UPS plans up to 30,000 job cuts and 24 facility closures in 2026 as it scales back Amazon volume, accelerates automation, and targets higher-margin work.

The company said in its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report it plans to cut another 30,000 positions globally and close an additional 24 facilities by year’s end. The move comes as the company makes the shift to dial back shipments from Amazon, a strategic plan it first unveiled as a multi-year effort in 2024.

UPS is doubling down on reducing its relationship with Amazon.

The UPS layoffs in 2026 are a result of the organization’s dialing down its business with Amazon, duplicating the 48,000 cuts made last year.

UPS is cutting 30,000 jobs and scaling back Amazon services, part of a plan to save $3 billion while closing multiple facilities and increasing automation. Job security concerns rise for remaining employees.

Amazon said on Wednesday it was cutting 16,000 jobs worldwide in the second major round of layoffs at the company in three months, as it restructures after pandemic-era over-hiring and expands the adoption of artificial intelligence tools.

United Parcel Service is pressing ahead with a major restructuring that will see up to 30,000 jobs cut this year, underscoring how costly its separation from Amazon has become as competition intensifies in the US delivery market.