Shell reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(13,618 total reviews)
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63% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Shell has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 13,618 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 Énergie et exploitation des ressources naturelles industry (3.7 stars).

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14K reviews
4.0
Sep 17, 2015

It's worth a shot

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Pros

Nice working environment, great people, great tools, great technology.

Cons

Limited opportunities for expat positions, cut-throat competition between co-workers, HR overpowers managers when it comes to decisions regarding technical staff

3.0
Aug 17, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

You will be working with some VERY intelligent people. Salary and benefit is 75 percentile in industry. Compared to other industry, pay is pretty good. Shell has pretty good work-life culture. The European influenced culture values people and their opinion. You may be exposed to large scale, complex, international projects.

Cons

Since 2008 Royal Dutch Shell and Shell Canada have been in constant change. I cannot remember a single year without some kind of re-org, and it seems like it is still so and people are getting tired. It is a great company to work for if you are a well engineer or geologist. All other field are considered "non-technical" and there is limited carrier opportunity unless you move up. You will be working internationally, from your desk.

2.0
Jun 30, 2015

Not a stable company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits, diverse workforce, large organization with opportunities to move around.

Cons

Not stable, employees have to reapply every 4 years for positions within the company creating a situation were nepotism and favoritism comes before competence. Promotion within the company is highly geared towards nepotism (AKA Networking) and less of competence.

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