Ups Has Cut 48,000 Workers Since Last Year
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UPS has cut 48,000 workers since last year, as reported by the NYT, with the HN community discussing the implications of such large-scale layoffs in the logistics industry.
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kelipso
2 months ago
It's super easy to ignore this title because it says Ups instead of UPS.
toomuchtodo
2 months ago
https://archive.today/UgGKT
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