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      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

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      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
      1.0
      Jan 21, 2010

      Shell is going to Sell itself

      Senior well eng
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Ok money, hard to get fired. Can get time off for family emergencies.

      Cons

      Leaders not setting company for a growth path. Appear to be making the company more attractable for a buyer. Current Shell culture cannot be competitive with other companies. Lots of useless paper work-- this paper work IS someone’s career. Poor/non-existent carrier paths for technical people. Upper management have stated safety is more important the making money. Have to play the popularity game for promotion. Bonus system is a joke. They assign bonus factors BEFORE doing an employee’s year-end review.

      5.0
      Jan 21, 2010

      Real community feel, good place to work

      Assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Real community feeling, management work hard to build community and team feeling, to communicate, to spread best practice and learning, and to express appreciation and recognise good performance. Senior leaders really support communication, give regular webcasts and travel extensively to put a human face to this global business. Compensation and benefits are excellent as you would expect from the Shell group, training and development are well supported. A friendly and supportive environment.

      Cons

      The business is struggling in the current environment, leading to a recent reorganisation and job losses, and renewed efforts to simplify processes and reduce costs. While necessary, this has inevitably resulted in stress and frustration for employees bombarded with change programmes. The London office went open plan in 2008 to a call-centre style which is noisy, has inadequate meeting rooms and a major re-building project in Shell Centre leads to constant irritation for employees such as lifts not working, power cuts, false fire alarms etc. Currently a stressful environment to work in. In addition, Shell has notified employees that an unspecified number of employees will be relocated during 2011 or 2012 to a new office, possibly in Docklands.

      4.0
      Jan 20, 2010

      Decent place to work at

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company is huge. There are lots of things you can do. You can even try to switch department if you want to try out different things. Salary is good

      Cons

      Hard to advance. Outage means no personal life. Need to work shifts if something bad happen to the refinary or plant.

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