diff --git a/ui/src/pages/CompanyImport.test.tsx b/ui/src/pages/CompanyImport.test.tsx
index 3a70ea3a4d..272a924705 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/CompanyImport.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/pages/CompanyImport.test.tsx
@@ -922,7 +922,14 @@ describe("CompanyImport", () => {
 
       // Success-leaning panel, not the failure panel.
       expect(container.textContent).toContain("Import completed");
-      expect(container.textContent).toContain("open it to view it");
+      // The readable company gives the panel a name and a direct CTA into the
+      // new company's dashboard, plus the paused-agents pointer.
+      expect(container.textContent).toContain("Imported Test");
+      // The default import submits with pauseAutomations checked, so the
+      // paused pointer must show; it is gated off when the user unchecks it.
+      expect(container.textContent).toContain("Imported agents arrived paused");
+      const openCompany = container.querySelector('[data-testid="import-expired-open-company"]');
+      expect(openCompany).not.toBeNull();
       expect(container.textContent).not.toContain("Import failed");
       expect(mockPushToast).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ tone: "success" }));
       // The company list is refreshed so the new company appears in the switcher.
@@ -934,6 +941,20 @@ describe("CompanyImport", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("falls back to switcher guidance when the expired job's company is unreadable", async () => {
+    mockCompaniesApi.getImportJob.mockResolvedValue({
+      job: { id: "job-1", status: "succeeded", result: { companyId: "company-2" } },
+    });
+    mockCompaniesApi.get.mockRejectedValue(new Error("forbidden"));
+
+    await renderPageAndImport();
+
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain("Import completed");
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain("select it from the company switcher");
+    // No readable company, so no dashboard CTA — the switcher guidance stands in.
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-testid="import-expired-open-company"]')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("surfaces a first-poll 404 as an error because the job never existed", async () => {
     // A 404 on the very first poll — before the client ever saw the job
     // running — means the id never existed. That stays a hard error.
diff --git a/ui/src/pages/CompanyImport.tsx b/ui/src/pages/CompanyImport.tsx
index 6104c9244a..4e86104af0 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/CompanyImport.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/pages/CompanyImport.tsx
@@ -899,7 +899,12 @@ export function CompanyImport() {
         dashboardPath: string;
         pausedAutomations: boolean;
       }
-    | { kind: "expired" }
+    | {
+        kind: "expired";
+        companyName: string | null;
+        dashboardPath: string | null;
+        pausedAutomations: boolean;
+      }
     | null
   >(null);
   const [activationChecked, setActivationChecked] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
@@ -1243,18 +1248,28 @@ export function CompanyImport() {
       if (outcome.status === "completed-expired") {
         // The import finished and wrote all its data, but the job's result
         // expired (or was never retained) before we could read it. This is a
-        // success, not a failure: surface it gently and let the refreshed
-        // switcher carry the user into the new company.
+        // success, not a failure: keep the landed company's identity so the
+        // outcome screen can take the user straight there instead of leaving
+        // them to hunt through the switcher.
+        let expiredCompanyName: string | null = null;
+        let expiredDashboardPath: string | null = null;
         if (outcome.companyId) {
           try {
             const importedCompany = await companiesApi.get(outcome.companyId);
             setSelectedCompanyId(importedCompany.id);
+            expiredCompanyName = importedCompany.name;
+            expiredDashboardPath = `/${importedCompany.issuePrefix}/dashboard`;
           } catch {
             // The company id may be unreadable (permissions, race); the
             // refreshed company list still surfaces the import.
           }
         }
-        setImportOutcome({ kind: "expired" });
+        setImportOutcome({
+          kind: "expired",
+          companyName: expiredCompanyName,
+          dashboardPath: expiredDashboardPath,
+          pausedAutomations: submittedPauseAutomations,
+        });
         pushToast({
           tone: "success",
           title: "Import completed",
@@ -1619,16 +1634,37 @@ export function CompanyImport() {
     // Soft success: the import finished and wrote all its data, but the job's
     // in-memory result expired before we could read it. Never a failure — the
     // company list has been refreshed, so the imported company is available
-    // from the switcher.
+    // from the switcher, and when we could read the company we take the user
+    // straight to it.
     return (
       <div className="max-w-6xl space-y-4 px-5 py-5">
         <div>
           <h2 className="text-base font-semibold">Import completed</h2>
           <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mt-1">
-            The import finished and your company is ready. Its detailed summary is no
-            longer available, but the company has been added — open it to view it.
+            {importOutcome.companyName
+              ? <>The import finished and <span className="font-medium text-foreground">{importOutcome.companyName}</span> is ready. Its detailed summary is no longer available.</>
+              : "The import finished and your company is ready. Its detailed summary is no longer available, but the company has been added — select it from the company switcher to view it."}
           </p>
+          {importOutcome.pausedAutomations ? (
+            <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mt-1">
+              Imported agents arrived paused — resume them from the company's Agents page so assigned tasks can start.
+            </p>
+          ) : null}
         </div>
+        {importOutcome.dashboardPath ? (
+          <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+            <Button
+              size="sm"
+              variant="outline"
+              data-testid="import-expired-open-company"
+              // Force a fresh dashboard load so newly imported agents are
+              // immediately visible (same reason as the full-outcome CTA).
+              onClick={() => window.location.assign(importOutcome.dashboardPath!)}
+            >
+              Open company dashboard
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        ) : null}
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -1730,6 +1766,12 @@ export function CompanyImport() {
           </div>
         )}
 
+        {importOutcome.pausedAutomations ? (
+          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+            Anything left paused here stays visible on the company's Agents and Routines pages, which offer the same resume actions — nothing is lost if you leave this page.
+          </p>
+        ) : null}
+
         {/* Force a fresh dashboard load so newly imported agents are immediately visible. */}
         <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
           <Button