DEC is hoping to get rid of 5,000 to 6,000 employees in its latest voluntary redundancy programme announced in the US this week. The packages include medical and life insurance for a year and assistance in finding other jobs, and will be offered this month: the programme should be completed by the end of the year. A similar programme enabled DEC to shed 3,000 employees last year. The company does not plan any compulsory redundancies and no closings are planned.DEC now employs 71,400 people in the US and has a total of 124,000 employees worldwide.
