Hmmm, People who invest money want returns on their investment? Seems crazy, but what if companies focused on long term profit instead of virtue signaling? BP downplaying their climate... — read more 

What do we expect to be announced at the all staff meeting this week? There’s a lot of conjecture over a big announcement, but l’m guessing it’s a nothing burger. WS will reaffirm the strategy, applaud that it has been effective and encourage... — read more 

Shell’s "Clean Break" in Action Picture this: By 2027, Shell announces it’s divesting $50 billion in oil assets to fund a $70 billion push into hydrogen and fusion energy. It partners with Tesla to blanket Europe with 10,000 EV chargers powered by... — read more 

Do you think Wael has the ability to make a classic rant like Jamie Dimon? https://youtube.com/shorts/6glAn-Gj9LM?si=3s4shZ5tBIJy2Kkq P.S: When you debank Kanye but not Jeffrey Epstein, like JP Morgan did, no one cares about what you have to say... — read more 

Can anyone explain this to me? $735 million dollars for 8000 bopd in a declining asset seems incredibly expensive.

If Shell was led by an Elon Musk type figure, what would he do in the first 6 months to 1 year?

What's your experience interviewing externally? The biggest shocker was externally, they hardly value my Shell experience. Having 2-decades of experience and they're sorting me off to 5 year experience jobs. People regard Shell experience as less... — read more 

Cubicles and 40 hour work weeks are antiquated. Time to reduce to 20 hours per week and more wfh.

Disclaimer: I work for a smaller competitor and I am fishing for info (will post the same questions on a few boards here). Anyhow, I am trying to figure out the standard way of managing Bonus, Salary Increases, and the Performance Evaluation... — read more 

Any key takeaways folks heard?

Right now, it seems like Shell leadership is selling and selling until Shell is small enough to buy. Clearly, Shell has had a fire sale on many of its assets in the US and Canada. But it does not seem like the low profit centers have been sold off... — read more 

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-14400649/Pressure-BP-merge-Shell-creating-national-oil-giant.html

Anyone have an insight into Speed reorg?

Is there a policy regarding the annual bonus where you need to be employed at the time of payout? If you give a two-weeks notice now, then still eligble for bonus payment end Feb?

‘Tis the season for bad news at Big Oil - again. Shell won’t let this go unanswered, hence all the speculation swirling around cuts, mergers, lowered pay expectations, etc. Walmart super store managers are making $400k+/- with no college education... — read more 

Imagine what they’re going through with bad stock performance, layoffs and an activist investor knocking at the door lol

Rumours going round that the company has increased some of the salary brackets (in line with market) without a commensurate increase in pay for those already in role. This would be an effective reduction in PIR but that's now hidden to staff as... — read more 

https://www.shell.com/who-we-are/diversity-equity-and-inclusion.html#iframe=L2RlaS8= “We've done a lot of work on DE&I in recent years. Creating the most diverse and inclusive organisation in the world will make us a much better company” Wael... — read more 

In the Canada town hall, it was mentioned that target bonus percentages will be decreasing starting 2026. Seems like JG2, 3, and 5 will be cut by 5% and JG7 by 2.5%. Other than the typical Shell PR answer, can anyone spill the tea here? Also, were... — read more 

I’m putting in two weeks notice right after I receive the bonus. Anyone else leaving after bonus payout? Shell will be cutting for years to come.

Does anyone have a current, good estimate (%’s) of the current US staff that opted for the 80pt versus Alt Plan? I understand most legacy pension payment obligations have been lateraled to Prudential. Still age 50 and 20 years service to qualify for... — read more 

Very surprised there has not been yet a cohesive class action lawsuit amongst the people that have been laid off. In 2025 those who got low ratings are next on the chopping block. I can assure you there’s some questionable decisions that have been... — read more 

Anyone in the loop/in the know and brave enough to share ?

How are the raises looking in 2025? Have they started showing up in Fidelity? Post % raise, JG, and PIR.

Self serving management will do anything to satisfy the shareholders and employees are ready to sacrifice…whether for a merger or to give the illusion that all I costs are going down…..whatever the real long term c price of this strategy

Hi, Does anyone have an employment lawyer for recommendation? This is about mistreatment during the latest layoff process. Thanks!

Why do we come to this site? For information on actual or likely layoffs, so we can prepare for what’s coming ahead of the official messaging. Speculation is interesting, but we need actual leaks. Senior leaders have been cut, we need them now to... — read more 

Anyone know if the Fidelity SPF 401k allows a Mega Backdoor Roth?

The EC made a big deal that they took the bold step of reducing their own BPF due to safety issues. Notice that they did not tell us how much it is reduced. Well, it turns out that they reduced it from 1.64 to 1.61. How bold!

Dow just added another 1500 to the job market.

After yet another round of layoffs in Development, Subsurface and Wells, all the UK-NL-India LNNs are still here and we are firing local Americans. Even the Iranian LNNs are still here. If we can’t get jobs in their countries and we can’t get jobs in... — read more 

They have let me go after many years of loyal service, so now I want to tell you what is coming, because I have nothing to lose. Wael wants the company to have at most 60,000 employees. He told the senior leaders to pass down that this year, lower... — read more 

Based on my understanding, there are five performance ratings, but it seems that “Strong” is the default for most employees, regardless of effort. Is it truly possible to achieve an “Outstanding” or “Higher” rating based solely on performance, or do... — read more 

🐳 🦢 dream come true, done deal

Is there some room for severance package negotiation? (e.g., more days/years of service, extended health insurance coverage, etc).

Is anyone else getting the boot on the 31st being asked to sign a reaffirmation that you won’t steal Shell IP? I was going to sign it already but my LM is being weirdly pushy about reminding me to do it.

Do folks have a guess as to size of the supply chain layoffs (PTC)? 20% in line with wells?

Spending 82 million Euros just to close the office months later. I’m just laughing at this point... — read more 

Interviewed for trader development in Houston and was told failed behavioral part