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- lifeisgoooooood, on 11/10/2008, -1/+51240,000 jobs were lost in October. Its going to be a sad Christmas.
- WendyThomas, on 11/10/2008, -1/+30Fedex and UPS will suddenly be getting a whole lot busier
- thegamingguy, on 11/10/2008, -1/+301 in 3 in that town rely on DHL for their income. This is tragic.
- toxicityj, on 11/10/2008, -4/+28Which means it's going to take even longer for stuff to reach its destination via DHL, which means more losses for the company. They're easily the ***** of the parcel services I've used.
- inactive, on 11/10/2008, -3/+26Wow. Remind me to not send mail out via DHL now.
- Subriot, on 11/11/2008, -2/+23It's over 9,000 jobs!
- kemp34, on 11/10/2008, -5/+26I never knew that the "D" stood for Deutsche until very recently.
- DeskFlyer, on 11/11/2008, -0/+19It's called standard air cargo operations. Wilmington (or ILN if you are familiar with aviation), is DHL's main sorting hub. It kind of works like this: You drop your package off at a location. A truck delivers it to the local airport. Aircraft, anything from heavies (757+ size) to small feeders (Caravans, Shorts) fly the freight into the hub every night, normally before 1:30am, where all packages, regardless of their destination (there are exceptions) are offloaded into a giant Rube Goldberg redistributing facility, where they are assigned another aircraft later in the morning. Then all the planes fly back to their original origin, with new cargo, where it then gets loaded back onto their trucks and to their final destination. FedEx does the same thing in Memphis, and UPS does the same in Louisville. It's nothing new, as weird as it seems.
- brainpile3000, on 11/11/2008, -4/+23Meanwhile, Ohio votes down a casino resort that could of provided 7500 jobs to people in this exact town. Nice!
- ivan423, on 11/11/2008, -0/+18A lot of people are losing their jobs. It's really depressing hearing about it. I am really depressed.
- wisd0m, on 11/11/2008, -5/+22This is Why they are shutting down:
11/10/2008 7:32 am Shipment delivered. Tulsa, OK
11/8/2008 2:44 am Processed at DHL Location. Wilmington, OH
11/7/2008 12:38 pm Shipment picked up Fort Worth, TX
They take a package that is 4 hours away from me, ship it 12+ hours away then 12+ hours back, what the hell? - ericdano, on 11/11/2008, -2/+19What can BROWN do for you now? A lot more than yellow.......
- chadpryor, on 11/11/2008, -0/+16I work for a small tutoring company in Michigan. One of our students has a single father who works for DHL. He has been telling me for two months that he might be getting laid off or worse, and then he wouldn't know what to do, either paying for tutoring or anything else for that matter. He told me today she wouldn't be coming anymore. Now I know why.
- yeahbuddy, on 11/11/2008, -0/+15You can ship something to your next door neighbor via FedEx and it will be flown to Memphis, sorted, and flown back, then delivered.
Crazy it seems but this actually saves them money... - thenewnoise, on 11/11/2008, -0/+13I had a dell server replacement component that came with a DHL prepaid return label for the old piece. I called DHL this morning to schedule the pick up and found out they were not picking up domestic packages anymore. I called Dell and the guys i talked to had no clue what was going on
- t0ny, on 11/10/2008, -0/+13I used to love dhl the only company that has not destroyed any of my packages and used to be always on time. Last time I ordered something form them they held it for 10 days the used usps to deliver it.
- malonesm, on 11/11/2008, -0/+11I can only speak for myself, but as a shipper, DHL's prices and services were not competitive with the other carriers, especially when you toss in USPS, which this article fails to mention. The Post Office is a for profit government entity, and only operates on the money it generates. While not generally thought of in the same light as UPS, FedEx, and DHL, USPS is very competitive, and has a strong market share. DHL has always been the weakest of the four, and it's not surprising that it can no longer compete.
In the world of business, if you're trying to break into the market, you need to offer prices or services that are better than your competitors. In my experience, DHL failed to do either. - reiggin, on 11/11/2008, -1/+12Why would you have before?
- webresources, on 11/10/2008, -6/+16I also trust & use DHL, thats bad..
- reiggin, on 11/11/2008, -0/+10They purchased Airborne Express here in the US sometime in 2003, I believe. AE had been operating as a courier service since the late '80's.
- winmywii, on 11/11/2008, -0/+9Not as much as you think. DHL didn't exactly do a big volume.
- richmomz, on 11/11/2008, -0/+8I don't think this has anything to do with taxes. Decades of excessive credit and debt are the root cause of our problems.
- viserov, on 11/11/2008, -0/+8Actually, DHL = Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHL - JK1150, on 11/11/2008, -0/+8I remember DHL coming out of no where, looks like they will be leaving in the same fashion.
- dusanmal, on 11/11/2008, -0/+7"The decision was announced as Deutsche Post said its third-quarter net profit more than doubled to 805 million euros ($1 billion) compared with 350 million euros a year earlier. Sales rose 4.1 percent to nearly 14 billion euros ($18 billion).
Deutsche Post investors cheered the decision, sending the company's shares up 7 percent to 10 euros ($12.90) in Frankfurt trading."
Two excellent examples why I am glad I am not in stock market trading related job...
Any common sense person would see it insane to cut down company that just have doubled its profit despite economic turmoil. Even more, any partially sane person should have dropped the value of such company after downsizing... - t0ny, on 11/11/2008, -0/+7I had ups leave one of my packages in a bush in front of some one else's house about a block away. I'm glad the person that lived there was honest.
- killtrocity, on 11/11/2008, -4/+11***** DHL their service is horrible here in the states.
However, my condolences go out to those losing their jobs. No one deserves to be laid off when it isn't their fault. - miket, on 11/11/2008, -0/+7Actually its ILN. ILM is Wilmington, NC
- emt1451, on 11/11/2008, -2/+9but...but... gambling is immoral!!
- xNaquada, on 11/11/2008, -0/+6Insider tip:
UPS will now own all the service centres that will remain, and take over clients. - inactive, on 11/11/2008, -0/+6Guess you should focus on more personality traits besides ignorance.
- SemiSarcastic, on 11/11/2008, -1/+7The only thing that can save you during this financial crisis is CRIPPLING DEPRESSION!
- reiggin, on 11/11/2008, -1/+7I see what you did there. o.O
- Sp0rAdiC, on 11/11/2008, -0/+6I used DHL once. They left my $600 package in front of my apartment building, in the middle of a 9 building apartment complex. That was the last time I shipped with them.
- credential101, on 11/11/2008, -0/+61 in 3 people in Wilmington, Ohio, where the main hub is at is employed by DHL. It's going to be a ghost-town very soon.
- malonesm, on 11/11/2008, -0/+5I agree 100%. I was very surprised to see DHL essentially integrated with the New Zealand Post. It just failed to break into the market in the US. Airborne Express was dying when acquired - DHL delayed the inevitable. Especially now that USPS offers essentially the same services.
- URnotheonly1, on 11/11/2008, -0/+5Wow, I totally remember when they were the fierce competition just starting out. I remember when they would work had for the business. Always coming by the office to see if they could ship items for us.
- Snaieke, on 11/11/2008, -1/+6So, who'll deliver the pink slips?
- Richandler, on 11/10/2008, -0/+5Well it was rumored to be 13,000.
- yeahbuddy, on 11/11/2008, -0/+5...I predict a 50/50 chance they will pick either UPS or FedEx.
If they want cheap, they'll pick FedEx.
If they want quality (but expensive) they'll pick UPS.
As a former bargain basement DHL customer, they will pick FedEx. - reiggin, on 11/11/2008, -0/+5Their service (or lack thereof) did not endear them to those of us in the US market. They simply ran themselves into the ground with poor customer service, lack of shipping centers (No "DHL Store" like Fedex/Kinkos or UPS/Mailboxes Etc.), and no branding. Poor execution after their buy-out of Airborne Express led to their downfall here. No one to blame but themselves.
- winmywii, on 11/11/2008, -1/+6The casino proposal was full of loop holes.
- yeahbuddy, on 11/11/2008, -0/+5I disagree. As a frequent eBayer, I could send a 3 lb package via DHL for like $8 anywhere in the USA. FedEx and UPS were consistently over $18.
And ground was usually delivered in 1 day, regardless of the destination! (guess they were bored?)
Oh well. There's always the post office (which is almost more expensive these days). - clickwir, on 11/11/2008, -0/+4I don't think it's a matter of what the employee's deserve. I mean, if the company isn't making money... they can't keep people on board and have them work for nothing.
It's a job, not charity. You can't force a company to keep X people on the pay roll.... if there is no pay roll. - fuzzybeard, on 11/11/2008, -0/+4@ miket is right! According to IATA/ICAO airport codes, it's like this:
ILM -- Wilmington (New Hanover Int'l Airport), NC, USA
ILN -- Wilmington (Airborne Airpark), OH, USA
I should know; I was a DOT Courier/Linehaul Driver for DHL in Urbana IL (CMI) for about 2 years. I need to call some people tomorrow to see if I can help them find jobs elsewhere. - reiggin, on 11/11/2008, -0/+4In the US, a foreign company cannot own aircraft. So they must lease their aircraft (which DHL had been doing since it's takeover of Airborne Express in 2003) or use another company's aircraft (which DHL just started to do this year... they began leasing space on UPS's fleet). This was a HUGE cost savings for them and a part of their strategy to turn things around here in the US. It was obviously too little, too late.
- oddtom, on 11/11/2008, -1/+5Uh. Really, don't throw rocks. Glass houses and all.
The casinos would not have operated for the sake of the locals. It would have been for tourists. You know, influx of tourism means an influx of money and jobs for the locals?
You'll learn these things when you're out of whatever overglorified daycare that passes for an education nowadays. - malonesm, on 11/11/2008, -0/+4Wilmington had a chance with Ohio Prop. 6, which would have built a Casino there... The issue failed by quite a majority. I don't mind the idea of a Casino in OH, I live 30m from Wilmington... I just didn't like the idea that approval for this "one" Casino was going to be placed in the Ohio Constitution. How this ever got on the ballot as an amendment is beyond me - but that's not where it belongs - not unless the issue is approval for "any" casino in ohio.
- yeahbuddy, on 11/11/2008, -0/+4One of my college buddies was a director at DHL.
New baby. Gonna be a long Christmas indeed. :( - vault, on 11/11/2008, -1/+5DHL sucks around here...they miss commitment times way more than UPS and Fedex.
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