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      4.0

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (13,642 total reviews)
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      Wael Sawan

      64% approve of CEO

      63% positive business outlook

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      Shell has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 13,642 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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      14K reviews
      3.0
      Jul 29, 2014

      Great people to learn from and work with!

      Anonymous
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great pay and benefits. Great people to work with in a global environment.

      Cons

      A highly collaborative work environment creating additional complexity and pace of change can be slow.

      4.0
      Jul 21, 2014

      Some annoyances, but hard to say no

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good pay, good benefits, good job security, office culture is generally pretty relaxed. They say that work/life balance is important, and they mean it. You can have a lot of flexibility as long as you get your work done. There are opportunities to work almost anywhere in the world. Most managers are easy enough to work with and care about your professional development. The upper-level leaders are really committed and seem to do a good job. The new CEO looks like he'll do a good job.

      Cons

      The corporate stuff is annoying. It takes forever to move projects along or make decisions because a million people have to review or approve or something. It does matter who you know, even though they claim it doesn't. People who are identified as 'high leadership potential' get promoted at lightning speed, even though the process is supposed to be equal. There are some incompetent managers in middle management that make you wonder how on Earth they got there. If you're unfortunate enough to get one of those, your satisfaction with your job can go in the tank, fast. The feel-good nature of the company means it can be difficult to get honest feedback sometimes. It seems like no one wants to hurt anybody's feelings or say anything negative. People who have been here a long time are almost like robots. You can see it happen as the new hires get indoctrinated into the culture. If you put together any halfway decent piece of work that wasn't directly required, people act like you're a genius.

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