, lender, landlord, or social service agency. You also
control whether final salary is provided. Be sure to use our
directions:
Member
advice on WorkNumber (Procedure for other countries is
detailed on the HP and HPE worldwide contact sites linked below.)
- Experience Letter. The company emails you a pdf file of a
letter documenting your dates of employment, last job title, and -- if
requested -- salary.
Be sure to read our advice:
Advice on experience letters
You may also want to
obtain a copy of your personnel file to assist in developing your
résumé: HP
Personnel File
HPE Personnel
File
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