Does Panalpina pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Panalpina employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Panalpina. This rating has improved by 13% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Panalpina?

58% of Panalpina employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Panalpina 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Panalpina?

Manager (10) , Administrative Assistant (8) , Customer Service (8) , General Manager (7) , Air Export Agent (6) , Ocean Export Agent (6) , Project Manager (6) , Project Coordinator (5) , Sales (5) , Analista De Logística (4) , Analista De Logística Júnior (4) , Customer Service Representative (4) , Logistics Coordinator (4) , Vice President (4) , Account Manager (3)

What are the pros of working at Panalpina according to real employee reviews?

"Worked with some great people where you felt part of something Benefits were very competitive" ((in 35 reviews)); "Good Benefit and nice company" ((in 21 reviews)); "Colleagues were friendly and helpful." ((in 16 reviews)); "Good working environment, and colleagues" ((in 11 reviews)); "great team and great way to learn" ((in 10 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Panalpina according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management to much Human Resources at the facilty at least once a month." ((in 42 reviews)); "low salary and no pay rise" ((in 18 reviews)); "Leadership is a closed group of European men, most now from other forwarders." ((in 10 reviews)); "Upper management is full of egos and agendas." ((in 8 reviews)); "European managers in a US Market seems to be more the norm." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Panalpina layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Panalpina layoffs and their outlook for job security at Panalpina in 2026.

Panalpina reviews

Item: Panalpina
Rating: 3
Author: Current employee - Export/Import Agent

3.8

58% would recommend to a friend

(487 total reviews)

Jens Bjørn Andersen

63% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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Panalpina has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 487 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Panalpina employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transporte y logística industry (3.5 stars).

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487 reviews

1.0

Aug 28, 2015

Hiring freeze and major changes at management (mostly hired from another blue anchor forwarder)

Regional key account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is reasonably good. Flexible management style without micro-management. If you are a workhaholic and looking for impact and sense of achievement in your work, Work attitude needs to be adjusted to avoid much frustrations within organization

Cons

Long hours, lack of work-life balance & employee benefits. Red tape organization that over emphasize on "asset-light", hard to get actual things done.

4.0

Aug 7, 2015

Ocean Imports Department

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Relaxed atmosphere and casual business dress attire. Not too large of a department, so like a small family atmosphere.

Cons

Just have to be patient with shipping orders, truckers, and other agencies.

3.0

Oct 22, 2014

Kind of a time warp..... One of the biggest in the industry but behind the times.

Export/import agent

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

There is great flexibility in arranging one's hours. Hmm what they say and what they do... well which side of their mouth do they want to speak from???

Cons

The organization is working to go paperless. However, there are LAYERS of redundancy wherein one is required to re-enter the same data multiple times. This creates an opportunity for errors and way too much file handling. There are long time employees clinging to the former ways of doing business. I am talking about 25-30 year employees attempting to block forward progress b/c it causes them to be uncomfortable. Deadwood is the word that comes to mind here. I get it that their experience is so valuable but the lack of flexibility and adapting to new more efficient ways of work is just bogging the entire organization down. This is 2014 not 1975. Let's get away from using crayons and brown paper bags.

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Hiring freeze and major changes at management (mostly hired from another blue anchor forwarder)

Ocean Imports Department

Kind of a time warp..... One of the biggest in the industry but behind the times.

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