Shell reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(13,620 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 13,620 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 Énergie et exploitation des ressources naturelles industry (3.7 stars).

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14K reviews
5.0
Aug 12, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive pay Good work life balance Management strives to do what’s “best” Excellent medical and benefits Pension 401k contribution (no matching required) Large company that can have a small personal feel

Cons

It is a large company and you must network Can be rigid when flexibility is needed Cost cutting / downsizing events seem to occur once or twice ever decade Seats at the top are few – sometimes to get a promotion you have to leave

5.0
Aug 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary, career progresion, facilities, exposure, training, great colleages and supervisors

Cons

Get things done sometimes takes forever because of the size and complexity of the company, a lot of protocols and rules which slow down research

4.0
Aug 9, 2013

Good company to work for.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good experience with good pay.

Cons

Decision making is slow. With good profits, the decisions are not as crisp as possible.

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