The parcel delivery firm is looking to hire more than 10,000 people across the group including more than 7,000 community courier roles.
In addition, a spokesperson for Evri said the company is aiming to hire 168 people in Swindon, with some of those roles set to support its services in Oxfordshire.
This comes after issues were reported in the county and beyond over Christmas 2025.
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An Evri spokesperson said: “As part of our preparations for peak season and our longer-term growth plans, we’re recruiting more than 10,000 people across the Evri Group, including more than 7,000 community courier roles and more than 2,000 Evri Premium owner-driver opportunities.
“With the Group already delivering more than one billion parcels a year and targeting 1.4 billion by 2030, we’re continuing to strengthen our network as we grow.
“In Swindon, we’re looking to recruit 168 people, with some of these roles supporting deliveries in Oxfordshire.
An Evri depot (Image: PA)
“We welcome applications from local people who are interested in joining our growing network of community couriers.”
Last Christmas, one of the most dramatic complaints occurred in the Wellington Gate community in Grove.
Residents reported their Evri deliveries had gone missing, been thrown into gardens without care and been delivered to the wrong addresses.
This newspaper saw multiple reports of householders being left feeling frustrated by their missing parcels in the run-up to Christmas Day.
One woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said hundreds of parcels had gone missing on the new-build estate, and that she had complained to the company about it.
She said: “It’s appalling. I have never seen anything like it.”
Another anonymous householder complained that not only had parcels been dropped at their doorstep without the doorbell being rung, but that only one of them was his.
Evri van (Image: PA/Evri)
Following the complaints, it is understood the delivery driver for the estate resigned.
Reportedly family members helped him to deliver parcels after his car broke down, delaying deliveries and meaning he had to work into the night.
At the time a spokesperson for Evri said: “Every parcel matters to us, and we’re disappointed when a courier fails to care for a parcel as if it were their own.
“The vast majority of our 34,000 couriers are hardworking members of the local community and take pride in their work.”
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In Abingdon, residents said the company had claimed it had delivered parcels when they hadn’t and doorbell footage in Witney showed parcels being tossed with little care onto doorsteps.
In addition the Salisbury Journal has reported an Evri courier has been sacked after a large number of parcels went undelivered.
According to the paper, Tish Burbidge, a pensioner, said she has had up to seven parcels go missing, and she says it is “extraordinarily annoying.”
In response to that incident, Evri said: “A third-party contractor was supporting with deliveries in the area, but they didn’t meet our standards, and so they will no longer be delivering on behalf of Evri.”
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