Shell reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(13,597 total reviews)
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62% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Shell has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 13,597 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
4.0
Aug 17, 2010

Good..use to be GREAT.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great opportunity to work in various locations / cultures. Shell offers average compensation, compared to the other "majors" but definitely has the leg up on benefits.

Cons

Like most large multinationals Shell can, at sometimes, move slowly. This is something that's being worked on with the current reorganizations.

1.0
Aug 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-great pay -huge focus on safety before and after BP incident -lots of downtime -lots of paid training/courses

Cons

-endless meetings, no solutions -no career advancement -must put in decades before any promotion for anyone -mundane, boring work

2.0
Aug 13, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It has a myriad of businesses where you can learn. It also has pockets of competent managers that make the jobs interesting and meaningful. The pay is also good.

Cons

Working of projects, I felt that a lot of the things we were doing were inconsequential, almost meaningless. Some folks are far more interested in keeping their jobs and preserving the status quo rather than doing valuable work. The culture is very male, very white, and if you are not golfing with the inner circle, you will not move upwards anytime soon.

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