Shell reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(13,615 total reviews)
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63% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Shell has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 13,615 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
2.0
Aug 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

lots of training, people are nice, lots of opportunities

Cons

internal software is frustrating, company is too big to make improvements and senior people say they support you and go talk to X, Y, and Z. Then X, Y, and Z will say "that's a good idea, it's important, I understand, but it's low priority". Even if it can save them millions.

3.0
Aug 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get to see first hand how " favored" employees are treated, vs. the "ordinary" employees every day.

Cons

Funding for projects is controlled very tightly. Recent travel restrictions make it nearly impossible to work effectively.

5.0
Jul 23, 2015

Sr. Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Safety is their top priority. Great learning environment. Shell employs world-class technical people. Pay and benefits are well above industry average. Opportunity to travel and visit Shell operations around the world is beneficial.

Cons

Royal Dutch Shell is a group of companies and so, sometimes individual company "cultural norms" get in the way of a common RDS vision. Shell is a matrix organization, however, at times it lacks an ability to truly prioritize project work because of multiple inputs into the process. Consequently, everything becomes a priority which means nothing is a priority.

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