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UPS reducing 20K jobs attributable to fewer Amazon shipments

Editorial Board Published April 29, 2025
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United Parcel Service (UPS) stated Tuesday that it’s going to reduce about 20,000 jobs and shutter 73 of its services because the logistics large cuts prices amid a possible pullback by its largest buyer, Amazon, and broader financial uncertainty.

The transfer, which quantities to a reduce of about 4% of the corporate’s workforce, makes UPS the primary huge American firm to maneuver ahead with large-scale layoffs within the face of slowing commerce because of the Trump administration’s tariffs. 

A slowdown in international commerce is prone to scale back the necessity for transport providers between firms, probably hurting parcel supply companies.

“The world has not been faced with such enormous potential impacts to trade in more than 100 years,” CEO Carol Tome stated throughout the firm’s earnings name.

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UPS is lowering its workforce by about 20,000, or 4%, amid the financial uncertainty and its altering enterprise with Amazon. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)

It additionally comes after UPS introduced in January that it reached an settlement with its largest buyer, Amazon, to chop its quantity by 50% by the second half of 2026. Amazon accounted for 11.8% of UPS’ total income in 2024.

“The actions we are taking to reconfigure our network and reduce cost across our business could not be timelier,” Tome stated.

Ticker Safety Final Change Change % UPS UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. 97.09 -0.82
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AMZN AMAZON.COM INC. 186.63 -1.07
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Final yr, UPS stated it would reduce its workforce by 12,000 jobs, and added that it expects bills of between $400 million and $600 million associated to separation advantages and lease-related cuts in 2025.

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Packages from Amazon

The 2 firms are lowering the variety of shipments from Amazon dealt with by UPS. (Xavi Lopez/SOPA Photos/LightRocket through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)

UPS additionally faces a pointy downturn in quantity from China-linked cut price e-commerce sellers Temu and Shein after the U.S. moved to gather tariffs on items that had been beforehand duty-free beneath a threshold of $800 per particular person sale.

To assist hold its prospects up to date about tariffs and commerce coverage adjustments, UPS launched a web site that tracks numerous developments in negotiations in addition to affords the power to attach with consultants and discover choices to handle tariff prices.

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UPS can be providing a brand new UPS International Checkout service that exhibits the price of customs charges and duties on worldwide purchases at checkout.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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