Thread regarding Shell Oil layoffs

How does staff selection really work ?

Who sits on the panels ? GMs ? DMs ? TLs ? DLs ?
Do they really review the talent cards ? or just use IPF and CEP and Salary ?
Is HR involved (do they even exist as people connected to the business or just an email id) ?
While the guidance is to apply to own box (if exists) or to lateral JG roles. Previous reorgs have shown that promotions do happen - how does one increase the odds of this happening....or get to know that they are not even on the list/way down the list of options ?
Sponsors - guidance is for no GTKYs but have seen them to help a lot.

  • JG3 in GOM Development. 16 years in the company, aspiring to get to JG2 but wondering if this is the end of the ladder for me at Shell.
by Anonymous
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Don’t kid yourself. GMs pull the strings and if they don’t like you, they will stop you from getting job. It’s very unfair. Some leaders hold all the cards and HR serves them .

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @Iowz+1uxdvdgm

You would have been a JG2 by now if you were chosen. You're not. Those that have a chance at promotion already know who they are and are connected. Those people will be promoted while well deserving hard working people who make the business work won't. IPFs only matter if they are bad and they will let you go. I know people in GOM development that have consistently had highers or outperform and didn't get promoted for 5+ years, so they quit.

HR only facilitates the process, i.e., no dedicated resource and they don't care about the outcome. DMs only help those flagged for management. GMs will have strong input to JG2+. Decisions will be made high JG to low so TLs will help select those on their team, but YOU won't know who they are. You will know who your GM will be and that's it.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @2tle+1uxdvdgm

The Dutch look after their own and are xenophobic, however it is now a UK company so their days of elitism and protectionism is well and truly marked. Already seeing this change in the re-org.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1vyj+1uxdvdgm

If you don’t have a box you should be looking elsewhere. It’s possible to survive but the odds are low. This is a designed play.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1cpk+1uxdvdgm

With the new IPF system its very hard to gauge where you stand (80 percent get the same outcome). I have the same frusteration you think you are due for a promotion but at the same time think its the end of the line.

Also a complete lack of control on the outcome - given that there are no interviews for positions either. Just remember dont wait till a reorg is announced to "network". Also try stand out, just not in a bad way. Better to be invisible.

by Tobeornottobe
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Who knows? After looking at the new Scotford leadership announcement they have a new manager in a group that has no experience in that field. It's like hiring a baker to manage your five star restaurant.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @kys+1uxdvdgm

There is a saying, “if you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much.” Also you won’t be able to climb the career ladder if you are working under some a--holes / red necks (they only take care of own kind). If you are on JG3 in 16 years that means - you are not a chosen one for next JG! Nothing big in the project funnel for Deepwater folks than more layoffs in the horizon…

by Anonymous
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