Those of us who
officially retired from Digital Equipment Corporation, through the
formal retirement process or the SERP (Early Retirement Program offered
in the early 1990s), or from Compaq's similar programs post-DEC
acquisition, are considered retirees of Hewlett-Packard Corporation.
HP offers benefits and programs for these retirees. The main
ones are pension, stock, and health insurance.
Program |
Company |
Contact |
|
Pensions |
HP Retirement Services Center at
Fidelity
Prudential
Pension Department |
800-457-4015
877-778-2100 |
|
Stock Purchase |
Morgan Stanley, Employee
Stock Plan Service Center |
866-722-7310 |
|
Health Insurance |
Corporate Program or AON
Exchange |
|
|
There is an independent HP Alumni Association (HPAA) with
an excellent website. It's worth signing
up
for their mailing list and checking their Contacts page if you have a
particular concern with benefits.
HPAA has a special page for Digital Retirees: DEC. HP/HPE Alumni (hpalumni.org)
HPAA
advice on retiring from HP: Know someone who is leaving HP? Please
pass the word to anyone leaving HP to use the HP Alumni Association's
"ASAP Checklist" immediately. It has advice and mutual help --
developed by HPAA members -- on the many things you have to do before
you lose access to HP's internal systems. Thanks to Curt Gowan for this
info. Go to http://www.hpalumni.org/asap (HPAA
membership not required.)
HPAA advice on using
HP Employee/Retiree purchase programs: https://www.hpalumni.org/discounts
You
might do better at Best Buy but if you want to check it out see their
current advice.