Settle down Chicken Little
In just my career

Fall 1997-spring 1998 ; job cuts due to strike, volume loss

1999-2000 ; driver hiring spree ; picked up volume, driver retirements after UPS going public

Fall 2001 through 2002 ; job cuts due to 9/11, EDD

2003 ; driver hiring spree due to recovered volume

2008 ; routes cut, housing crash, hiring freeze

2011 ; routes added, recession ended, volume returned

2020-22 ; Covid scare, economic freeze, volume exploded, mass hirings

Fall 2023 ; Teamster strike scare, volume loss and pushing work through automated hubs