Shell reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(13,603 total reviews)
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Wael Sawan

62% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Shell has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 13,603 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Shell employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Mar 17, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

a. Nice company cultures. Most people are very helpful and professional. b. Good salary and benefits in general but not competitive to the IT companies anymore c. Development opportunities if you are in a good team d. Your work-life-balance is fully respected and managers are very people oriented

Cons

a. too many shell lifers! By "Shell lifers" it means people who start their first job as a graduate in SHELL and then worked all the way through their entire career. The entire knowledge set is very shell and very soon it makes you feel that it is the only way to do things. b. too much nonsense and "engagements". It was encouraged to get to know people within the organization and talk about projects that they are working on. It is nice exposure but seriously it is not fun when you feel the peer pressure to do so to increase your "visibility". c. shell people survey is a joke. Some leaders get very low scores in SPS but they got promoted anyway. So unfair to those who have high SPS scores.

1.0
Oct 15, 2012

Bottom Up Culture will do Wonders

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Only for the Corporate Executives -Good travelling policies -Good Increment -Good Benefits (by spending company's money through Corporate cards)

Cons

As Ops - Decisions made are painfully slow and are not consistent at different levels - Promotions requires Written Test, Oral Test and even Simulated Test ( Singapore only!!! There's no guarantee you will pass) - Rewards are pathetic for Ops (as good as none) - Cost cutting are always on OPs level, Corporate spend like mad

1.0
Dec 6, 2018

Terrible Work Life Balance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits Colleagues Brand Training Global

Cons

Political Long hours Slave driver boss Weak leadership at middle level Fake Micro manage

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