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Old 11th Jul 2009, 22:03
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eagleflyer
 
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@pjresc,

DFS is a good company to work for! The grass is always greener elsewhere it seems, but in my view it´s one of the best companies I could imagine working for. Management is as crappy as everywhere else but seems to be the case with every company employing more than 500 people.

The pay is very good for German standards, I would say in the top 5% of employees pay range. I´m in my thirties and started about 10 yrs ago, last years pay before tax was 120k+. In fact they paid me more than 130k, but that was a one-time-effect.

We work a mixed roster of 4-4 and 5-3, 220 days per year. Take your 30 days holidays plus extra time off for nights and public holidays plus occasional sick days and you will find yourself to end up at work on less days than at home!

A lot of guys still complain and whine a lot but I really think some of them have lost touch to the real world.

I would recommend applying to DFS, but don´t get yourself told into the first contract they´ll offer you...you´d be nuts to take it.
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