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4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

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Wael Sawan

63% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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4.0
Jan 29, 2017

Offshore Production Operator

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Pros

Good company, however, some of us get the feeling Shell wants out of the gulf.

Cons

Job security fluctuates w/ the price of oil.

5.0
Jan 23, 2017

Project Manager

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Pros

This is a great company to work for - training, development and challenging assignments are provided just as long as your performance keeps up. Most of all my line managers have been excellent - personable and very competent. Even with the unfortunate layoffs that are occurring right now due ot the low oil prices, I feel that Shell has treated employees with respect and have tried to be as transparent as possible.

Cons

As with any oil and gas company, when the price of oil dips, employees are at risk of layoffs (especially those supporting projects) and Shell is no exception. Sometimes there can be a lack of clarity around roles and responsibiltiies depending on which team you're on. Also, there are layers of management you have to go through to get decisions made, but I think Shell is trying to reduce this complexity and get more adept at making more fit for purpose and risk-based decisions.

4.0
Jan 19, 2017
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Pros

The pay, benefits, 9/80 schedule, highly competent coworkers, work life balance, and fascinating technology to work with offshore.

Cons

Largely limited to New Orleans or Houston locations, huge company that is slow to make decisions and change, management doesn't communicate very well, performance rankings are more political and popularity contest oriented rather than business impact oriented, ups and downs of oil industry leads to numerous layoffs, IT infrastructure lags basic standards, data management/control is essentially non-existent.

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