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[–] 133 points 11 months ago (6 children)

"14,000 roles primarily in management, alongside around 34,000 cuts within its operational workforce”

This should bode well going into the package shipping season. But hey, at least the stock price went up after the announcement.

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  • [–] 33 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Don’t worry. With the tariffs, shelves will probably be empty enough that it won’t matter.

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  • [–] 86 points 11 months ago

    Is this one "due to AI", too, like the one at Amazon?

    This, just before Christmas, is not a good sign. Consumers have run out of "disposable income", whatever that is. Car payment delinquencies are up, too. Remember, the stock market is not the economy.

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  • [–] 43 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Hard to feel sorry when so much of their union voted for Trump. What goes around...

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    "14,000 roles primarily in management, alongside around 34,000 cuts within its operational workforce”

    Are you suggesting 14,000 > 34,000?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    Seriously asking, does deleting comments just not propagate on lemmy?

    But also a ton of those deleted roles are temporary . Hidden behind violations based on deals decades ago that will be fixed in 3 years if not sooner. Many cut were the lowest, cheapest, staff. Much is not rehiring which will cost them and isn't actually firing people. Basically a lot of it is an illusion

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  • [–] 32 points 11 months ago

    I worked for ups for about 3 months before they laid off our entire shift. I already knew it was coming, more than half of what I did was unload trucks in Ohio that had been loaded in Texas and reload them for either Georgia or Kentucky. They eventually just started routing them all to the station in Kentucky, where they were already driving within 25 miles of to get to me in Ohio.

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  • [–] 30 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    22b in revenue so far in 2025

    Saving 3.5b by years end

    Profits at all cost?

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  • [–] 26 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    i see more amazon vans than ups trucks nowadays

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I don't think Amazon prioritizes efficiency, but delivery speed (after sitting on the packages for days). I often seem multiple Amazon trucks going to the same house in a day.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    I mean they kinda can't prioritize efficiency when they offer next day shipping that is promised to be done before 0800 for certain products. I ordered some batteries yesterday at 1900 and they were here before I woke up at 0600.

    Yes I know amazon bad and all that but I do not have the money to pay literally double for the same exact product or wait a month and pay tariffs on alibaba.

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago

    Just in time for the holidays.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago

    According to their last earnings, domestic margins were down due to decreased spending. International margins were up due to increased spending. They might be seeing further decrease in domestic spending coming into the holiday season.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago

    We need to bring back Canada Post by supporting the striking workers!

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    $2.2 BILLION savings! Now they can afford to pay the robots.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    I thought UPS was unionized? I guess it’s only in name only?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Wait until they start running other services as if they're businesses. You can talk about the days when some roads weren't toll roads.

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago

    This is an environmental initiative then innit? Good on ya Bezos

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