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    Updated December 10, 2018
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    Shell CEO Ben van Beurden
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    1. Featured Review

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      "Great place to work!"

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      Current Employee - Commercial Manager in Houston, TX
      Current Employee - Commercial Manager in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Shell full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Work schedule flexibility. Great Benefits!

      Cons

      Takes a long time to make a decision.

      Advice to Management

      Continue to streamline work process and eliminate unnecessary work process.

    2. "instrumentation"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Shell full-time

      Pros

      great pay and benefits

      Cons

      work life balance: and communication

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    3. "Commercial Finance Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Shell full-time

      Pros

      Great opportunity to work on different types of projects; work schedule is flexible.

      Cons

      Very demanding sometimes; Managers are not all that well qualified; Office politics.

    4. "Intellectually Stimulating Environment"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Shell full-time

      Pros

      Shell hires the brightest scientists and engineers. Everyone was always accessible and willing to help answer my questions.

      Cons

      Despite a successful internship, was unable to get hired on full time.

    5. "HSE Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Shell full-time

      Pros

      Benefits are hard to beat

      Cons

      The work load can hurt work-life balance.

      Advice to Management

      Drive for better balance in work load.

    6. "Control Systems Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Control Systems Engineer in Martinez, CA
      Current Employee - Control Systems Engineer in Martinez, CA
      Recommends

      I have been working at Shell full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great benefit. Good teamwork. Encouraging managers

      Cons

      Workload can be overwhelming.

    7. "Shell Employee for 16 years"

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      Former Employee - Global Reportinng Advisor in Houston, TX
      Former Employee - Global Reportinng Advisor in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Shell full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits. Nice work environment.

      Cons

      Off shoring many jobs.

    8. "Fast paced working conditions"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Shell full-time

      Pros

      There are plenty of processes and guidelines to help with workload

      Cons

      There are many processes

      Advice to Management

      None

    9. "Employment in Shell Malaysia"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Shell full-time

      Pros

      Working culture, strong leadership, various job opportunities, learning and development, salary and benefits

      Cons

      bureaucratic at times

    10. "Excellent company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Supply Chain in Houston, TX
      Former Employee - Supply Chain in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Shell full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Salary, culture, principles, safety, teamwork

      Cons

      lack of leadership in the market, sometimes the management seems lost and they copy other companies, it is lack of personality in their decisions.

      Advice to Management

      avoid trends, transform Shell in the company used to be in 1972-80s. Be more agile on decisions, avoid being the government and became the company you can be.