@tomuchwork @everybody, DHL Austria and DHL in general is a good place to work in terms of job stability and money, but a few things you should keep in mind:
- it is night flying and that can be tiring (what a surprise 😎
- no fancy new aircraft, we fly old ships, by the time we gonna replace them with what ever, that replacement will already be old. ;-)
- long haul is an option for the future in DHL Air Austria, at the moment there is no long haul route, we are all convinced it will come,
but you also need to be aware that you join the end of the list, even if you have 767 or long haul experience, it will be a wait for you.
- commuting to LEJ is possible, but YOU choose to work in Leipzig, so you should have plans how to get there.
We have some people who underestimated this and are now complaining because they struggle with the roster and the jumpseat, but for most people it works fine.
Jumpseating is possible, but can be an issue, for e.g. if your jumpseat leaves at 04:00 but you land at 04:15 from CPH on your last day,
than you would need to find another way to get home, or take the jumpseat a day later. But usually it works fine, most of the time you will be back to Leipzig just before midnight on the last working day.
In addition, going to work and home on the weekend is an issue and might be difficult.
The company is not responsible to make your commuting work.
- The min OFF is 3 days and your first duty day is a kind of travel day, where you start in the evening according to your jumpseat. You get 11 OFF days per month, but we do not have a fixed pattern at the moment. Hopefully that will change in the future. But at the moment its a flex roster.
Again, if you are able to adapt to the conditions with night flying and commuting to Leipzig, then I think DHL Air Austria and DHL in general is one of the best jobs in Europe, specially at the moment as we hiring DEC. There are a few goodies here and there that we are used to but are unheard of in other companies, one is, your OFF days are OFF, they do not get changed, never!!!, unless offer to fly and get a OFF day payment.