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The Way We Work: Open Spaces at HP
The use of open spaces with employees able to see and communicate with each other while having their own workstations came early in the company’s manufacturing history, and remained thereafter.
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Top Draft Pick: HP’s Drafting Department
Marjorie Kidd, Barbara Ames and others worked in the Drafting Department during the war years. A separate issue of Watt’s Current ran a profile on Ames (second from right), noting that she was “indeed ...
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Vic Carson: HP’s First Lab Employee
Vic Carson (left) was the first Hewlett-Packard employee dedicated to lab work and R&D. Thousands would follow in his footsteps, with HP Labs becoming a dedicated division in 1966.
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Well Equipped: HP WW2 Tech
World War II had brought Hewlett-Packard into its first involvement in radar and microwave technologies. After the war, and continuing for more than two decades, Hewlett-Packard would be an industry l ...
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Willard Jones: Diversity Pioneer at HP
Willard Jones was Hewlett-Packard Company’s earliest-known African American employee, having joined the company by December 1943. Jones’ position with the company isn’t clear, but he clearly fit right ...
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Women in the Workplace: On the Clock
In addition to manufacturing jobs, women took on traditional office roles during the 1940s. Many also contributed to the Watt’s Current employee publication as columnists, reporters and typists.
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Women on the Production Line
Hewlett-Packard began employing women in its production lines in the 1940s. It would continue to do so from that point forward as a part of the company’s foundational commitment to providing equal opp ...