UPS CEO: Thanks to automation, we're shipping more packages with the same number of people - Yahoo
The upcoming holiday period is shaping up to be another record-breaking shipping season. In fact, United Parcel Service (UPS) forecasts 750 million packages will be delivered between Black Friday and New Year’s Eve, a 5% increase from last year.
Despite the expected increase in volume, UPS expects to hire the same number of temporary seasonal workers as last year (95,000).
“Last year we hired about the same number of people and we’re doing it this year with an extra 5% of packages and it is because of automation,” UPS CEO David Abney told Yahoo Finance.
The upcoming holiday period is shaping up to be another record-breaking shipping season. In fact, United Parcel Service (UPS) forecasts 750 million packages will be delivered between Black Friday and New Year’s Eve, a 5% increase from last year.
Despite the expected increase in volume, UPS expects to hire the same number of temporary seasonal workers as last year (95,000).
“Last year we hired about the same number of people and we’re doing it this year with an extra 5% of packages and it is because of automation,” UPS CEO David Abney told Yahoo Finance.
