Shell reviews

Excellent work/life balance, good compensation, and training! Every 2nd Friday is off with their 9/80 schedule. Some smarter folks avoid meetings on any Friday, thus you never know what schedule they are on and if they are ever in the office on Fridays. Most of the work is done through contractors, thus in reality it is not clear why an oil company would be penny pitching their employees. And Shell does not! A million here, another million there, thus it is far more important to ensure that people are happy and do not squander the money on contractors in order to retaliate.

Tremendous amount of empowerment. The more successful you are, the more you can do. The people of Shell are tremendous to work with. 9/80 days are a real benefit (Trading - Lubes - Get with it...) Senior management is making a real effort to communicate to the employees, at all levels. Shell gets diversity. The most progressive of companies of all the ones I intimately know. Great information sharing. Very few co-workers that hoard information. Commitment of recruiting talent by VERY senior management.