Support the fact-based journalism you rely on with a donation to Marketplace today. Give Now!
A pulse check on holiday travel and holiday hiring
Dec 25, 2023

A pulse check on holiday travel and holiday hiring

HTML EMBED:
COPY
While this holiday travel season is expected to be a busy one, holiday hiring doesn't appear to be as consumer spending.

Segments From this episode

Unwrapping holiday travel

It’s beginning to look a lot like a busy holiday travel period, with packed planes and congested roads. But how are prices looking?

How did seasonal hiring pan out?

Dec 25, 2023
Holiday shopping was up — but seasonal hiring was cautious and often depended on the size of the business.
Holiday hiring in transportation and warehousing, mostly for e-commerce, fell about 20%.
Octavio Jones/Getty Images

The team

Leanna Byrne Host, BBC
Kelly Silvera Executive Producer
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Ariana Rosas Producer
Nic Perez Director/Producer
Dylan Miettinen Digital Producer
Jesson Duller Media Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director
Nick Esposito Media Producer
James Graham Producer, BBC
Jo Critcher Producer, BBC
Naomi Rainey Producer, BBC
Lis Mahy Producer, BBC