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Related: About this forumUPS to hire 100,000 for holiday season, up 5 percent from last year
United Parcel Service Inc would hire about 100,000 temporary employees for the crucial holiday season, up about 5 percent from a year earlier, the worlds biggest package delivery company said on Monday.
Package delivery companies and retailers have increased their seasonal hiring this year, to cater to the e-commerce sector that is expecting heavy shipping volumes, as shoppers spend more buoyed by a strong economy and labor market.
Last week retailer Target Corp unveiled plans to hire about 120,000 seasonal workers for the holidays, up 20 percent from last year, while department store chain Macys Inc said it would hire 23,500 temporary workers at its online fulfillment centers across the U.S., an increase of about 30 percent.
UPS smaller rival FedEx Corp is also hiring about 55,000 workers for the season, up about 10 percent compared with a year earlier.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ups-employment/ups-to-hire-100000-for-holiday-season-up-5-percent-from-last-year-idUSKCN1LX1QC
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 / 8:48 AM
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)Be sure of that.
LandOfHopeAndDreams
(872 posts)msongs
(67,433 posts)wcast
(595 posts)I made $8 an hour and felt rich compared to the minimum wage I made in my main job. 25 years later they only pay $10. While this may help some, it is short term with no benefits.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)year. That was the driving reason for missing some deliveries that had to be done the day after.
Hope they sweeten the pot this year in order to fill all those openings.