automation
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But recently, tariff uncertainty and trade tensions have weighed on the sector, economists say, while automation means fewer workers are needed.
UPS’s stock price ticked up after executives said it plans to reduce its workforce and “further deploy automation” to offset rising costs from the Teamsters contract.
Task automation typically reorganizes work well before it destroys jobs, if it does the latter at all.
UPS, meanwhile, said it expects to cut an additional 30,000 operational jobs this year as it continues an automation push.
Tesla is the outlier in this group: AI spending matters for autonomy and manufacturing automation, but investors still anchor primarily on automotive margins and production efficiency.
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