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You may have bumped into the latest staff matters concerning Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) on Premium.
Haven’t you?
(More here, in case you missed it.)
Trying to tighten the purse strings, the forwarder from Schindellegi, Switzerland, is carefully addressing its operating cost base.
The flip side: natural attrition, leading to the loss of talent (read: key relationships).
Indeed: key staff is also leaving as K+N intensifies its efficiency push – sad, side story: today its stock was trashed on the market, down -9.1% to multi-year ...
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Comment on this article
Alexander Kozij
October 07, 2025 at 2:37 amReferring to K&N as a Swiss Forwarder is misleading.
The culture is German. The senior management are Germans. They may live in Switzerland, since HQ was re-located for tax and better business conditions. But they do not think, nor act like the Swiss in any manner.
Alessandro Pasetti
October 07, 2025 at 6:43 amThanks for your comment, Alexander. I replied in another thread on this topic: as matter of fact, despite its strong German heritage (as widely acknowledged over the years by Premium; its German matrix, ownership etc), K+N is based in Switzerland. To call it a German forwarder would be wrong. Same story on the carrier side with Geneva-based MSC, and its Italian DNA, as you prob know. Best regards, Ale.