Does Deutsche Bahn pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Deutsche Bahn employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Deutsche Bahn. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Deutsche Bahn?

74% of Deutsche Bahn employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Deutsche Bahn 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Deutsche Bahn?

Werkstudent (69) , Projektleiter (39) , Praktikant/in (35) , Praktikant (32) , Projektingenieur (31) , Project Manager (28) , Fahrdienstleiter (27) , Intern (27) , Lokführer (18) , Zugbegleiter (17) , Bauingenieur (16) , Ingenieur (16) , Referent (16) , Internship (14) , Controller (13)

What are the pros of working at Deutsche Bahn according to real employee reviews?

"Work life balance is good" ((in 57 reviews)); "Good benefits and if in the right team you will be able to acutally create a benefit for the customer" ((in 33 reviews)); "Gute Arbeitsatmosphäre Angenehme & flexible Arbeitszeiten" ((in 20 reviews)); "Nice Colleagues and a lot of events" ((in 17 reviews)); "Gehalt flexible Arbeitszeit und eigenes Büro" ((in 11 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Deutsche Bahn according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management" ((in 16 reviews)); "to less salary in the internship" ((in 15 reviews)); "No bonuses , lot of work" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Deutsche Bahn locations?

New York , Berlin , New Berlin , Chandler , La Habra , Henderson , Portland , Tallahassee , Zurich

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Deutsche Bahn reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(283 total reviews)

Evelyn Palla

100% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Deutsche Bahn has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 283 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Deutsche Bahn 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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Reviews by job title

283 reviews

3.0

Nov 26, 2025

Amazing environment

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

really good environment, good people good culture

Cons

rWorkload was really really heavy to handle

5.0

Oct 26, 2025

Good interesting job

Working student

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work timings , friendly coworkers and good office ambience

Cons

lonely at times , thats all

3.0

Oct 23, 2025

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Software engineer(internship)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good environment, really friendly people.

Cons

Bureaucratic company with a lot of walls.

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