UPS to hire 100,000 temporary workers for holiday season (updated)

United Parcel Service

07/10/2026 18:47

Adds details of previous hiring in bullet 4
Oct 7 (Reuters) - United Parcel Service UPS.N on Wednesday said it would hire 100,000 seasonal employees across the US, as it prepares for a spike in parcel volumes for the upcoming holiday 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 parcel delivery company hired 125,000 holiday season staff in 2024, but did not provide a comparable hiring number last 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 and Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda and Maju Samuel)
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