Liz Young of The Wall Street Journal reports that UPS is bulking up on its holiday hires, but most companies are holding back in an uncertain retail economy. Young writes:
Logistics operators and fulfillment providers are largely holding their seasonal hiring plans steady with last year as they prepare for what they expect to be a muted holiday shopping season.
Amazon.com plans to hire about 250,000 workers for the peak season for a second straight year. Target said it will bring on 100,000 additional workers this year across its stores and distribution centers, the same as last year. Walmart didn’t disclose an exact number of planned hires, but said its seasonal staffing will be consistent with recent years.
United Parcel Service is an exception to the sector’s overall caution, with plans to hire 125,000 workers this year, up from 100,000 seasonal hires in 2023. The delivery giant said it is hiring more people to accommodate a shorter period this year between Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that generally marks the start of the holiday shopping rush, and Christmas compared with last year. […]
ShipMatrix estimates that carriers will deliver 106 million parcels a day during the peak holiday season that starts around Thanksgiving and ends in January. Last year, the industry delivered an average of roughly 83 million to 84 million parcels a day during that period, ShipMatrix said.
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