Shell Canada Reviews

Pros

good learning experience at shell

Cons

hard to get thru layers of management

Pros

Competitive salary, bonus and remuneration package.

Cons

Possibility for career growth may be limited without Engineering degree.

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

major company, large assets, reasonable compensation

Cons

poor management and weak leaders

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to people and break your walls to communicate and improve your leadership and technical skills.

Pros

Great pay
Great experience
opportunity for advancement

Cons

big company, top management can seem far away

Pros

Great learning and leadership experience and opportunities. Leaders committed to building a strong collaborative, high performance team.

Cons

Organizational flux - hiring contractors when they needed to hire full time employees to retain experience and build organizational strength and infrastructure.
Leadership teams that were stretched and hard pressed to keep up with daily operations while managing larger business projects.

Advice to Senior Management

Not enough experienced people looking after key initiatives.

Pros

Competitive salary and benefits package
Lots of paid training opportunities
Good work/life balance

Cons

Management's apparent indulgence for rude and unprofessional behaviours
Management is often times very disorganized and some may say dishonest. Lacks clear direction
Heavy office politics, who you know versus what you know is key
"Us versus them" mentality among coworkers

Advice to Senior Management

Practice what you preach
Upper Management and HR need to stop turning a blind eye to bullying, this is a growing problem and must be stopped.
Increase communication between upper and middle management
Value and respect your employees

Pros

Pays employees very Well -Especially recent graduates

Cons

Very Political environment, can be demoralizing

Pros

- Industry leading compensation & benefits, especially for the IT sector
- Excellent work/life balance with generous vacation & flex time
- Investment in up to date technologies
- Training and professional development
- Modern, comfortable work environment

Cons

- Global organization is trending towards outsourcing many IT functions
- Often dysfunctional management in the IT organization
- Senior management often views IT as a unnecessary drain on resources

Advice to Senior Management

Quit micromanaging and give something back to employees. Alot is asked of employees in certain parts of the company and you have to fight tooth and nail to get a deserved raise

Pros

Good experience. I did it for my internship

Cons

The locations can be remote, especially if you live outside of Alberta.

Advice to Senior Management

Good job

Pros

Easy job to work at.

Cons

Hourly pay and not salary.