Shell reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(13,604 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 13,604 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 Energia, mineração, utilitários industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0
Mar 9, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Tremendous amount of empowerment. The more successful you are, the more you can do. The people of Shell are tremendous to work with. 9/80 days are a real benefit (Trading - Lubes - Get with it...) Senior management is making a real effort to communicate to the employees, at all levels. Shell gets diversity. The most progressive of companies of all the ones I intimately know. Great information sharing. Very few co-workers that hoard information. Commitment of recruiting talent by VERY senior management.

Cons

Upper management gets it. First level supervision and management generally get it. Sometimes it is weak in-between. (Upside is that this generally corrects itself)

5.0
Feb 26, 2009
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

They are good people to work for and work with. There is mutual respect for each others professional point of view. Ethical and safe behavior is expected from all employees and is practiced at all levels of management. Input into decisions and work processes is encouraged and self-direction is expected. Although this is not true for most of Shell, Shell Pipeline in Houston still has private offices, which is a bonus. Shell Pipeline, like most of Shell in the US, is on the 9/80 (80 hours in 9 days) program where we work 9 hour days and get every other Friday off. Overtime is kept to a minimum. Also, bus fare (or parking) is subsidized.

Cons

The only downside I can think of is the commute to downtown Houston. Though I have done it for so long that I am used to it.

4.0
Feb 17, 2009
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Ease of communication with immediate management. Shell has a very strict open door policy for its employees. Ability to seek and receive training in personal development as well as critical business skills. Shell offers a learning center to its employees called the Shell Open University where outside consultants come in to educate employees and help to keep their skills sharp. Great compensation and benefits. Shell offers one of the best salary and benefits packages in the industry. Good personal feedback both as an individual and as a team. Shell is very good about asking for 360 feedback. Plenty of intellectual challenges offered. Shell offers projects that are stimulating and very rewarding. Great personal achievement recognition awards. Shell offers great monetary awards for outstanding work.

Cons

Very large company. Can be hard to navigate such a large structure. Not American owned. Dutch owned and consequently there is always a tension between global processes and local needs and laws to be overcome. Global can mean a loss of personal identity in the larger scheme of things and can also offer complications, especially with hiring laws, environmental laws and overall product quality. No real say as to who is placed in Sr. Leadership. Employees are never asked about changes in leadership and tend to be the last to know something that huge is changing within the company structure.

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