Settle down Chicken Little
In just my career
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Fall 1997-spring 1998 ; job cuts due to strike, volume loss
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1999-2000 ; driver hiring spree ; picked up volume, driver retirements after UPS going public
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Fall 2001 through 2002 ; job cuts due to 9/11, EDD
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2003 ; driver hiring spree due to recovered volume
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2008 ; routes cut, housing crash, hiring freeze
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2011 ; routes added, recession ended, volume returned
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2020-22 ; Covid scare, economic freeze, volume exploded, mass hirings
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Fall 2023 ; Teamster strike scare, volume loss and pushing work through automated hubs