Digital This Week

This issue of Digital This Week (October 4, 1982) serves as an internal corporate newsletter for Digital Equipment Corporation. The key updates include:

• Corporate & Awards: The company’s WC-11 computer system won an "IR 100 Award." New organizational structures were established within the Business & Office Systems Engineering group, and the Operations Committee announced that, due to the recession, cost-cutting measures—including postponed salary reviews—will remain in effect.
• Programs & Benefits: Enrollment for the Employee Stock Purchase Plan is underway. Additionally, the company is promoting a DECmate employee referral program and discussing how to handle customer referrals.
• Seminars & Learning: The newsletter highlights various educational opportunities, including seminars on doing business in Japan, a "Bits and Bits" history series, technical seminars on VLSI design and information systems, and a Pioneer Lecture Series.
• Health & Safety: Updates include fire safety information, new corporate policies against harassment, and upcoming health seminars regarding women’s health, herpes awareness, and stress/lifestyle management.
• Miscellaneous: Security has increased safeguards for personal property due to theft in parking lots. The company is sponsoring the "Nightly Business Report" on Boston public television, and employees are participating in community efforts like the Parker Street United Way campaign, which recently held a successful Fun Run.
• Classifieds: The final pages include an extensive "Marketplace" section for employees to buy, sell, or trade personal items and housing, alongside travel information for a company helicopter service to Manhattan.