Does DHL Express pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, DHL Express employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at DHL Express. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at DHL Express?

71% of DHL Express employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated DHL Express 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at DHL Express?

Customer Service Representative (130) , Customer Service (68) , Courier (67) , Operations Supervisor (60) , Account Executive (57) , Account Manager (57) , Manager (50) , Supervisor (48) , Intern (44) , Project Manager (43) , Warehouse Worker (42) , Customer Service Advisor (41) , Driver (41) , Inside Sales Representative (41) , Ramp Agent (40)

What are the pros of working at DHL Express according to real employee reviews?

"good benefit private medical health" ((in 294 reviews)); "great international environment and people" ((in 176 reviews)); "The culture and the people we work with are great" ((in 165 reviews)); "Good work life balance and able to learn more technical skill from my team leas" ((in 110 reviews)); "The colleagues are nice and help you integrate quickly." ((in 104 reviews))

What are the cons of working at DHL Express according to real employee reviews?

"Some of the management is poor" ((in 206 reviews)); "Work envionment and low salaries" ((in 158 reviews)); "long hours and busy especially at the end of the year" ((in 80 reviews)); "Upper management is terrible and completely disconnected." ((in 38 reviews)); "Underpaid with multiple extended working hours" ((in 38 reviews))

What are employees saying about DHL Express layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about DHL Express layoffs and their outlook for job security at DHL Express in 2026.

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3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(4,094 total reviews)

John Pearson

78% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

DHL Express has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,094 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DHL Express employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transport & Logistik industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews

3.0

Sep 23, 2012

Good exposure to overall business activities

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1) The company spends good amount of time and money in educating the entire breadth of the employee base regarding the companies core businesses. This ensures people really understand their business objectives. 2) Some very warm and friendly people to work with. 3) Good Pay

Cons

1) Roles are not clearly defined making it difficult to set effective performance measuring goals. 2) Not all functions have opportunities for vertical growth leading to stagnation and under utilization of employee skills

3.0

Sep 10, 2012

DHL is a great school and a perfect job for young graduated people

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- promotes teamspirit, learn a lot of information, international knowledge and working environment

Cons

recently, under the costs presure, the salaries are very low but the work volume triple, the company does not care anymore for it senior employees that are with the company for maybe more than 20 years; due to the costs, people with no experience are preffered to the specialists; this means the service quality for customers are not so important anymore and this is a pitty.

2.0

Sep 4, 2012

Personality of departments vary greatly

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well known brand Some people are really nice to work with; if you get in the right group be grateful and you should like it

Cons

heavy politics and favoritism some people are really mean spirited and their misery enjoys company confrontation is a sport being busy is often confused with being productive no teams, just groups of people

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