Profit first - Software Engineer SLB Employee Review

2.0
Oct 6, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance international and Diversity

Cons

Schlumberger is not a software company and doesn't know how to manage software project. No efficiency, the different parts of the company are competing for personal interest and the budget goes into the salaries of the hierarchy, there are more managers than workers, I have even seen projects where there were no software engineers. The result is that the developers are not considered, that no project is really completed The company wants to appear to be agile, that employees are listened to, that it consults and negotiates with employees when in reality the employee comes last. Everything is managed the old fashioned way, the company wants to control its employees fully down to where the employee can sit, everything is decided in advance and forced through. In reality the workers are not considered, just a few examples, the layout of the offices, poor quality of the furnishings, removal of luncheon vouchers,no trust, against teleworking, no salary increase, unfair annual appraisals. The only way to get ahead is through pay-offs and cronyism. year after year company is reducing compensation and beneficts.

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1.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Good people at the local level. The work is engaging and challenging.

Cons

Too many to count. Career advancements are extremely limited. Pay raises are minimal and don't get close to keeping up with inflation even for top performers. At the corporate level they are using acquisitions to hide massive layoffs. They return billions in profit to investors consistently, but there is still a constant threat of layoffs and multiyear freezes on pay raises even with inflation and solid corporate profit.

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