Fulfill.com and Minutemen Workforce Solutions Partner to Help 3PLs Confront the True Cost of Peak-Season Labor
Josh Ellis & Greg Airel·August 12, 2026·Add Fulfill as a preferred source on GoogleEvery 3PL knows how to calculate hourly wages for their peak-season employees. But many fail to recognize the hidden costs beyond the wage that decide whether Q4 turns a profit.
Today we’re partnering with Minutemen Workforce Solutions to change that. Minutemen provides staffing, employer-of-record, and PEO services to warehousing and logistics operators. The first thing we’re doing together is a short live session on August 25: The True Cost of Peak-Season Labor for 3PLs.
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Register on ZoomPeak-season labor costs more than the wage
We’ve matched thousands of brands with 3PLs, and every fourth quarter the same story plays out: a warehouse quotes its peak staffing plan off the hourly wage, then watches its margins disappear into everything the wage doesn’t show, from screening and onboarding to workers’ comp and the cost of replacing someone mid-peak. By the time those costs surface, they’re baked into every shipped order and the customer relationship is already under strain.
The usual cause is ownership, not effort. Peak hiring gets handed to whoever has spare capacity, often a part-time HR person, at exactly the moment the operation can least afford to learn on the job.
Continue Reading: What 3PLs Get Right and Wrong About Peak Season Hiring
Why we’re doing this with Minutemen
Fulfill.com sees the demand side of peak season: which brands are scaling, where volume is landing, and which fulfillment partnerships crack under it. Minutemen works the supply side of the same problem. Their team builds the workforce infrastructure that keeps warehouses staffed through surges. Most operators have more options here than they realize, and the right mix of staffing partner, employer of record, and PEO can cut peak labor costs 15-25%.
We’ve worked alongside 3PLs through enough peak seasons to know exactly where hiring plans break. The operators we support walk into Q4 fully staffed, with the employment side handled, so their teams can stay focused on shipping orders.
Mike Bajic,Head of Minutemen EORThe session pairs Greg Airel, our VP of Sales & Business Development and a former brand and 3PL operator, with Mike and Jim Zedella, a consultant with four decades of human capital management experience. Greg has watched hiring plans break from the warehouse floor. Mike and Jim have spent their careers fixing them.
What you’ll walk away with
In this session, you’ll get:
- A model for the true cost per shipped order of seasonal labor, beyond the hourly wage
- A clear answer to who should own peak hiring, and why the default answer backfires in Q4
- An honest comparison of staffing partners, EOR, and PEO, and where each fits
- A checklist to audit your own labor plan before peak volume hits
Ready to staff peak season without wrecking your Q4 margins?
Join us live on August 25. If the timing doesn’t work, register anyway and we’ll send the replay.