Deutsche Post DHL – the world's leading company for logistics and mail communications

Working for Deutsche Post DHL.

Of course, you want to know one thing from your employer first: What will I receive for my work? What compensation have I earned? Under certain circumstances, this can mean something much more than the figure on your paycheck at the end of the month.

You wonder: What does my employer do to motivate me and to support me? Does my employer treat me with respect? Can I be proud of working for this employer? And, above all: Do I fit into this company? Will my expectations be fulfilled? Can I reach my goals jointly with this employer? All of these are critically important questions. We would like to answer them for you.

Unsere Strategien für Offenheit, Verantwortung und Einsatz

In our Strategy 2015, a program built on the principle of "respect and results," we guarantee our 500,000 employees from around the world a system of uniform, binding values. Candor, responsibility and commitment are the key focal points. We promote self-initiative among our employees through such activities as idea management, reward individual performance and attach great importance to team spirit. The First Choice Program, a critical pillar of our growth strategy, is designed to achieve systematic performance improvements at the interface with the customer.

Engagement auch jenseits des Jobs

Away from work, many of our employees are active in social projects. Working with UNICEF, we support the battle against infant mortality. When global tragedies occur, "Disaster Response Teams" are put together to quickly and efficiently distribute relief supplies to the victims. We are also pioneers in environmental protection. Customers who use our "Go Green"service can offset CO2 emissions with the help of selected environmental-protection projects. And with the "Teach First" program,we support secondary school students in socially troubled areas.

Mehr Potenzial durch Weiterbildung

Extensive professional development programs, including the DP DHL Academy, help to fully tap potential to expand employees' own horizons. Be it in one of our graduate programs or in our performance and evaluation process motiv8. We place responsibility in your hands and promote your personal growth.

There are many reasons for your application. Take advantage of your opportunity.

Fit for the future / optimally prepared for the jobs of the future

Deutsche Post DHL has a unique portfolio of logistics and communications services. The Group offers its customers both easy-to-use standard products and tailored, innovative solutions – ranging from dialogue marketing to industrial supply chains. Our major Group brands Deutsche Post and DHL are responsible for this work. They cover four areas of service: mail, express, global forwarding / freight and supply chain.

Group managerial responsibilities are exercised in the Corporate Center. We have bundled such internal services as finance operations, IT and procurement in our Global Business Services. As a result, we increase the flexibility of our business, improve service quality as well as exploit economies of scale and cost advantages.

Record breakers: Marvel with and about us!

As one of the world's largest employers, we hold a few records of our own: Every day, we deliver 72 million pieces of mail with transit times that are among the best in Europe. We are also the largest air- and sea-freight forwarders with locations in more than 220 countries and territories. And that is hardly everything.

The world's tallest trees grow up to 130 meters.

The letters handled by Deutsche Post reach this height in just 15 minutes.

This is how long it took to deliver a letter from Berlin to San Francisco at the end of the 18th century: 80 days.

This is how long your letter and the reply to it take to get from Berlin to San Francisco and back today: 80 hours.

About 100 million neutrinos – tiny elementary particles – shoot through our body every second.

That's roughly the amount of letters we handle every working day for our customers around the world.

In a marathon, each runner has to cover a total distance of 42.195 km.

Each of our mail carriers covers about half that distance every day!

The number of German words contained in the Duden dictionary: 120,000.

Worldwide destinations covered by DHL: 120,000.

A broad-leaf tree generates about 1.5 million liters of oxygen in six months.

We reach the same number of retail outlet customers every day.

A colibri flaps its wings 80 times per second.

That's how long Deutsche Post takes to process 830 letters.

The cable of a modern suspension bridge consists of about 12,000 individual wires.

We have bound together a unique branch network for our customers in Germany that consists of about 12,000 retail outlets.

The capacity of Germany's World Cup stadiums is more than 500,000 seats.

That would be just enough to accommodate all 500,000 employees of Deutsche Post DHL.

The average number of letters that the average German receives per day: 2.3.

The number of letters one has to send to make somebody happy: 1.

Do you know better?

Any statistic can be proven wrong. If you know more than we do, let us know!

By the way, people who take facts and figures seriously are also in high demand as employees of Deutsche Post DHL. Perhaps one of our job openings will appeal to you.