COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Just one day after announcing they are cutting 30,000 operational jobs, UPS says hundreds of corporate positions will be removed.
All corporate staff will also be required to return to the Cobb County office five days a week.
A spokesperson confirmed in a statement to Channel 2 Action News that 800 roles associated with the support center have been eliminated.
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Less than 150 of those are based within the center. The rest of those positions are remote.
“This was a difficult decision, and we’re focused on doing the right thing and supporting associates who were impacted with separation packages, transitional benefits and job placement support,” the statement read.
Those impacted will stop working immediately. Their official termination date is March 31, which is when their separation packages will begin.
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On Tuesday, the company said that 30,000 layoffs were because it plans to deliver fewer Amazon packages. UPS officials last year said the Amazon business was not profitable, despite Amazon being its largest customer.
UPS had about half a million employees at the start of last year, with about 300,000 of them Teamsters union members.
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