Shell reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(13,596 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 13,596 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
2.0
Aug 31, 2023

Bad Trainings, Threatening leads

Recommend
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Pros

- annual bonuses - if you are lucky, some of your team mates are nice .

Cons

- Bad trainings - there is not a structured training, onboarding pack has limited information. A lot of pressure to achieve an high performance even when you are not trained accordingly. - Meetings with your TL feel like you are being in a room with KGB. After 1.5 months of working, with limited training, you are already told that your contract might not be renovated. Destructive Feedback with a goal to intimidate and not to teach or help improving. - Most of the time the meetings would be conducted not only by a TL but also by one of the seniors, who has been made senior through "politics" as it is not possible to pass from a junior to a senior within 2 years. Several other colleagues with very high scores took that amount of time to pass from a junior to an analyst. It felt like the TL needed some help passing the message or was trying to use an extra hand to intimidate. If you defend yourself they ask you for proof like if you are lying. - Toxic and stressful environment to work as your jobs is constantly micromanaged not only by the TL but by other older colleagues. -TL yelling during meetings and sending emails saying you are making other people uncomfortable in the team with no explanation to why. - Lack of appreciation for the work you put in and extra hours. These are not even paid.

1.0
Feb 16, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Shell business (real end users) are always understanding. But IT folks like product managers, CC leads/ managers are not and will make life miserable with long hours, micromanagement and no value to IT skill.

Cons

Recognition are always biased and no IT skill growth, stagnated roles once it reaches JG4 for most of folks as later in JG4, its all about ppt and politics. So next job progression is just a dream.

3.0
Oct 3, 2021

Not a place for marketers

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

People you work with are mostly great Workload is manageable Big name brand - opens doors when you leave

Cons

Going there later in your career as an ‘experienced hire’ is a mistake - the ONLY thing that counts at Shell is how many years you’ve worked at Shell Expertise is viewed with scepticism & you will be working for leaders who don’t have any idea what they are leading Most people are smart but generalists & you’ll get rusty very quickly if you go there

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