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      DHL Supply Chain

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      DHL Supply Chain reviews

      3.7

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (6,775 total reviews)
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      Dr. Tobias Meyer

      83% approve of CEO

      61% positive business outlook

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      DHL Supply Chain has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,775 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DHL Supply Chain employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transporte e logística industry (3.5 stars).

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      7K reviews
      4.0
      Jul 4, 2010

      tough to get promoted at Exel

      Operations supervisor
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      One of the best reasons to work for Exel is the number of different accounts and situations that you can have dealings with. Another reason is that the company is growing and if you are interested in transferring to other parts of the country you will have the opportunity.

      Cons

      The biggest downside that I have come across is that if you don't know the right people you will be looked over for the promotion, even it you have experience doing the job. Another downside that I ran into was that if there is another manager in your facility you can't advance from a supervisor to operations manager. I was told that since there was a trasnsportation manager who didn't want to advance I would be stuck in my role of supervisor.

      2.0
      Jun 15, 2010

      Blacklisted

      Operations supervisor
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      benefits, pay is conensurate,with other companies

      Cons

      internal promotion not likely becasuse of previous "speak up" letter

      4.0
      May 3, 2010

      Good place to work if you take responsibility for your own career development

      General manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I really liked working for Exel and found it to be great fit with my action-oriented personality. General Managers are given a lot of autonomy to run their operation and a lot of responsibility for the results. It's like running your own business except you have the back office systems and financial support of a large company. I've talked to a person who started up his own distribution company to get many of the things that I had at Exel. The benefits are pretty good for the industry. Bonuses are up to 25% annually and are based mostly on performance measures that you really can affect. 401k match dollar for dollar up to 4%; reasonable healthcare options.

      Cons

      Managers tend to transfer and promote people they already know so it is difficult to move to other accounts and very difficult to move from one sector of the business to another (e.g. Automotive Sector to Consumer Sector). One way to get move up is to get on the coat-tail of a fast moving boss. Exel also recognizes people who fix bad situations more than people who prevent bad situations from happening. The best way for a good leader to move up in Exel is to volunteer to go to broken operations and "save the day." Exel will give good raises and promotions to people who will do this. Exel seems to pay more for outside hires than they will for internal transfers and promotions. Negotiate a good salary up front because it will drive a lot in the future (unless you take the advice in the previous paragraph). Vacation time is kind of low (2 weeks annually for the first 5 years), but since the company is more results oriented, a steady state operation can offer a lot more flexibility than many management jobs. Managers do not socialize outside of work at this level--even with several operations in close proximity. Some of this might be due to being in a large metropolitan area where people live far away from each other. I didn't really mind this behavior, but anyone used to having a bunch of friends from work won't like this.

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