A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, an engine provided in the upper turning body, a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic oil tank provided in the upper turning body, a plurality of hydraulic actuators driven by the hydraulic pump, and a hydraulic circuit connected to the hydraulic pump, wherein the hydraulic circuit includes a plurality of control valves configured to control flows of hydraulic oil between the hydraulic pump and the plurality of hydraulic actuators, and a unified bleed-off valve configured to collectively control bleed-off flowrates of the plurality of control valves, wherein the hydraulic circuit is configured so that a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump becomes equal to or less than a predetermined pressure during start-up of the engine.