Sandy Springs-based UPS is laying off more of its employees, after earlier this year announcing it was cutting 12,000 jobs in its management ranks.

UPS made $7 Billion dollars net profit last year. It was a decline from the 11.5 Billion net profit they made in 2022.

  • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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    The number must go up. Humans who need to earn a living be damned.

    • @Yawweee877h444
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      185 days ago

      Billionaires and CEOs and investors need more. What is this “human need” nonsense you speak of?

      No human, only billionaire matter.

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        Human who needs to earn a living /= CEO or billionaire. CEOs and billionaires are just grifters.

          • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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            Sorry I mistook your initial reply as sarcasm. No vindictiveness intended or needed.

    • @IsThisAnAI
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      What is your expectation of how much staff should be kept on when not needed?

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        Who said they are not needed? Are they “not needed” because, while profitable, they need to make more profit? We need to add some skepticism whenever c-suite people lay people off because it is almost always because moar profit.

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          UPS has. They believe they can run the business more efficiently without them. So what’s the percentage of people they should be keep on after this decision that they are being inefficient?

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            They made 7 billion in profit last year. These layoffs are not because they evaluated these layoffs from any other perspective other than how much can we get away with to make more than 7 billion?

            • @IsThisAnAI
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              If they can keep up the same level of service with less people I fail to see the problem. Do you expect business to intentionally operate inefficiently just to keep people employed?

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                Your definition of efficiency is not compatible with mine. Layoffs here are entirely based on profit increase, not efficiency. They will gladly trade inefficiency for increase in profit. They will gladly trade the sanity of those laid off, and of those who have to pick up the slack by working more and spending less time outside of work. Wealth extraction is a greedy gambit to increase profit at any cost year over year. CEOs will gladly bite the hand that feeds them, get bonuses for investor payouts, and get their golden parachute once it goes sour. They are pariahs.

                • @IsThisAnAI
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                  If you want to invent stuff then sure, I guess we can’t come to terms.

            • @IsThisAnAI
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              15 days ago

              UPS has one of the largest unions on the planet, you don’t think this was discussed and agreed on?

            • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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              15 days ago

              All I heard was an existing or future MBA talking from those comments. MBAs exist to defend the choices of CEOs.

              • @IsThisAnAI
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                Blah blah blah blah blah I can’t address the simple questions.

                  • @IsThisAnAI
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                    -15 days ago

                    Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Still can’t address.