Shell reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(13,590 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 13,590 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 Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Sep 30, 2017

Just Like All Other Big Companies

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Pros

Great benefits including bonus, stock purchase, employee clubs and network groups... with top of the totem pole feels. This company really cares about SAFETY as well as its employees. Employees are rather well taken care of and consist of a diverse group as its operations are all over the world.

Cons

Extreme glass ceiling syndrome, no way will you become the next big wig unless you are Dutch gentlemen. Oil industry is hit particularly hard over the last few years, and it shows. Most coworkers work in constant fear of losing their jobs.

1.0
Apr 10, 2017
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Nothing to be like here.. Manager they can't take decision And route your concerns to locally sitting stakeholder .. and because according to him shell has to maintain 8.5 hrs a day work policy.. one has to be in office for such time frame.. there is no flexibility at all.. I tried convince him for half hour early release.. on that he gave a lengthy lecture on it.. You guys still have time.. please don't join .. even i have joined few weeks back and now eagerly wanted to move out from here.

Cons

SHELL.. it is itself a con.. The managers they won't listen to you.. During induction an interview they have told 6 working hours day policy and flexibility but don't have so.. very disappointed.. they talk about safety and family. They speak only. In reality they won't.

1.0
Mar 5, 2017
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Pros

Good pay with unfriendly tax components. As the pay is above the industry standard, it is a short term gain but long term loss as it becomes almost impossible to get a new offer with the matching pay.

Cons

Impact of unplanned hiring – Just to replace people in other countries, they have started unplanned and brisk hiring which resulted in selection of unworthy people. In this process, they have hired 10 years experienced and 15 years experienced for the same level/job. You can just apply for a specific role and rest assured you will be selected even if you don’t have prior experience for the same role. The only criteria based on which a resource is selected is communications skills and storytelling during selection process. There is no job security and they fire people at any time. For political, By political and Of political – You will find an extremely political environment in Shell from top to bottom. There are people who just survive with their political skills. There are politics in every organization but Shell IT Bangalore can be rated above in terms of politics. It is not the place if you are hard working. Senior management – They have hired senior management from service industry who are incapable and failed to deliver in their previous organizations. These people don’t know how to motivate the lower level and they are just surviving with their special skills. Project delivery – Project delivery is worst and pathetic as some of the project managers who were hired don’t have prior project management experience in terms of planning the resources required, timelines, rating the performance of resources etc. Their behavior is unprofessional and they are just surviving by pampering their higher ups. Work life balance – Work balance is zero as the projects are planned with very tight timelines and minimum head count. In a way, service companies are better than Shell as you will be working overtime every day and on frequent week ends.

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