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 (334) , Engineer (306) , Business Analyst (302) , Software Engineer (276) , Project Manager (261) , Manager (232) , Intern (215) , Analyst (212) , Sales Associate/Cashier (158) , Project Engineer (118) , Financial Analyst (111) , Process Engineer (106) , Customer Service Representative (91) , Data Engineer (90) , Sales Associate (89)

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

"Very flexible and good work life balance" ((in 1446 reviews)); "very ethic and good benefits" ((in 1017 reviews)); "Good pay and beneifts and I would have stayed longer if they were not moving the positions to India." ((in 783 reviews)); "The culture is great and supportive yet challenges you to continuously expand your professional skills." ((in 690 reviews)); "great people and multicultural (though the latter is changing through centralisation and offshoring)." ((in 683 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 165 reviews)); "Long hours and stressful occasionally Cyclical commodity boom and bust" ((in 133 reviews)); "poor leadership and direction" ((in 93 reviews)); "lots office politics is there" ((in 76 reviews))

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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

(13,604 total reviews)

Wael Sawan

63% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 13,604 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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14K reviews

4.0

Jan 1, 2011

Good company with lots of opportunities

Customer service officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Dynamic, contemporary with lots of international and domestic opportunities. Shell is a modern and satisfactory organisation to work for.

Cons

Its a big company and as such as an employee you have the tendency to just become a number. Otherwise okay.

5.0

Dec 17, 2010

well

Research physicist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

ok salary, work place, cheap city

Cons

sucking management, weather and etc

4.0

Dec 15, 2010

Good company if you like lots of "process" and overhead

Business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1)Incredibly diverse workforce creates an interesting and unique work environment. 2)encourages employees to give back to the local communities via volunteer work 3)upper management communicates regularly to the general employee workforce

Cons

This company is over-burdened by "process" and general overhead in comparison to actual work. It really over-burdens the staff. I spend 90% of my time dealing with "process" as opposed to real work. When i started work with this company in year 2000, it was 90% work and 10% process. Over the years the trend reversed to the point where "process" greatly exceeds work. I am paid as a glorified Admin assistant instead of an IT professional. I am part of the Shell Trading organization. Trading is essentially a Financial Services organization with different requirements and needs from the parent company. Unfortunately, Shell treats the Trading division just like the rest of the oil company. Shell applies a "one size fits all" methodology to all the business units.

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