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 Énergie et exploitation des ressources naturelles industry (3.7 stars).

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14K reviews
1.0
Feb 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is decent, recently some adjustment was made that reduced in hand salary.

Cons

Poor and confused leadership. favouritism is at peak now. 3 days mandatory work from office with no place to sit or eat. No growth opportunity (you may get if you know how to lick boots). On the name of DEI, only women are appreciated and promoted irrespective of skill sets and capabilities. Most of the women in leadership are against the opposite gender and ensuring all the opportunity and perks are given to women.

4.0
Jul 14, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Respect in the workplace for the most part. This was a place where you were able to make a great lasting career. Benefits were amazing. Networking is phenomenal. Great work-life balance. One of the most recognized organizations in the world. Pay was ok, but benefits made up for it, especially the bonus structure.

Cons

All of this has changed. Shell is not recognizable anymore. Layoffs have impacted the majority of the workers in the US eliminating a LARGE amount of employees sending them overseas. Politics. CEO is overly aggressive with his promises. He'd rather satisfy the shareholders over the Shell employees.

1.0
Feb 17, 2025

More Pros and less Cons

Recommend
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Pros

More CTC- So that you can contribute to the nation building by giving 60-70% of your CTC to the government in direct & indirect taxes, Best world class leaders- Top level management is the best for their own benefit. One can learn from them how to be selfish & squeeze the JG2 and below so that they can get more stocks & CTC (their performance is directly linked to the amount of blood they squeeze, the more your blood reduces the higher their performance bonus & package) Learn from Leaders - one can easily learn from leaders on how to be a double standard person. You can have all the cost cutting and restrictions for the actual work but when it comes to their travel & need they can do it any time as it's business critical to go from one location to another to shake hands with other folks in their location. But when you want to travel for a project purpose you can't because travel will emit a lot of CO2 which will destroy the nature & company needs to save cost so that their package can be increased. Makes you feel special & healthy - Top folks & County Chair Team will make you feel special by making you work extra in India and paying you just as much that one can barely buy peanuts ensuring that your health remains at optimum level so that you deliver all the tasks and their package, Bonus & stocks increases. Work from Home - Literally it means work from home a comfort that you have because one needs to work for 15-16 hrs to ensure that your contribution helps top level travel more, work less and enjoy more comfort in their pay package and benefits. Make you feel rich:- Pay structure is so wonderful that we you feel you are from the lineage of Ambani & Adani and you don't need  money in your hand. I was so moved by this gesture I almost went to Antilia to stay with my family. Makes you believe in reincarnation- no matter which faith you belong to top management ensures they are not biased and you believe in reincarnation so that you can do your non office work in your next life. Healthier team - Management ensures that they run special events to pressurize the staff every year as reorg (fancy names like Reshape, Evolution etc..). As a result the top performers or the cream layer staff gets frustrated and moves out of the organization as a result the team is left with non cream staff (non performer) and hence healthy. We all know cream is not good for health & for company as well. Vocal for local -  Indian management is so pro vocal for locals that they will never let them out of the country & ensure that they are so deeply routed for the country that they do not ask to go out of the country for a job. Brings Maturity - within 4-5 months of joining you'll realise how mature you have become as you'll be taught that you have to work harder and harder so that the bank balance and perks increase yours but of the top management. Cost effective - Indian management is so cost effective that even after giving peanuts they will find a way to reduce that next year which helps them to increase their by the same percentage they reduce for others. Cost management - A speciality of the company is to manage cost effectively. They will reduce the spent on required things but will spend lavishly on things which are not required e.g. coffee area renovation every 2 years, world class speakers and amplifier to play music in the cafeteria where you can forget the office tension while eating lunch from a provider who cares less. Non biased approach - Top management not biased at all for diversity. They will ensure that there is a diversity at top level even though the person hired at the role doesn't know anything but that's okay as one of the goals of the organisation is to be a top Diversity and inclusive organisation. Fair Management - top management in india is consistently fair and non biased to the organisation goal. Irrespective of being the low cost establishment globally Indian management always ensure that the staff in India consistently gets lesser benefits, perks, bonus, stocks and salary compared to other establishments across the globe. Such a dedicated manager is rarely seen Charity driven organisation - after giving 50-60% to government in taxes company also expects to contribute to "Voluntarily" for causes such as Run for causes, NGO's hence driving a culture of charity so that employees feel they are rich and can contribute to these social causes.

Cons

Top level management, Double standard, Selfish management, Not employee friendly, Policy and Benefits

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