Great company, interesting work, frustrating bureaucracy and politics - Subsea Engineer Shell Employee Review

4.0
Feb 14, 2018
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Pros

Excellent people who are willing to help, great team culture though poor collaboration across business units. Great trust in employees that allows personal flexibility when needed.

Cons

Can be highly political and bureaucratic. Consensus based and slow to make decisions. Lots of meaningless improvement initiatives that skirt around real issues of risk aversion and self interest during a down market. Europeans hold the power and some programs don’t translate well when applied to US culture. Can be very demanding but pay justifies the hours.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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