https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/united-parcel-service-ups-q3-earnings-report-2025-stock-jobs-layoffs-1d954f75
United Parcel Service said it has reduced its management workforce by about 14,000 positions so far this year and its operational workforce by 34,000 positions.
The company disclosed the workforce reductions for 2025, which were a combination of layoffs and buyouts, in an earnings statement to investors and analysts.
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Fuck UPS for laying off so many part time workers. They wasted a lot of people’s time in hopes of going full time and money. It should be a way to get all the union dues I paid back because I got no job security or the “great benefits “ that came with the job. They honestly hoed me so fuck them.
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Just my opinion and thoughts but last year the 12,000 jobs they cut they specifically said it would be management. For the 20,000 announcement this week they didn’t state it. Will there be management in it ? Absolutely however I believe they’re continuing to do what they did all late last year.
Find a small hub/center that’s isolated, shut it down, all management is gone, offer the unions employees a relocation that’s 1+ hour away (to which less then half will take) and then they just got rid of half the unionized employees.
Anyone else realize this when you look at what they’ve closed thus far ? I just believe the smallest most isolated hubs will be affected. OR the hubs that were brought strictly in for Covid relief with other hubs very close by such as TOLOH, WCHNC, and RCHFL (which I believe all three are gone?) don’t quote me on that.
It’s funny after massive layoffs and building closures I don’t see the union bragging about their massive win in the last contract anymore. We have 25 drivers working preload now. Saw a dude crying yesterday after he was told to go home.
The pictures provided are directly from the Q1 Earnings Report on UPSers.com. A summary of the initiatives, objectives and subsequent layoffs are provided below:
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transformation 2.0 • goal: cut management layers, update tech, and save on global costs • actions: reduced workforce, invested in new systems (pay, scheduling, financial tools) • cost: mostly employee compensation, benefits, and consultant fees • ends: in 2025
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fit to serve • goal: make operations more efficient and responsive • actions: eliminated ~14,000 mostly management roles • ends: in 2025
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network reconfiguration & efficiency reimagined • goal: streamline operations using automation and redesign processes • actions: • cut ~20,000 operational jobs in 2025 • close 73 buildings by june 2025 • redesign the process from start to finish • costs: $400–600 million in 2025 for closures, consultants, and separation benefits • savings: $3.5 billion expected • ends: in 2027
Another massive job cut announcement by Carol. Where do you guys think the company will be trimmed? I have a feeling it's many of the support function management
Does anyone know if the 20k layoffs are additional layoffs or did the 20k layoffs already happen? At my hub we’re short staffed so if they were to have more layoffs (we had them in early march.) idk how many ppl they’ll let go. For context I’m in Los Angeles. I know geography is important when talking about layoffs.
Another wave of layoffs hit, knew a few people that were impacted, should we expect anymore?
Anyone local to Southern California hear about full time driver lay offs? Our center just layed off all our covers. Rumor is the hire ups want full time drivers as well…
Photo above – Matthew McConaughey proposes to UPS driver/girlfriend Jenna Elfman in the film EdTV (1999). This was before UPS drivers earned $50 an hour, so the motive was love, not financial gain.
Hey, Joe . . . wanna earn $50 an hour driving a delivery van? Local stuff only. No long haul, or overnight trips away from home. That’s like . . . zowie . . . $100,000 a year. Plus health and retirement plans. More than a teacher. No high school diploma needed, let alone a college degree.
Yeah . . . that was 2023. This year United Parcel Service is offering “buyouts” to 20,000 drivers. If not enough employees take the hint, terminations are sure to follow. (see link at bottom). Seems like it’s tough to make a buck in a market-based economy when your labor costs soar faster than inflation.
I wish no misfortune to befall the big-brown guys in their cute shorts. They sometimes even deliver my Amazon stuff. That may be because Amazon drivers earn $19 an hour instead of $50, and there are always Amazon driver vacancies.
Fed Ex drivers are doing even worse – average is $17 an hour. Teamsters get $22. Postal workers get $20 an hour, and you have to pass a civil service exam to prove you can read and write, don’t have a felony record, and are drug free.
Actually, I’m assuming all these drivers are drug free, and can read and write. They get the address right more than 99% of the time. Although my replacement Chase Amazon credit card appears to be lost. It was sent registered mail more than a week ago and has a United States Postal Service tracking number, but hasn’t moved since July 3rd. It's still a thousand miles away. Actually, it probably HAS moved, but whoever has it – legally or otherwise – didn’t scan it. This is why I missed Amazon Prime Day, Jeff. Your credit card didn’t arrive. I was eyeing that $69.99 SDKWDH LED therapy mask, which is guaranteed to reduce wrinkles. Who doesn't want smaller wrinkles, and bigger boobs?
Back to the UPS layoffs. So on the basis of this comparison, the United Parcel Service $50 hourly contract was a crazy outlier. Completely off the charts. I wish I’d predicted that layoffs would happen. Wait, I did, right after the contract was signed in 2023. And I pointed out that paying high school dropouts more than a teacher could be demoralizing to teachers, and tempt them to quit their violent schools for a safer career delivering packages. But they’d certainly be sorry now, if any teachers actually did quit.
I’m just sayin’ . . .
UPS to eliminate 20,000 positions with large buyout incentives
UPS workers approve new labor contract with big raises
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So just wondering when the lay offs will begin? With the news this morning about cutting Amazon ( I know they didn’t pay a lot but still help us all have work to do) also downsizing the fleet and workforce. Looks like the lay offs will be hitting us again soon?