Shell Senior Manager reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(46 total reviews)
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Wael Sawan

59% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Senior Manager employees have rated Shell with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 46 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Shell is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Energia, estrazione mineraria, servizi di pubblica utilità industry (3.7 stars).

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46 reviews
3.0
Aug 22, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Big company, big interesting challenges, big perks. Infrastructure works quite well and you usually have access to all resources you need to do your job.

Cons

Too process-based, what limits creativity and new ways to respond to same old (endless) issues. General lack of leadership skills: people progress in their careers more based on time in the company and "right" (?) connections, instead of the proper background. Highly political environment, that allows your career to progress ONLY if you make, again, the "right" connections.

1.0
Jul 28, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Pay Package - not sure how long will they pay Joining Bonus

Cons

Terminating people is very high during probation and are asked to payback the joining bonus No work from home at all , they will agree before joining later on will tell about SEZ policy No flexibility, No onsite they hire people with high experience and are asked to go before probation or extension of probation, in turn asked to return the joining bonus No promotion for 4 years of joining and promotion depends based on the role availability - so forget it. They talk worldclass facility but it is as same as any service company Please don't ruin your career joining here, offer is too sweet to revoke at the same time think about the risk of losing the job (which is very high) and getting another job with shell pay is again a big challenge

3.0
Mar 30, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good compensation and benefits package. - Relatively well established processes and procedures. - Varied career opportunities and system in place to apply for jobs internally. - Flexibile work arrangements (opportunity to work from home depending on the role) - Opportunities to travel. - System in place to report violations of business principles and code of conduct. - Promotes diversity and inclusiveness. - Promotes safety and wellness. - Opportunity to work with diverse group of people. - Believes in honesty, integrity and respect for people as its core values

Cons

- In sales, the focus is often short term (annual performance). - Too much focus on individual reward and recognition which often stifle collaboration and teamwork. - Annual performance management process with forced ranking. - Limited senior roles doing local jobs. If you want progression, you need to do regional or global roles. - Susceptibility to succumbing to the "not invented here" syndrome since most assignments only last 4 years and staff wanting to move up would have tendency not to continue what was started by the predecessor even if they are working but instead develop new things. This is apparent in lubricants marketing where there is hardly any sustainable product positioning. - In Lubricants - Tendency to hire too many experienced marketers from FMCG companies who hardly make an effort to understand their products and the business first to come up with strong marketing programs and campaigns but instead rely too much on events and promotions. - Tendency to develop a culture of "sucking it up to the boss" and breeding a group of "Yes men" at senior management levels stifling generation of new and/or opposing ideas. - Believes that promoting gender diversity is just all about hiring women with limited programs in place to make the workplace more women-friendly especially to those not willing to sacrifice their family life for the sake of their careers. - Understaffed front-line human resource staff. - Becoming an organization of fiefdoms led by leaders promoting their own agenda and each wanting to "look good".

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