Shell reviews about "manager"

Growth, nothing else everything is good

Bad culture, management continuously lies, nepotism ingrained in managers, white boys get promoted regularly.

30 min unpaid lunch (too short)

Most of the IT staff is in India. If you're in the US, 5:00 and 6:00 AM meetings are not unusual (but not really common). If you're in India, expect to be on calls after 7 with US staff. You may not be on the same continent with the rest of your team or your lead or your manager. It's still a consensus-based culture, and I'd like to see more managers able to make the tough decision and move forward, even if not everyone agrees. It still feels like it takes too long for anything to happen. Weekly 1-on-1s with your supervisor are not part of the culture.

A lot of middle managers, can be slow moving

Work life balance is non existent at a refinery/chemical plant. Been with Shell for 7 years and went thru 3 reorg/layoffs already. Seems like the industry growth isn’t just slowing, it’s contracting. Management decision is very slow. They seem to have lofty goals but doesn’t really accomplish them. More and more I feel like management is trying to push more and more site wide initiatives onto individual contributors which is frustrating because individual contributors don’t have the same pull as a manager or senior manager. Constantly in meetings that feel like nothing is accomplished and no value is added.

Low pay and sometimes you get rough customers. Cashbox was faulty as well.

Some of the new managers from service based organizations have been trying to bring that service based culture here. A fresher and an experienced person with 4-5 years of experience is placed in the same job group, this should be looked into.