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 (335) , Engineer (306) , Business Analyst (302) , Software Engineer (277) , Project Manager (261) , Manager (232) , Intern (217) , Analyst (213) , Sales Associate/Cashier (158) , Project Engineer (119) , 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 1466 reviews)); "very ethic and good benefits" ((in 1013 reviews)); "Good pay and beneifts and I would have stayed longer if they were not moving the positions to India." ((in 762 reviews)); "Good culture but very dependent on location/team" ((in 699 reviews)); "great people and multicultural (though the latter is changing through centralisation and offshoring)." ((in 685 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 235 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 136 reviews)); "poor leadership and direction" ((in 94 reviews)); "lots office politics is there" ((in 76 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.

What are the top reviewed Shell locations?

Ciudad de México , León , Tlalnepantla , Mexicali , Querétaro , Cholula , Naucalpan , Pachuca

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Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

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2K reviews

4.0

Mar 17, 2025

Good student job

Customer assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Managers always helpful, decent hours and ok pay for young people

Cons

Often working alone so can be dull and experience dodgy customers in retail as always

4.0

Apr 1, 2025

Dependent on department

Graduate trainee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great mentoring if you have the right line managers, decent benefits and pay

Cons

Politics in certain departments that lead to stress despite the workload being manageable.

4.0

Mar 26, 2025

Graduate Program

Mobility analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay, strong leadership, local networking

Cons

Placed by Shell in first role for 18 months

4.0

Mar 29, 2025

Great company to be associated with

Electrical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Attractive pay scale with additional secondary benefits Learning opportunity

Cons

Frequent reorganisation leading to unstability environment

1.0

Mar 26, 2025

Don't go

Warehouse worker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good petrol nice chick's no time off

Cons

Long hours short pay not good

4.0

Mar 28, 2025

Good

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, work life balance, support from organization, HR policies, wfh on exceptional cases

Cons

Reorganization, layoffs, very less new interesting projects, work assignment not aligned to interest and experience

4.0

Apr 2, 2025

nice company

Process engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

innovative, can work from home. good pay

Cons

all was good. nice company

1.0

Mar 31, 2025

Reorgs every year

Senior product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay, work life balance, hybrid potential

Cons

Extremely Poor management, excessive reorg, lacking scalable and growth trajectory

5.0

Mar 20, 2025

Good

Front desk receptionist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Fun Nice people Good pay

Cons

Can’t think of any. Good atmosphere

5.0

Mar 21, 2025

Great pay

Software development engineer (sde1)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great compensation and package for a fresher.

Cons

Lack of good management techniques.

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