UPS cuts 48,000 jobs in 2025 network reconfiguration
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What we know
Location: global.
Department affected: Driver Choice Program (workforce reductions tied to driver roles).
Based on news reporting.
Summary
UPS eliminated about 48,000 positions during 2025 under its Network Reconfiguration and Efficiency Reimagined programme: roughly 34,000 operational roles and 14,000 management roles. The company first announced 20,000 cuts in April 2025 as it reduced Amazon delivery volume, then confirmed the larger total alongside third-quarter results in October 2025. The reduction was driven by automation and by a deliberate move away from lower-margin Amazon shipments, which had accounted for about 12% of revenue.
United Parcel Service, Inc. cut 48,000 jobs affecting its Driver Choice Program (workforce reductions tied to driver roles) team as of October 28, 2025.
That is roughly 9.6% of the 500,000 people United Parcel Service, Inc. employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 21 layoff events at United Parcel Service, Inc. since October 2023, including 160 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 19 additional events known from news reporting.
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