peak season

Peak season pain looms for FedEx, UPS shippers - Freightwaves Few places to hide as surcharges and other fees are imposed For FedEx Corp. and UPS Inc., the demand iron has rarely been hotter. So it makes perfect sense to strike their shippers as often as possible. With holiday demand...

FedEx, UPS Seek to Prove They Can Thrive in Busiest Holiday Rush - MSN United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp., riding high from record package deliveries amid the coronavirus pandemic, are moving on to their next challenge: showing investors they can boost profit in the approaching...

FedEx, UPS, and Amazon Dodged a Holiday Logistical Nightmare - MSN This holiday season had all the makings of a logistical nightmare. Thanksgiving fell late, shortening the number of days carriers would have to ship an unprecedented number of packages. The last time the season was so short, in...

UPS at peak season — by the numbers (PHOTOS) - Louisville Business First Peak season for United Parcel Service Inc. means the volume of packages and documents to be shipped more than doubles. UPS opened its Worldport facility today to showcase operations during the busiest time of the year...

UPS Rankles Unions Amid Holiday Rush - Bloomberg United Parcel Service Inc. is expanding its hires of drivers using their own vehicles to help with the avalanche of holiday deliveries spawned by online shopping, and that’s rattling veteran drivers of the iconic brown van from New York to...

Parcel carriers shone during peak delivery period, firm’s data shows - Freight Waves The nation’s three major parcel delivery carriers posted stellar peak-season performances, aided by perhaps the strongest collaborative effort from their customers since e-commerce became a staple of holiday...

Hello my fellow UPSERS, As stated in the topic this is my first peak season I have ever worked here at UPS as a seasonal driver. I knew coming in that it would only be a part time job for peak season and that I would have to bust my rear end to land a ft job here at UPS. Through all the ups and...

UPS and FedEx Are Having a ‘Solid Peak Shipping Season’ - Barron's It has been a jolly holiday season for retailers, and that has benefited FedEx (ticker: FDX) and United Parcel Service (UPS) too. Where we were: Both stocks have trailed the market in 2018, with UPS off more than 20% and FedEx...

Christmas season off to strong start despite global volatility, says UPS CEO - CNBC

UPS using golf carts to help deliver Christmas packages, providing a more personal approach - Orlando Sentinel Gretchen Castro dashed through the suburban streets of Waterford Lakes in a golf cart towing a trailer full of packages. The retired Puerto Rican cop, 52, is a “seasonal helper” hired...

More planes, bigger facilities part of UPS' peak season plans - Memphis Business Journal Black Friday and Cyber Monday are in the books, but United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) has a long peak season ahead of it. The Atlanta-based package shipper is expecting another record holiday...

UPS's Christmas Wish : A Delivery Surge It Can Handle - Marketscreener United Parcel Service Inc. is hoping that billions of dollars in system improvements this year will help it avoid shipping problems during the online shopping surge of the holiday season. The Atlanta-based company expects...

UPS raises prices before holiday season - WMC5 The United Parcel Service prepares for busy holiday shipping demands by raising its prices. According to The Wall Street Journal, “United Parcel Service Inc. is counting on a big boost in shipping capacity to avoid logjams in its network during...

Christmas wish for UPS: A better holiday shipping season - Seattle PI UPS is adding automation, airplanes and package-handling capacity to handle an expected record volume of business during the key holiday shipping season. The big delivery company aims to avoid the missteps that last year...

UPS to Host 170 Job Fairs as It Searches for 100,000 Seasonal Workers - Fortune UPS is planning a massive push to bring on seasonal workers, announcing plans to hire 100,000 people to keep up with demand. And to achieve that goal, the delivery service will host nearly 170 job fairs around the...

Ahead of holidays, FedEx leans on special bonuses to keep pilots from retiring - Reuters Santa’s sleigh cannot fly without its pilot. With the peak holiday shipping season fast-approaching, global package delivery giant FedEx Corp is paying retirement-age pilots bonuses of $40,000 - and...

UPS Plans to Hire 100,000 Temporary Workers for the Holiday Season - The Street Bring on the holiday season. United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS - Get Report) plans to bring on 100,000 workers during the peak holiday season, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer Scott Price told TheStreet in...

...because here come the full-size, 7 foot Christmas Tree's from Amazon! Amazon to sell live, full-sized Christmas trees online Excerpts fom the article: You could say Amazon.com Inc. is branching out. For the first time, the e-commerce giant will sell live, full-sized Christmas trees this...

FedEx to not charge extra for most peak-season home deliveries - Reuters FedEx Corp said on Friday it would not charge customers extra fees for most packages delivered to homes during the peak holiday shopping season, except packages that are oversized, unauthorized or require additional...

I was a seasonal driver this past peak season in los angeles ca and wage was 18.75 then i was hired as a permanent driver i was sent to integrad and i passed now i wonder how much ima going to start an hour as a permanet driver or im keeping the same 18.75 i dont feel confortable tu ask the...