gxo logistics inc gxo said wednesday it plans to hire 20000 employees globally including 9000 logistics employees in the us and canada ahead of the holiday season the states where gxo is hiring include california georgia indiana pennsylvania and texas the open positions included salaried hourly and contractor roles with flexible shift options and full and parttime opportunities the pureplay logistics company said it plans to deploy 3100 robots in north america by the end of 2021 and open nine new automated sites in the us and three in europe in response to the surge in ecommerce the stock which went public in july was still inactive in premarket trading has lost 63 over the past month while the dow jones transportation average djt has gained 19 and the dow jones industrial average djia has slipped 14