JD Logistics Hires Full-Time Couriers Amid Food Delivery Surge
JD Logistics has announced a significant recruitment drive for full-time couriers to support the rapid expansion of JD.com’s food delivery service, as revealed in a recent filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The strategic move aims to enhance operational efficiency and strengthen last-mile delivery capabilities amidst soaring demand. To manage this growth, the company is also appointing deputy station managers to oversee courier operations, although the core order assignment processes remain unchanged. Industry insiders suggest the hiring push addresses limited human resource capacity given the surge in orders. Since launching just over four months ago, JD.com’s food delivery platform has achieved substantial scale, fulfilling more than 25 million daily orders and onboarding over 1.2 million restaurants. The workforce now includes more than 120,000 full-time couriers, with Chairman Richard Liu indicating that up to 4,000 new couriers are being hired daily. This aggressive expansion is projected to push the total staff count toward 900,000 by the end of the quarter. Reflecting investor confidence in this growth strategy, JD Logistics shares rose 7.15% on Wednesday, closing at HK$13.18.
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JD Logistics Hires Full-Time Couriers Amid Food Delivery Surge
JD Logistics has announced a significant recruitment drive for full-time couriers to support the rapid expansion of JD.com’s food delivery service, as revealed in a recent filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The strategic move aims to enhance operational efficiency and strengthen last-mile delivery capabilities amidst soaring demand. To manage this growth, the company is also appointing deputy station managers to oversee courier operations, although the core order assignment processes remain unchanged. Industry insiders suggest the hiring push addresses limited human resource capacity given the surge in orders. Since launching just over four months ago, JD.com’s food delivery platform has achieved substantial scale, fulfilling more than 25 million daily orders and onboarding over 1.2 million restaurants. The workforce now includes more than 120,000 full-time couriers, with Chairman Richard Liu indicating that up to 4,000 new couriers are being hired daily. This aggressive expansion is projected to push the total staff count toward 900,000 by the end of the quarter. Reflecting investor confidence in this growth strategy, JD Logistics shares rose 7.15% on Wednesday, closing at HK$13.18.
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