The United Parcel Service has announced that it plans to hire 100,000 workers this holiday season. This is the same number that the UPS intended to hire last year. UPS has stated that the number of workers has stayed the same, despite shifting consumer activity, because the postal service has invested in technology that automates package sorting. In order to attract enough seasonal employees, UPS has raised wages. In Atlanta, the minimum starting wage has gone from $10.10 per hour, to $14 per hour.
See "UPS holiday hiring unchanged from last year amid retail job slump", Lisa Baertlein, Reuters, September 9, 2019