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DHL Express reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(4,094 total reviews)
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John Pearson

78% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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
2.0
Oct 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are so many people from every corner of the earth, one really gets the opportunity to expand one's cultural horizons. It is really a great place to learn how to manage across cultures. DHL has strong cultural roots that have been neglected for many years, but every once in awhile, one can see them coming out. When old colleagues get together, the stories that are heard remind all of the "good old days" when DHL was a rough and tumble, entrepreneurial outfit, setting out to conquer the world. The opportunities to work around the world are really impressive, especially if one can gain some specific expertise in funtional roles. There is a DHL in virtually every corner of the globe. This implies that if one really desires, a job can be found anywhere.

Cons

It is discouraging to constantly be managed by powerpoint slide. In many cases, this serves as a poor substitute for two things: Proper investigation and research of an idea, and communication of this idea to others. The powerpoint slides become mountains of data which are way too complicated to be navigated in the short meetings we are attending. All of that, and its still possible that the real ideas one is trying to communicate just aren't being heard. Powerpoint isn't the best way to communicate. In some cases, it seems that the company is "all chiefs and no indians." I think most of the time employees who are doing the work have the right ideas, but these just don't get through to senior management. The middle managers of the company are real blockers of good ideas and stifle our potential.

2.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I came from another company that was bought out by DHL. They gave us offers and moved us to Scottsdale. The move packages were pretty fair, also I was able to keep my seniority with the company (the number of years worked), I was able to keep my previous pension as well as the new one with DHL, my 401k got better and my vacation time didn't change. As an international company you do get a lot of opportunities to work with a lot of nationalities, and in some cases the opportunity to travel globally. I also find my job personally enjoyable which is probably the main reason I'm still there.

Cons

DHL is owned by Deutsche Post of Germany, it is not an American company nor is it a fortune 500 company. The Germans do business a lot different than I was use to, and in my opinion not a very employee friendly company. They seem to be very unorganized and constantly changing things without letting any of the changes have time to make a difference. In the current atmosphere there is a lot of uncertainty due to job reduction in the business side and in the production run side we are in the middle of negotiations with HP to sell us.

2.0
Apr 8, 2026

Unstable team

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Medical benefits. That’s all. Increment not really high with salary already low. No annual bonus. No 13 month bonus.

Cons

Unstable team. Team member resigned and no backup. Only getting backup when the person already go. Then no time to have knowledge transfer. All burden goes to senior associate. Need to juggle lots of works. Low salary leads to demotivation. Contract staff hardly get to transfer as permanent. Manager said they want to reduce headcount bcos of automation but the workload is still high. Poor stratergy. People burnout.

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