Temporary workers are one strategy to use to adjust for changes in demand. This is a useful strategy when the size of the labor force is large.$$ Thus, using seasonal workers is the appropriate strategy for UPS to followlong dashand it does. This$$ year, beginning now in October and ending in$$ January, UPS plans to hire over$100,000$ employees to meet the December holiday demand when the volume of packages doubles. One benefit to the seasonal workers who are hired is that$35\%$ of them will later be hired into full time positions as package$$ handlers, delivery$$ drivers, tractor$-$trailer$$ drivers, and driver helpers. Critical Thinking Questions

$1.$ A disadvantage of hiring seasonal workers includes

A$.$

development of a$$ 'pool' of possible permanent employees.

B$.$

high training costs.

C$.$

high cost of$$ 'fringe' benefits.

D$.$

known labor cost.