Shell reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(13,619 total reviews)
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Wael Sawan

63% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Shell has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 13,619 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).

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4.0
Feb 17, 2023

Mechanical Engineer

Recommend
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Pros

Pay is competitive for energy majors, being a European company they are a little more relaxed and better work life balance than what I've heard from others at US based energy majors. A big focus on safety and trying their best to do the right thing.

Cons

So much corporate politics and bureaucracy. Hard to get things done. Seems like there has been a "re-org" and layoffs every 2-3 years since 2015. Many high flying managers get shuffled around quickly and by the time they get to upper management, they haven't ever really stayed in any part of the business long enough to see all the cost cutting measures they took start to backfire. Continuous shift towards treating our projects and engineering/staff as a simple generic commodity that can be outsourced to shorter term contract workers, and HVEC (High Value Engineering Center) aka low cost places. IT and HR was completely gutted and outsourced, it's a nightmare now trying to get help from those support functions.

5.0
Feb 15, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Processes and procedures are first class. Pay is great.

Cons

Big company so there is bureaucracy and red tape. Most people are good to work with/for but with so many employees you will come across bad ones.

2.0
Feb 8, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Not much to mention as a positive

Cons

Unhealthy working environment and DNA

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