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4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

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Shell has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 13,593 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 Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Nov 2, 2016

Shell SBO Bnagalore

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Pros

Nothing specific other than Shell Name

Cons

First let us accept the fact-Bangalore IT centre is a totally different set up, Shell is trying to set up to replace contractors for the only purpose of saving Money. So each and every thing setup here is different, the game is competing with low cost IT service delivery model.( just given example they will give you lunch coupon of Rs 50 per day , you can't buy any full meal in the world class canteen that they claim that shell has set up, you need to pay minimum 80 Rs to have lunch - need to pay from packet) Don't just compare your existing CTC and join here, your take home salary will surprise you, it's due to the tax policy. Didn't go by the designation and JD,  your actual role will be different, you will be asked to perform low level job. You will have surprise when you are about to complete your probation, your feed back will be filled by some contractors or someone who is loosing job else where ( whom you are replacing) if he gives good feed back he will loose his job, so you know the fact. Most of the new joiners will be happy for few months, later they don't know what to do. Your offer is valid for maximum 4 years, what it means you are required to do Same job for four years and you need to re apply again to maintain your job position You will be offered a joining bonus forcefully so that you will not leave, if you need to you have to pay with additional tax. Most of the employees are from Indian IT vendors of Shell, they will join as very senior level, you will find junior than you joining at very high level as they know some one and you will get frustrated. There is no work from home and they expect you to continue attending late night meetings from home as you need to interact other time zones. Stay Away if you are really interested your career!!

1.0
Jan 19, 2018

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Pros

Good pay ( They give nice raise as they cant satisfy you with quality work) Safety Looks good for women Some decent employees, No mail on weekends ( Not sure about other teams)

Cons

Long List actually. 1. Very low quality of work being moved to bangalore. There is definitely discrimination when it comes to work, The job roles in UK & NL are very different from bangalore. 2. JD during selection process will be completely different from what you would actually do. JD will mirror what a person sitting in NL, UK or US does. Only support functions gets moved here 3. Too much politics and lot of confusion in whatever little work is sent here. Maybe people clamour for work as they have very little to do 4. The IT aptitude of stakeholders is very low, no wonder our service cos take them for a long ride 5. Slow decision making, process and unnecessary marketing of unmarketable work. 6. Same project/work done by multiples teams 7. relaxed atmosphere but frustration will set in soon 8. HR is absent, my interactions with them have been limited 9. Performance rating is a joke, if you dance sing and talk sweetly be assured of a good rating. Not joking. 10. If you have no options, then join. If you wish to jack up your package before hoping to another place, then apply. Gain O&G exp. even though not a great one but other companies would fall for it due to Shell brand. 11. My manager in NL was ok but obviously whenever I ask about quality work answer would be India is only an outsourcing/support center not sure what I can give you. Well they could have sent a different JD in that case. 12. People do get terminated during probation, one my batch mates got terminated. So not a safe place, if you are not in good books and if your manager is not a honest person, then its better to be careful. 13. Re-orgs happen frequently and are shoddily executed. I went through one, people are still splitting their hairs as to which team they are joining. Its going on for the last 8 months I should say without an end result. Should I say more. Not worth joining if you have better options. If you are basing your decision on salary alone, you will repent later.

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