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Check Call: Rethinking the cost of new hires

30 November 2021

Hot Take

The great resignation has affected all of us by now. Over the past year we’ve seen people quit jobs at a staggeringly higher rate than ever before, whether due to working conditions, wage inequality, a lack of freedom or something else. Most companies are now trying to make sure the employees they have retained thus far aren’t planning on jumping ship.

Hiring new employees is one of the largest business expenses for major brokers. Volumes for brokerages this...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-rethinking-the-cost-of-new-hires

‘People are gonna be pulling their hair out’: Supply chain execs predict chaotic holiday peak

29 October 2021

Shortage of drivers and workers will lead to chaotic holiday peak season, supply chain experts say

In the lead-up to last year’s peak holiday season, panic spread like wildfire. Members of the media predicted daily shortfalls of millions of packages and devastating delays, but as it turned out, there was much ado about nothing. Despite handling record levels of volume, the major U.S. carriers posted similar or slightly better on-time rates than during the 2019 peak.

That’s because there wasn’t really much of a peak in 2020 –– consumers were still adjusting to the new normal of the e-commerce...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/people-are-gonna-be-pulling-their-hair-out-supply-chain-execs-predict-chaotic-holiday-peak

Get them before they’re gone: 4 products to buy before holiday craze

16 September 2021

Christmas Hanukkah and other winter holiday shopping, get these 4 products before they're gone

At this point, nearly everyone is familiar with the global supply chain issues that we just can’t seem to shake. Earlier this month, Modern Shipper wrote about how those hiccups are causing delays that will reach as far into the future as the holiday season and why you should do your winter holiday shopping ASAP. That hasn’t changed, but some products figure to be more scarce on the shelves than others.

For most American-made goods, delivery times still should be pretty quick, given the bevy of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/get-them-before-theyre-gone-4-products-to-buy-before-holiday-craze

Postal Service plans on hiring more than 40,000 seasonal workers

8 September 2021

USPS Postal Service hiring 40,000 seasonal workers for the peak holiday season

The winter holidays aren’t what they used to be. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Hanukkah and other seasonal celebrations, store shelves usually could be found filled to the brim with holiday merchandise, but that’s a thing of the past with the supply chain facing some of the worst congestion it’s ever seen. People are shopping for their presents today, and it’s up to the supply chain to adjust to shifting consumer tendencies.

The U.S. Postal Service is doing just that, as it announced...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/postal-service-plans-on-hiring-more-than-40000-seasonal-workers