Shell reviews about "manager"

If the manager is bad, no growth in career

As you can expect from a gas station job, the work station is pretty filthy. The overwhelming majority of the work is trying to keep up with the store's cleanliness. For whatever reason, gas stations seem to attract grime and gunk, and you never seem to get ahead of it. The worst part in my opinion, however, was the ugly amount of bureaucracy. There's always some corporate man in sunglasses lurching over your shoulder, judging your job. Because of this extra amount of stress, the job is a total revolving door, where almost nobody seems to last a year without quitting. That certainly was the case for me.

Slow in decision making - wants to make everyone happy

Too many changes and not technical work

Too much travel abroad expected

Very limited opportunities for advancement if not prepared to move frequently and/or to foreign placements

- Salaries being suppressed (job grades being lowered) - Overly process oriented and bureaucratic - Slow decision making and risk-averse - Managers more interested in protecting own careers than delivering results - Limited career management - Career progression and performance reviews based on sponsorship/profile rather than results delivery