Are you sure this is true? It's really difficult to imagine how Shell will be able to give out that bonus, considering the prices of oil and the fact that it is scaling down considerably on its Capex and labour costs.

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Shell is facing trouble with labour unions elsewhere. How could it possibly double the variable bonus for employees at its other operating countries?