German stamps will soon be kitted out with
individual matrix codes to help stop letters getting lost in the mail,
national postal company Deutsche Post said Tuesday.
German logistics groups Deutsche
Post DHL said Tuesday it would pay all its employees worldwide a €300 bonus to thank them for their "tireless efforts" during the coronavirus pandemic.
Deutsche Post wants to be the first German company to give several thousand employees the opportunity to be tested for the coronavirus, regardless of if they show symptoms.
Have you ever felt annoyed at services that fail to deliver your parcel even though you stayed home for it? Well, this kind of situation could be avoided in future.
Small goods, such as CDs and DVDs, can no longer be sent as ordinary mail - while standard costs for cards, letters and postcards are expected to rise by five to ten cents on April 1st.
Germany's Deutsche Post faced
criticism on Monday for penalizing short-term employees who too frequently call in sick, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz urging the logistics giant to change
the practice.
Over 6,000 complaints were registered against the German postal service in 2017, an increase of 50 percent on the previous year, the Saarbrücker Zeitung reported on Thursday.
The trade union Verdi has announced strikes for Wednesday at the Deutsche Post (German Post) and Amazon, meaning that Easter cards and packages might not arrive on time.
A German postwoman, who was sacked for missing work due to chemotherapy, is entitled to get her job back, a court has ruled. Deutsche Post also hired private investigators to follow her on the job, it was reported on Thursday.
Deutsche Post used a drone to deliver a package for the first time on Monday, flying a box from a pharmacy across the Rhine just a week after Amazon carried off a similar stunt.
Just like Amazon, Germany's Deutsche Post-DHL is also testing mini-drones as a way to deliver packages across the skies to your doorstep, the group said on Thursday.
Deutsche Post will be raising the price of sending a letter to 60 cents, it said on Friday. International mail prices will also increase but postcards will stay the same.
Germany's biggest workers' union bagged higher wages for postal workers on Friday after a marathon 20-hour meeting. The agreement comes after country-wide post strikes disrupted deliveries last week.
Disgusted German stamp collectors have slammed the new three cent stamp released this week by Deutsche Post, calling the nondescript design the "worst stamp ever made" on online forums.
A dedicated German postman who figured out the quickest routes between postal depots to speed up his work has escaped criminal charges and managed to keep his job with just a reprimand for not working to rule.
Economy Minister Philipp Rösler is planning a sell-off of state-owned companies such as Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bahn, according to a position paper from his ministry.
Deutsche Post and motoring association ADAC are looking into launching a joint long-distance bus service as an 80 year-old law guaranteeing Deutsche Bahn a near monopoly on longer journeys is due to be lifted.
The cost of posting a letter in Germany is set to rise for the first time in 15 years – by three cents to 58 cents – to maintain standards, Deutsche Post chief Frank Appel said on Saturday.
Germany’s version of Santa Claus has responded to more than 275,000 letters sent to him in at an address in the eastern state of Brandenburg from eager children around the world, according to Deutsche Post.
