Shell Oil Reviews

Pros

Good work life balance, great office location

Cons

Minimal HR support, excessive bureaucracy

Advice to Senior Management

Lessen bureaucracy and clean up reporting structure. Give equal opportunities to younger staff from different parts of the world.

Pros

Shell is a great large company

Cons

No opportunity for career growth

Advice to Senior Management

Hire employees not just issue contracts

Pros

many projects and different assets

Cons

not respect the environment, poor leadership and not a talent top management

Advice to Senior Management

Be open and listen to people and share thoughts, avoid your personal and unclear judgements

Pros

Strong brand and good mgt, good opportunities to learn and grow as a leader. Generally good respect re diversity and work life balance.

Cons

Slower to react than smaller companies and top heavy at times. Has been on a continuous journey to right size.

Advice to Senior Management

Good overall direction for company, but it would be nice to see decisions made more quickly when it comes to investments and reducing headcount.

Pros

Flexible working hours, overall good office environment

Cons

Decisions are all concentrated in Europe, too much bureaucratic processes, promotions are based on connections, too much virtual working

Advice to Senior Management

give more accountability to the employees

Pros

Work life balance is always at the top of the agenda
Global organisation

Cons

Too much time is spent on internal meetings

Advice to Senior Management

Career development should be a priority
Senior management must interact more with customers
OUs should invest more in the communities in which they operate

Pros

multiculture, a lot of things to learn, growth opportunities, cross business view, network, political and world economic driven, European company

Cons

company is too big which makes decision making very slow. Less research spending on innovation and new technologies compared to competitors.

Advice to Senior Management

company is too big which makes decision making very slow. Less research spending on innovation and new technologies compared to competitors.

Pros

1. very internationally diverse workplace
2. good opportunity to learn about the energy business
3. good compensation and comparatively stable career

Cons

1. career growth depends a lot on networking and less on actual performance
2. hard to get useful feedback
3. very little support for growth of an individual
4. not easy to speak your mind - too political
5. career starts to stagnate after 10 years

Pros

it is a global company and it has lot of opportunities open world wide.

Cons

Oil business in tough. They are not flexible. You mess up you are fired

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

Above average remuneration, great benefits, good opportunities to move roles from within resulting in career growth. Great connections with relevant agencies.

Cons

No central figure of authority in certain countries, senior management contradicts each other, cannot make decisions as a group. Too little budget and headcount allocated to Asia, the growth engine for the next decade while Europe's filled with deadweights.

Advice to Senior Management

Appoint a central figure of authority in important regions. Grow your Asian talents. Improve your pay and benefits for newer staff and middle management. Remuneration and benefits standards had become less competitive over the years.