Good Technology, Very Poor People Management - Field Engineer SLB Employee Review

2.0
Mar 12, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Schlumberger is a technical leader in the field and provides great training to employees. If you are one of the lucky ones who actually makes is out of the field, it seems like it would be a good company to work for.

Cons

It all depends on where you end up working. Some districts are very good, others are terrible. There is an enormous disconnect between the managers and the field population. Much of this is due to very poor communication from the top down within our district. Management seems to be very hasty in decision making without thinking first about the long term consequences of the decisions. An example of this would be in moving the local managers to Houston (4 hours away.) Many employees have either never met their manager in person, or only see them 1-2 times per year. Now 2 years later they are realizing that it is bad for managers to be so far from their employees, when this should have been immediately apparent. The schedule with this job can be very unpredictable to the point of almost being non existent. In order to cope with this you must be a flexible person. Depending on your family status, this can be difficult at times.

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Cons

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1.0
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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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