United Parcel Service on Wednesday said it would hire 100,000 seasonal employees across the US ahead of the holiday season.

• The holiday season is the busiest period for parcel delivery companies, during which daily volumes tend to double.

• Shippers and most retailers boost the hiring of temporary workers during the period from late November to early January.

• The seasonal workers will help sort, move and deliver packages during the holiday rush, UPS said.

• The world’s largest package delivery firm said in its 2025 annual report that it hired 15,000 fewer seasonal workers that year. It hired 125,000 holiday season staff in 2024.

• In January, the company said it would cut up to 30,000 operational jobs and close 24 facilities in 2026 in a bid to scale down shipments for its largest customer, Amazon, and shift towards more profitable shipments.

(Reporting by Miraanta Lowrance and Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda)