Pros
Ease of communication with immediate management. Shell has a very strict open door policy for its employees. Ability to seek and receive training in personal development as well as critical business skills. Shell offers a learning center to its employees called the Shell Open University where outside consultants come in to educate employees and help to keep their skills sharp. Great compensation and benefits. Shell offers one of the best salary and benefits packages in the industry. Good personal feedback both as an individual and as a team. Shell is very good about asking for 360 feedback. Plenty of intellectual challenges offered. Shell offers projects that are stimulating and very rewarding. Great personal achievement recognition awards. Shell offers great monetary awards for outstanding work.
Cons
Very large company. Can be hard to navigate such a large structure. Not American owned. Dutch owned and consequently there is always a tension between global processes and local needs and laws to be overcome. Global can mean a loss of personal identity in the larger scheme of things and can also offer complications, especially with hiring laws, environmental laws and overall product quality. No real say as to who is placed in Sr. Leadership. Employees are never asked about changes in leadership and tend to be the last to know something that huge is changing within the company structure.