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DHL Express

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DHL Express reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(4,100 total reviews)
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John Pearson

79% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

DHL Express has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,100 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 Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Mar 5, 2015

helping our people grow-not

Anonymous employee
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Pros

the other employees there

Cons

no respect for employees, sexual harassment in order to get day time shifts. management that is bias towards older people, black people and people of other ethnicity and genders. does not promote within. to many politics in order to rise instead of judging one by their work

2.0
Jun 28, 2014

Extreme Micromanagement

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Pros

Strong international brand. Great global logistics reach. Largely hard-working employee group. They invest a lot in training and support. Often promote from within and good advancement opportunities for strong performers (but you often must be willing to relocate to another part of the country, or even outside the U.S.)

Cons

Even coming in as an experienced professional you'll be treated like a recent college grad that must be completely molded into the person they want you to be. Extremely long work hours, stress, and lesser product offering than competitors (no domestic, no international economy, etc.). Very short-term commission structure so your salary is often only as good as the work you've done in the past 1-2 months and often the way your performance is based on is how well you've done in the past few weeks. Too many layers of management and managers that spend too much time constantly finding ways they want to improve you instead of allowing a successful salesperson a bit of space and a break from over-management. Way too much red tape to get simple things accomplished. Everything you need to do with day-to-day tasks, there is a form to fill out and a lengthy process. If you're of an entrepreneurial mindset stay extremely far away. The culture is one of exposing each employee's short-comings to their peers and reprimanding them in front of the group. Too little concern for work-life balance. The hours that you'll put in, 10 vacation days to start is hugely inadequate. There's a general feeling that you're working in a sales group that's only a small notch above auto-dealership sales.

2.0
Sep 4, 2012

Personality of departments vary greatly

Anonymous employee
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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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