纽约（美国有线电视新闻网）最近一个季度，美国劳动力短缺仅使联邦快递损失了 4.7 亿美元。但其高管认为，招聘情况很快就会好转。
尽管联邦快递在截至 11 月 30 日的季度收入增长近 30 亿美元至 235 亿美元，但其调整后的收入基本保持不变。该公司表示，劳动力短缺是最大的单一原因。
“艰难的劳动力市场再次对我们的利润产生了最大的影响，”首席财务官迈克尔伦茨周四在对投资者的评论中表示。
他说 4.7 亿美元的成本几乎平均分配给两个因素。第一个是向员工支付更高的工资，并向公司使用的外部卡车运输公司支付更高的费率。另一半是效率低下的成本——更多地使用外部卡车运输公司、重新定位网络中资产的成本增加以及解决人员短缺的需要。
尽管他表示本季度逆风将持续存在，但该公司预计劳动力短缺和网络效率低下将“在本季度中有所缓解”。
该公司表示，鉴于其目前的薪酬待遇和其他产品，包括一个提供员工友好、灵活的时间表选项的应用程序，它目前的招聘工作得到了良好的反响。这包括在方便时接额外班次或与其他工人交换班次的能力。联邦快递表示，仅在上周，该公司就收到了 111,000 份求职申请，创历史新高，而今年 5 月的一周仅为 52,000 份。
“我们看到......劳动力方面的吸引力相当大，”联邦快递总裁拉杰什·苏布拉马尼亚姆说。该公司还对在假日航运季节结束后保留许多季节性员工持乐观态度。
更好的劳动力前景是联邦快递恢复为截至 2022 年 5 月的当前财年提供收益指导的一个原因。现在预计其调整后的每股收益将在 20.50 美元至 21.50 美元之间，高于其每股收益 18.17 美元上一个财政年度。它还宣布了新的 50 亿美元股票回购计划。
Labor shortage just cost FedEx $470 million. But it thinks things will get better soon
New York (CNN Business)The nation's labor shortage just cost FedEx $470 million in its most recent quarter. But its executives believe the hiring situation is going to get better soon.
Although FedEx's revenue was up nearly $3 billion to $23.5 billion in the quarter ended November 30, its adjusted income was essentially unchanged. The labor shortage was the biggest single reason, the company said.
"The difficult labor market once again had the largest effect on our bottom line," said CFO Michael Lenz in comments to investors Thursday.
He said the $470 million cost was split nearly evenly between two factors. The first was higher pay to employees and higher rates paid to outside trucking firms used by the company. The other half was the cost of inefficiencies -- greater use of outside trucking companies, the increased cost to reposition assets in the network and the need to address staffing shortages.
Although he said headwinds will persist in the current quarter, the company expects labor shortages and network inefficiency to "mitigate as we move through the quarter."
The company said it is getting a good response from its current hiring efforts, given its current pay package and other offerings, including an app that provides employee-friendly, flexible schedule options. That includes the ability to pick up extra shifts when convenient or swap shifts with other workers. FedEx said in the last week alone, the company got 111,000 applications for job seekers, the highest in its history, and up from just 52,000 during a week in May of this year.
"We're seeing ... considerable traction on the labor front," said FedEx President Rajesh Subramaniam. The company also is optimistic about keeping many of its seasonal hires on staff once the holiday shipping season is over.
The better outlook on labor is one reason why FedEx resumed giving earnings guidance for the current fiscal year that ends in May 2022. Its adjusted earnings per share are now expected to come in at between $20.50 to $21.50, up from $18.17 a share it earned in the last fiscal year. It also announced new $5 billion share repurchase plan.
