United Parcel Service plans to cut as many as 30,000 operational jobs, close at least two dozen buildings and continue decreasing Amazon shipments in efforts to cut costs and boost profits this year, according to media reports.
In Texas, a day sort shift at the company’s Willowbrook facility will finish March 13, a spokesperson stated, but the affected employees were offered jobs at other facilities. Additionally, the facility will remain open despite the finish of day sort shift.
“We are executing the largest network reconfiguration in UPS history,” spokesperson Karen Tomaszewski Hill stated in an email. “This strategic initiative will optimize the capacity of our network to align with expected volume levels and enhance productivity through additional automation. The reconfiguration will impact positions, and we are committed to supporting our employees throughout this process.”
UPS eliminated 62,000 positions in 2025, which included full-time drivers, warehoapply workers and managers, as well as seasonal employees, according to a New York Times article. Around that time, UPS officials stated they wanted to lessen reliance on Amazon, the delivery company’s largest customer, in favor of more profitable business, the outlet reports. Its focus is shifting toward higher-profit areas such as health care customers, according to the Associated Press.
“This is a tactical shift,” Chief Financial Officer Brian Dykes notified Associated Press reporters, noting that job cuts would be created through a voluntary purchaseout offer for full-time driversand attrition. “We did something similar last year in order to support us to right-size the position levels and the network infrastructure with the new volume and delivery levels.”
UPS is viewing to close 24 buildings in the first half of the year, the AP reports.
According to the company’s fact sheet, it has approximately 490,000 workers around the globe. In 2025, UPS reached a deal with Amazon to reduce its volume by more than 50% by the second half of 2026.
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