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      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

      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 13,603 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 Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.7 stars).

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      Reviews by job title

      14K reviews
      4.0
      Oct 2, 2011

      Satisfied

      Landman
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good training opportunities Leadership opportunities High level of responsibility Good work environment Work-life balance

      Cons

      Salary isn't in top quartile Bureaucracy Relatively flat organization Lots of red-tape

      3.0
      Sep 29, 2011

      Ok place to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits and ok salary

      Cons

      Things take too long to get done

      2.0
      Sep 27, 2011

      Good company if you are the right type of person

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If you come in as a "high potential" and are very young, you are golden in this company. Once you have this label you can essentially do no wrong -- even if you perform poorly, it is perceived that you have just been put in a job that does not match your strengths. Also, if you want to come here and just be an OK performer and never be promoted, this is a good place to be. You can park here and be forgotten for 10 years without anyone noticing.

      Cons

      If you are not a designated "high potential", and there are many reasons that this can happen that have nothing to do with your actual real life potential or performance, then it can be very challenging to be promoted or even move laterally into positions that are seen as glamorous. Even if you perform very well, your raise and bonus will never compete with a high potential who does poorly. If this sort of thing gets under your skin, then do not come to Shell, because it is rampant -- there is a 2% ruling class that gets everything and if you are not in that club very shortly upon joining (again, many reasons this can go the wrong way -- for example if you have the wrong manager who runs the evaluation process the wrong way) then it will never change.

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