I am a JG5 engineer in the US at 1 of the 6 refinery Shell will keep with a year left with SATP. With everything that’s going on in the industry, and getting an offer from a tech company should I take it? Is there any future for engineers at Shell?... — read more
Americans?
When many of he Shell European executives talk about Exxon or Chevron, they refer to them as "Americans". It funny, because Shell CFO/Chairman is American and so are 1000s of employees - albeit we are being let go more than others. Similarly, Exxon... — read more
Reshape December Layoffs
We were told from the time Reshape was announced that much would be clear by the end of the year. It seemed like a long time away at the time. Now December is a couple of weeks away and job cuts are becoming a little clearer. What more are we likely... — read more
Shell gave $61 billion to governments in 2019 and only gets more abuse
Shell hands over far more to governments than any Big Tech company like Amazon or Apple and yet the oil and gas industry gets no political support! The money is used to subsidise reduction in demand for oil and gas. Is the leadership asleep? A... — read more
Shell Bukom Will Permanently Shut Down Some Units
This will affect employees only by Nov 2021. Many people will be affected. It has been long overdue as Bukom is not run efficiently with the current working culture.
Are the 9000 Jobs to be Cut in USA
Just wandering if the 9000 jobs to cut by 2022 in the USA or are the cuts international. Does anyone know?
Convent Refinery Officially Shuttering
Convent refinery is ceasing production. Wonder how long until they through in the towel in Seattle / Anacortes refinery? It has a for sale sign on it but nobody wants it so far. Supply is far shorter in WA than the Gulf Coast which provided some... — read more
Strategy to divest from fossils or just greed?
When it was officially announced that with the closure of the Convent refinery, 700 of us would be fired (as well as many other contractors) by the beginning of next year, the dividend increase, which is also announced last week, worsened my pain... — read more
SARNIA Refinery Closing in 2021
Sources confirming that failed sale initiative will result in refinery closure.
Shell mulls closure of Convent Refinery
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/article_a339b8ea-1df7-11eb-8e76-9f0dd9226d48.html
Second SVS Round
As you may or may not know, the second SVS round is on going in NL and UK. Can someone update if there will be a second SVS round in USA?
We used to be better than this. Not anymore.
When I joined Shell, the sentiment was “well at least we are not bad as XOM.” But, this year we are doing what we accused y’all of doing. I was thinking about it couple of days ago. We have become what we accused Exxon of being. Blatant lies... — read more
Promotions make no sense
Who else has noticed that lately all the people that are being promoted don't even know how to do their core jobs? All the while people with decades of experience and hands-on knowledge are being ignored and passed over. How does this make any sense?... — read more
Why are Shell employees not as negative as ExxonMobil?
Former ExxonMobil here. I was a long tenured employee and used to have great pride in the company. But in the last few years the culture at XOM has changed dramatically for the worse. I was part of the wave laid-off during the summer (XOM lied and... — read more
What greener pastures have your site's engineers left for?
Would like to see if any engineers have had success leaving for other industries (you or your peers). I'm still a recent ME grad (2 years in). Can't seem to find anything that wouldn't require an MS/MBA or large pay cut.
Not Layoff Related- Job Grades and Salaries
Hello, Im a job grade 5 engineer, I make about 105k. Curious what a job grade 4 engineer with the same capabilities as me has? Downstream USA. Any ideas help. Any idea what the % increases are between job grades and how quickly they can be reached?... — read more
Shell's zero-emission goals will limit profit potential
Whatever your opinion of renewable energy is, it does not have the potential to replace oil for decades (plural) and as such is not a viable business strategy vis a vis oil production. So from strictly an investment viewpoint, Shell's future... — read more
Uncertainty Reaching a Peak
With staff feeling completely vulnerable to imminent job cuts and greater levels of uncertainty than I have been ever seen, this slow long drawn out misery cannot be good for business. A stressed, demotivated staff who have spent most of this year... — read more
Uncertainty around severance packages
I’m hearing that HR won’t comment on whether severance packages will be provided as part of Reshape and have heard leaders say they also do not know. I’ve never seen severance not be offered but am now starting to wonder, anyone else hearing or... — read more
Will more people voluntarily leave if the US eliminates 9/80?
If their goal is to get as many people as possible to leave voluntarily (so that they don't have to pay a package), why not just get rid of the 9/80? I'm playing devil's advocate, of course. But throughout my years at Shell, I have heard people... — read more
So when will we hear more?
We have been going through this slow motion misery for past eight or nine months and don’t really know any details. I understand there will be details in December, but is anything likely before then about specific job cuts?
Any news on cuts for IT in the USA? SBOs are being heavily promoted
What is going to happen to IT teams in the US? I work in IT should i should start looking elsewhere. It is obvious leadership is pushing SBOs, what is USA IT future outlook?
Pay cut in the near future?
There are rumors of pay cuts company wide from 10 to 25% of base salary
Redundancy
As we get close to the reality of redundancy, there are many who have seen it before and have a greater understanding of the process and what might be on offer. My question is: From your experience, Would voluntary redundancy be offered to fixed term... — read more
Future of work in the industry
New study about the future of work in O&G gives an interesting projection on how the oil prices reflect on employment in industry. I’m optimistic, but they project that even in a business-as-usual scenario, more than half of jobs lost may not return... — read more
Where would the job losses happen?
The world still runs on oil but we all know oil is a fading business. Shell is a multi-billion dollar corporation set in the old ways, so re-investing and adapting to renewables is going to be very difficult, if not impossible. Sad but true. For... — read more
Set course for net-zero emissions shipping?
I can’t imagine Shell hydrogen fuel cells as a promising zero-emission vessel technology for shipping, not to mention that hydrogen powered ships could be floating bombs. No matter how big is the storm in the oil patch, perhaps we are setting the... — read more
How Often Are The Mass Layoffs At Shell- Historically
Any thoughts on how frequent 1000+ job cuts are at Shell. I know the last big one was in 2015,16
How Do The Layoffs Usually Work at Shell?
Sorta new to Shell. Will the people being laid off given some type of money to keep them afloat for a little bit. If so what does that usually look like? Or was the SVS the last time for that. Just wondering. Thanks!
That's the nature of the beast
Nobody should be suprised by coming layoffs. Considering everything that's been going on in the industry and the entire world's economy, something like this was bound to happen sooner rather than later. I'm not holding this against Shell, I am aware... — read more
Looking to speak with employees
I'm an energy reporter at Business Insider, and I'm looking to chat with people about Project Reshape and how it's impacting the business. Conversations can be confidential. You can reach me at bjones@businessinsider.com or on Signal/phone at... — read more
Breaking news 30.09.20
https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/268687/shell-9000-job-cuts-worldwide/
The sounds of Reshape Silence
As we get closer to the crunch moment, it is like the huge Shell workforce across the globe is taking a collective last gasp of air while we wait for the news. Maybe the news will be worse than we imagined over the last six months or maybe it will... — read more
Russian Roulette
Every few years we play this employment game of Russian Roulette and we are always amazed to survive. But this time it feels like there is more than one bullet in the pistol!
Project Flashlight
Anyone have news on the Project Flashlight reorg in Trading and Supply?
I really hope Shell goes Bankrupt
Ben Van Burden has been that...A burden, while he lines his pockets. Benny boy, How that BG deal looking? Benny Boy how about partnering with Green Peace? You were never CEO Material. You should have gone into making clogs. You are a fraud Benny Boy... — read more
Leave the industry
This entire industry has never been about job security but the last couple of years have been especially bad for employees. I think anybody who cares about their state of mind and the ability to work without having to worry about their job every... — read more
Reshape public details
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26C0GI
Gretchen fiddles as Shell burns!
Latest post to employees from US Country Chair Getchen Watkins. As a concerned employee and stockholder, Gretchen - please focus on your fiduciary duties to create shareholder value rather than catering to the latest BLM wokism. This is not the... — read more
Anxiety Levels Rising
I am not a worrier, and have been through other periods with layoffs, but this feels different and with the Second Wave taking hold, I feel cuts could be bigger than we expect. It is the fact that we could be facing another bad year for the company... — read more