Does Shell pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Shell employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Shell. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Shell?

74% of Shell employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Shell 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Shell?

Cashier (333) , Engineer (306) , Business Analyst (302) , Software Engineer (276) , Project Manager (261) , Manager (232) , Intern (214) , Analyst (212) , Sales Associate/Cashier (158) , Project Engineer (118) , Financial Analyst (111) , Process Engineer (106) , Customer Service Representative (91) , Data Engineer (89) , Sales Associate (89)

What are the pros of working at Shell according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and effective WoW" ((in 1463 reviews)); "very ethic and good benefits" ((in 1005 reviews)); "Good pay and beneifts and I would have stayed longer if they were not moving the positions to India." ((in 783 reviews)); "Good culture but very dependent on location/team" ((in 689 reviews)); "great people and multicultural (though the latter is changing through centralisation and offshoring)." ((in 674 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Shell according to real employee reviews?

"Continuous restructurings every 2 years mean no job security and teams being understaffed (although certain top management remains same for decades)." ((in 233 reviews)); "bad managers and cumbersome working with HR employees to get forms." ((in 163 reviews)); "Long hours and lots of things going on at once" ((in 135 reviews)); "poor leadership and direction" ((in 92 reviews)); "lots office politics is there" ((in 75 reviews))

What are employees saying about Shell layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Shell layoffs and their outlook for job security at Shell in 2026.

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4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(13,593 total reviews)

Wael Sawan

62% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

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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3.0

Feb 8, 2014

Team lead can bring you to heaven or hell

Geologist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice pay, pension, flexible working hours

Cons

Forced ranking system - hesitate to share knowledge with same job grade colleagues. Company does not appreciate hard workers, but favors hard talkers (high visibility). If team lead is not willing to say good words for you, you screwed. You will always hear things like "oh, you did great last year, but others did better than you".

1.0

Jan 28, 2013

Shell Bangalore is a BPO

Senior business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Negligible work hours, dont have to apply your head to work here

Cons

Terrible HR, payroll systems, they are trying to cash in on the International Shell brand

1.0

Nov 14, 2017

Senior Engineer

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is absolutely nothing positive about this company.

Cons

Horrible work culture and environment, festered with harassment, incompetent and ignorant management which is oppressive and unaware of ground reality. Nothing ever gets done in this office. Employees are treated like office stationery or furniture which can be tossed about at will or at the whims of management. There is absolutely no respect for people and management's behavior borders on human rights violation. If you want to work here, leave your basic human dignity at the doorstep before you enter and prepare to be tortured mercilessly and continuously. Even prisoners serving life sentence are treated better in the worst jails. Employees are perennially depressed and management is completely apathetic or clueless.

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