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      4.0

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (13,604 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 13,604 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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      14K reviews
      4.0
      Dec 5, 2014

      Hit and Miss

      Senior process engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      World Class Corp. that does many things well. Many opportunities to move career path and location. Shell is committed to workplace safety to some degree. They pay well and occasionally recognize great performance. Work life balance is good.

      Cons

      The management structure is very narrow with too many managers and not enough workers, so when productivity appears low or a new CEO arrives, then a new or recycled program/reorganization gets implemented. This can be frustrating because these decisions always come from the top down without any input from the people doing the work. Highly technical people are not appreciated or respected unless you are a manager of technical people. Getting ideas implemented can be a challenge.

      3.0
      Oct 30, 2014

      SBSC

      It project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good for new grads with variety of exposure. Not suitable for experienced hires unless you are in HQ. Work life balance depends on your nature of job.

      Cons

      Lack of high level jobs in SBSC centers in JG 2/1 and above. Too much politics and red tapes. Year on year people survey is a joke, HR execution lousy. Local country manager not focusing in attracting more jobs locally

      4.0
      Nov 29, 2013

      work life balance, high pay, apathy

      Reservoir engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great salary and benefits and absolutely fantastic work-life balance. work 80 hours every two weeks with every other Friday off (called 9-80 schedule). salary boost of ~5% every 6 months. some travel for training. there are some really good people in the younger crowd, but the general apathy pulls them down (see below). outside of downstream, people are international and tolerant. worked with people from different countries with different religions and cultures.

      Cons

      people really don't care, and they get away with not caring. it's all about maintaining a facade of professionalism when in fact you're taking 2-hour lunches, leaving work early, and relying on the consensus-driven culture to shrug off any blame when deadlines aren't met. promotions are seniority-based, not merit-based, so you have to wait a while if you want to have influence. Americans don't get to work internationally. the jet-setter lifestyles are more reserved for the Europeans.

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