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DHL Global Forwarding, Freight reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(2,084 total reviews)
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Tim Scharwath

82% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

DHL Global Forwarding, Freight has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,084 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DHL Global Forwarding, Freight 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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2K reviews
1.0
Nov 4, 2015

Seven years and a billion dollars later...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some great coworkers; core of long time dedicated employees who believe in the company and what "good service" actually means.

Cons

Arrogance. I'm not sure what else could explain why a senior management team that just blew the better part of a decade and better part of a billion dollars in "transforming" the company would still continue to push the same failed ideas on their operations. Procedures and policies are designed, and this is so painfully obvious, by managers and directors who have something slightly less than zero experience handling day-to-day transactions. The main area of expertise that DGFs senior product and executive management seem to possess (and this in abundance) is the expertise in turning something relatively simple into something so complicated in the name of "streamlining" and improving productivity. McKinsey & Co., who seems to have supplied or advised many of DPDHLs senior management, seem to have rejected any applicant for their organization who had played the game "Telephone" as a child. That would seem to be the only explanation for an entire management structure that doesn't understand the inherent difficulties in a process that relies on a chain of people passing an (increasingly garbled) message down the line in order to execute what should be a relatively simple task.

1.0
Mar 11, 2015
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Pros

HMMM... benefits maybe... that's all I can honestly say.

Cons

Very political leadership, managers must manage from meetings. Too many meetings to be able to guide the teams. Senior management always making drastic changes affecting the entire facility, too often, with too little notice or concern for those affected. Unfair HR practices.

2.0
Jan 2, 2015

Ocean Freight Product

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Large company with a global network; knowledgeable/dedicated long term employees (those that are left).

Cons

Very micromanaged company; even senior/executive country-level management has little authority to make decisions based on local issues/needs. Company is the very definition of "penny-wise, pound foolish"; will not staff offices adequately but will pay costs incurred due to short staffing/undertrained employees daily. HR policies have resulted in a deteriorating work environment due to pay (low, especially for low/mid-level management) and hours (long; 50-60 hours a week or more is expected even for an entry level supervisor). For many managers this results in earning less (either overall or on an hourly basis) than their subordinates. Managers do not have time to train/develop employees. Reliance on "contractors" (i.e. temps) has resulted in a markedly low overall quality of employee especially due to the lack of time available for managers (or other employees) to train new staff. Employees know that the difficulty in replacing agents means they are almost never disciplined and cannot be held to high standards as managers do not want to have to replace staff as this shifts even more work onto low level management. Operational policies are dictated by global managers who do not have day to day knowledge of the business; this results in unworkable procedures/systems. Proven systems are replaced without desk level feedback and cause reductions in productivity/efficiency due to issues in using new systems (which are absurdly amateurish in their design, lacking in accuracy, and display information in formats that are not well-organized or user friendly). E-mail is overwhelming and reliance on group boxes causes employees to waste time sifting through messages for relevant requests/information and causes delays/service issues.

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