I find this very sad. Just another sign of the times 
DHL to Halt Express Deliveries in the U.S. - BusinessWeek
DHL to Halt Express Deliveries in the U.S. - BusinessWeek
DHL Domestic service discontinued
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Exactly. The layoffs is disturbing. It was easy to see this coming for them. Every time DHL would come for a pickup (we ship to Canada with them) the trucks we 99% empty. There weren't efficient at all. UPS for most markets is very efficient. But no shipper can be perfect.
But I don't suspect this will be such a large amount of business that UPS and FedEx will start hiring to handle the increased business from the loss of DHL.
Yeah I'm certain UPS and FedEx can absorb the load without any additional resources.
They lasted a lot longer than I thought they could. I seriously thought they were hanging on by a string a few years back when they acquired Emery.
I give them credit for being around this long.
I give them credit for being around this long.
What a friggin joke......
the majority of DHL drivers/couriers are "contract" drivers, they make about $9 bucks an hour, and the LV hub is a disaster, I worked their for 2 days and quit.... never got a paycheck either for the 2 days I did work, called corp. in FL., apparently the crackhead HR person in LV never logged my info in the system to get paid.
things were better when airborne express was around.... IMHO.
the majority of DHL drivers/couriers are "contract" drivers, they make about $9 bucks an hour, and the LV hub is a disaster, I worked their for 2 days and quit.... never got a paycheck either for the 2 days I did work, called corp. in FL., apparently the crackhead HR person in LV never logged my info in the system to get paid.
things were better when airborne express was around.... IMHO.
Times are really getting tough and this Christmas for the retailers is going to suck pretty bad, we will see many more com pines go under before this is all over. We will see car dealerships closing down, Circuit City is closing stores, people are not spending because they don't know if they will have a job tomorrow. You can thank the morons on Wallstreet woe engeneered this freaken disaster.
We need to clarify this is Express Service, they are still running regular ground service and the guy that I spoke with today told me he didn't forsee them pulling out of the US market all together on their ground service. But only time will tell for sure!