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      Shell

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      3.9

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (13,635 total reviews)
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      Wael Sawan

      63% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Shell has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 13,635 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 Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      14K reviews
      3.0
      Jan 29, 2014

      good

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      pay us good, people are nice

      Cons

      time off and vacation is too short

      2.0
      Jan 18, 2014

      Bureaucratic, Political, and Very Technophobic

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great pay, great benefits, and decent work/life balance. For a baby boomer, it's a dream company. Also, since it's at the top of the food chain, just about any company will hire you with Shell experience on your resume.

      Cons

      Extremely inflexible and bureaucratic. Nothing happens quickly in Shell, and the inefficiency is costing them. Very rigid job roles - you are a cog in a machine. People will sometimes get angry (to an unprofessional degree) if you push into their territory, even if it's better for the company. New ideas are not welcome. "Reorganizations" every couple years of departments (and in 2009 the entire company!) keep the efficiency low and lead to a constant anxiety about job security. Worst of all, the Peter Principle is hard at work in Shell. At the lower levels, people are sometimes promoted based on their past technical performance and not on their ability to manage people. All in all, a Millennial's worst nightmare of an employer. Retention rates of new hires are very low.

      2.0
      Jan 17, 2014

      To short time to realize the dream wont last long

      Transport & exchange manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of tools to learn Shell proceses, self development tools available, support for project developments and open communication with higher tiers

      Cons

      Limited projects available for development, limited opportunities abroad, lots of changes in the management team producing stress to all personell.

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