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UPS announces 12,000 job cuts, says package volume slipped last quarter
cnbc ^ | 01/30/2024 | Laya Neelakandan

Posted on 01/30/2024 9:46:57 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

UPS fell short of Wall Street revenue estimates Tuesday, reporting drops in shipping volume, both internationally and domestically, in its fourth-quarter earnings report. The company also announced 12,000 layoffs as part of an effort to align resources in 2024.

The workforce reductions will save the company about $1 billion in costs, CEO Carol Tomé said on a company earnings call.

“2023 was a unique, and quite candidly, difficult and disappointing year. We experienced declines in volume, revenue and operating profits and all three of our business segments,” Tomé said.

Shares of the package giant dipped 8% in early trading.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: amazontrucks; cuts; economy; fedex; job; package; ups; upsstock; usps
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To: ChicagoConservative27
UPS is cutting 12,000 jobs just months after reaching union deal
2 posted on 01/30/2024 9:51:58 AM PST by Paul46360 (Nuk'em all--- let GOD sort them out!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Many of them UPS drivers vote Democrat without giving it much thought.


3 posted on 01/30/2024 9:53:04 AM PST by DMD13
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To: DMD13

ANY!!!!!!!!!!!


4 posted on 01/30/2024 9:53:52 AM PST by Paul46360 (Nuk'em all--- let GOD sort them out!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well there’s a canary in the Biden Economic Utopia Coal mine


5 posted on 01/30/2024 9:55:10 AM PST by DaxtonBrown (away.)
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To: Paul46360

The economy is great!.....................It’s on fire!........................It’s the best economy in 50 years!......................


6 posted on 01/30/2024 9:57:12 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Paul46360

Amazon drones are tasking over?


7 posted on 01/30/2024 9:57:13 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paul46360

Amazon drones are taking over?


8 posted on 01/30/2024 9:58:01 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paul46360

What can Brown do for you?....................😁


9 posted on 01/30/2024 9:58:01 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
From google:
The union went into this fight committed to winning for our members. We demanded the best contract in the history of UPS, and we got it,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien. “UPS has put $30 billion in new money on the table as a direct result of these negotiations.Jul 25, 2023
Action, reaction.
10 posted on 01/30/2024 10:00:35 AM PST by xoxox
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To: Paul46360

I wonder how much the higher pay deal with the unions had to do with this.


11 posted on 01/30/2024 10:06:59 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: DMD13

UPS isn’t needed anymore since Amazon has their own delivery trucks.


12 posted on 01/30/2024 10:09:20 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Chicago Conservative

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4213849/posts


13 posted on 01/30/2024 10:09:21 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Paul46360

I’ve noticed UPS shipped packages having final delivery by USPS.


14 posted on 01/30/2024 10:09:29 AM PST by Abby4116
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To: Paladin2
I'm sure Amazon has a lot to do with this as they now pretty much deliver their own goods using their own delivery trucks and people.

Amazon now controls 40% of all ecommerce, which is an utterly staggering number when you think of the size of the ecommerce industry.

15 posted on 01/30/2024 10:10:00 AM PST by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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To: DMD13

UPS drivers are all TEAMSTERS. It is a pretty high paying job.
However, you need to move your butt.
If you notice most of the drivers are men in good shape. They get up and down out of that truck hundreds of times/day.


16 posted on 01/30/2024 10:13:57 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: SamAdams76

Didn’t FedEx also cut some staff/drivers recently?

This may be indicative of the economic slowdown that has been predicted for about a year now.


17 posted on 01/30/2024 10:17:14 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Paul46360

UPS took out the local drop boxes here today. As part of the cost cutting measures according to the driver that told me. Not sure how that cuts costs?


18 posted on 01/30/2024 10:21:58 AM PST by SoftballMominVA (No longer in VA. Living the OBX life now!)
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To: Paul46360

FedEx is eating their lunch. They are too damn expensive for the small business and ebay slash etsy seller.


19 posted on 01/30/2024 10:23:05 AM PST by webheart
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To: SoftballMominVA

The specific drop box is question did not yield enough drops to be justified


20 posted on 01/30/2024 10:23:16 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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