Shell contract

[singhr]

Take one of Ken Saro-Wiwa's books along to the interview, it will show you've done your homework.

[TheFaQQer]

Take one of Ken Saro-Wiwa's books along to the interview, it will show you've done your homework.

Or someone royal and Dutch.

[rootsnall]

Who are you going to see there? I know him, the name is on the tip of my tongue.

What are your references like? Give us their names and we'll tell you if they are good or not.
OH FFS!

Just provoked a loud involuntary splutter laugh and lots of turned heads. 8 mins to go, must keep head down.................

[Flopsy]

Worked there under contract (both Waterloo and Strand) and had both renewed. Felt like a "lifer" after a while.

Shell seemed to go through the IT normal cycles of

1. In house - let's hire permies and contractors
2. Let's outsource now - everyone fired
3. Oh, let's bring it all Inhouse - everyone hired again

Recently I have heard of lost of permies being made redundent. They even sold off a lot of thir company houses in Surrey.

No idea of the contractor situation now. They may have sacked too many permies and now need their roles filled.

[nomadd]

I've just been put forward for a Shell contract, for 6 months, and it all sounds quite promising.

Aparently they're going through a vast amount of infrastrucutre, treasury application change.

Anyone already there? Any views? What's the liklehood of an extension?

Got put forward to them twice in the last 6 months. Both times, the projects were canned. Not sure if budgets have improved for them recently. Best of luck.

Nomadd

[Soled73]

Cheers for the positive comments.

[thunderlizard]

Have worked in the industry but not directly with Shell. Any time I've heard them mentioned, it's been as one of the better companies to work with.

[StellaFan]

I've been there for 7 years and was almost leaving at the end of the year - got a stay of execution
It really does depend what project you are working on - loads have been let go recently, especially permies

[Fred Bloggs]

Personally I have found it impossible to get into Shell locally in the NW (Stanlow) it seems you need to know folks already in there. On the rare occasions I have been offered a stab at anything there, I've declined as the rates were poor. There seems to be an attitude that you're lucky Shell will give you a contract, you need to be grateful.

[Soled73]

Personally I have found it impossible to get into Shell locally in the NW (Stanlow) it seems you need to know folks already in there. On the rare occasions I have been offered a stab at anything there, I've declined as the rates were poor. There seems to be an attitude that you're lucky Shell will give you a contract, you need to be grateful.

Rate's pretty good as far as I'm concerned.