UPS to hire 100,000 temporary workers ahead of peak holiday season

United Parcel Service

07/10/2026 11:58

Oct 7 (Reuters) - United Parcel Service UPS.N on Wednesday said it is hiring 100,000 seasonal employees across hundreds of US locations as it prepares for this year's holiday shipping season.
Here are some details: 
The holiday season is the busiest period for parcel delivery companies, during which daily volumes tend to double.
Shippers and most retailers boost the hiring of temporary workers during the period from late November to early January.
The seasonal workers will help sort, move and deliver packages during the holiday rush, UPS said.
The holiday hiring comes even as UPS has shrunk its permanent workforce through the year.
In January, the company said it would cut up to 30,000 operational jobs and close 24 facilities in 2026 in a bid to scale down shipments for its largest customer, Amazon, and shift towards more profitable shipments.

(Reporting by Miraanta Lowrance in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda)
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