UPS Isn’t Hiring More Than Usual For The Holidays, Despite Pandemic Revenue Boost

[cheryl]

UPS Isn’t Hiring More Than Usual For The Holidays, Despite Pandemic Revenue Boost - International Business Times

UPS announced it would add over 100,000 seasonal employees to its workforce in anticipation of the holiday shipping season, but the hiring numbers will stay the same despite an increase in revenue for the shipping company as more consumers shift to online purchases.

UPS made the hiring announcement in September, saying that it would bring the new hires on from October through January 2021. The company is holding a hiring event Friday to add at least 50,000 workers of the 100,000 employees to its shipping team.

“We’re preparing for a record peak holiday season. The COVID-19 pandemic has made our services more important than ever,” Charlene Thomas, chief human resources officer, said in a statement at the time of the hiring announcement.

 

[Operational needs]

@Brownslave688 this should make you happy. Lol.

 

[Brownslave688]

@Brownslave688 this should make you happy. Lol.

I mean what do they care if it gets delivered on time? There will be no refunds.

 

[Operational needs]

I mean what do they care if it gets delivered on time? There will be no refunds.

I was teasing you because you’ve talked about how they won’t hire people.

 

[Brownslave688]

I was teasing you because you’ve talked about how they won’t hire people.

I know. I’m saying it won’t affect their bottom line so they don’t care.

 

[rod]

I'd like to know where they are going to find a 100,000 who want to work?

 

[eats packages]

I'd like to know where they are going to find a 100,000 who want to work?

*50,000
(not really a correction, more like emphasizing they won't be able to find that much either)

 

[rod]

*50,000
(not really a correction, more like emphasizing they won't be able to find that much either)

They will have to hire 300,000 if they plan on having 100,000 of them sticking around.