Office camaraderie extended beyond work tasks. Hewlett-Packard employees have a long history of celebrating life’s major milestones, including baby showers for some women coworkers.

HP employees Craig Walter (left) and Lee Thompson volunteered as coaches for a youth football league in Loveland, Colorado. They were part of a group of 16 HP employees who gave time as coaches or boa ...

By 1957, Hewlett-Packard had grown too large for Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard to be personally familiar with all of the company’s personnel and operations. To ensure the company’s values would contin ...

Company celebrations were a common occurrence at Hewlett-Packard by the mid-twentieth century. Both company celebrations and informal employee events exhibited a certain flair in their execution.

Sports and recreation were important aspects of the annual Hewlett-Packard picnic, which began in 1942. Even Bill Hewlett got into the swing of things by participating in a baseball game that inaugura ...

Hewlett-Packard’s leadership continued to embrace a hands-on, interpersonal approach even as it grew to be a large global company and after Bill and Dave retired from day-to-day management. Here, John ...

By the 1960s, cubicles had caught on for administrative personnel, but they didn’t change the collegiality that characterized Hewlett-Packard workspaces.

Dave and Bill’s offices at 1501 Page Mill Road still have the same furniture and decor as they did when they worked there. This photo shows Dave’s office. The paintings and plaques on the walls reflec ...

Basketball became Hewlett-Packard’s first sponsored sports team in winter 1944. It was probably an easy decision, given Dave Packard’s background. Packard not only participated in basketball (plus foo ...

The HP Way’s combination of fun and innovation ensured all sorts of delightful surprises at company events, including this robot playfully adorned with a bow tie.