Comment / From Robinson to Expeditors & UPS via K+N & DSV – the ladder is burning

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There is a photograph of CH Robinson CEO Dave Bozeman sitting in his office at the Eden Prairie headquarters, taken in January 2025.

By the time that picture was published, the company had reduced its total employment by 31%, a figure that includes both AI-driven attrition and the divestiture of its European Surface Transportation business.

Employment peaked at 17,399 in 2022. As of early 2026, it stood at roughly 11,855. The company didn’t do it with a single dramatic ...