UPS's Peak-Season Strategy Keeps Holiday Workforce at 95,000
- Delivery company plans to hire similar number to last year
- UPS says plans based on `volume forecasts' from customers
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United Parcel Service Inc. plans to hire about the same number of holiday season workers this year as in 2014 as the company recalibrates its response to the annual shipping surge from Christmas-gift shipping.
The projected hiring of as many as 95,000 temporary employees is based on “initial volume forecasts from customers” for the period that starts in November and lasts through January, the Atlanta-based company said Tuesday. The bulk of the new positions will be package handlers, drivers and driver helpers.