Shell reviews

Many, many, far too many people "making pretend work" to justify themselves. There are many areas where people repeat the same tasks, passing small changes back and forth to each other endlessly to pass the time, but they do no constructive work. There is little or no performance-reward connection. There is huge inequity between people who have been employed at Shell for several years, and those employed more recently in terms of the pay levels, job security, and work conditions. There are a lot of "contractors" who have been working in the same office and role for up to 10 years but receive contractor pay rates because nobody is responsible for their budget. There are far too many "expatriates" employed with special treatment, but expatriation is used excessively - some "expatriate assignments" are between neighboring countries and others are concocted by people arranging (unnecessary) meetings for themselves in other offices. The focus of the "safety culture" is on rules not principles, so it is not effective and just creates excessive bureaucracy, particularly if you work in an office.

1. As with most large corporations, there is an element of bureaucracy 2. Some departments are quite traditional dominated by old veterans 3. Employees are not pushed to grow, Shell is like a maze with so many career tracks - one has to seek out his/her own growth path - really think about it and follow with action