SLB Field Service Engineer Trainee reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(253 total reviews)
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Olivier Le Peuch

85% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Field Service Engineer Trainee employees have rated SLB with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 253 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Field Service Engineer Trainee professionals have an excellent working experience there. SLB is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Field Service Engineer Trainee professionals compared to other employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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253 reviews
2.0
Oct 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

If you like working 18-36 hour days for weeks at a time, while training green hats then this is your career. Good 401K plan and stock purchase plan. Good safety training and programs.

Cons

12 hour days minimum for sometimes 3-4 weeks at a time then only getting a day or two off before doing it all over again. In some cases they automatically take your vacation days away if you are not on a work site in between these long jobs. Pay has been cut 45% from previous years, all incentive bonuses were taken away. Vehicle allowances were reduced with talks of taking them completely away. And now health benefits were stripped to basics, as long as you dont need a doctor on this plan you are ok. Other cons you can not have alcohol while on the job as I said 3-4 weeks sometimes. You also don't get to see your family most of the time while on these jobs. ( Prior to this the benefits and the compensation made up for this but that is all gone now) I have been worked up to 53 hours with no sleep.

3.0
Sep 18, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits package, great 401k plan, lots of training, great place to start career. It is really a Your Mileage May Vary company; also the quality of work life depends on how your management leads your business segment.

Cons

There is too much internal politics. Promotions and choice assignments are given out on a favoritism scale. An unreasonable amount of work hours put in, the managers expect employees to live, breathe, and eat Blue. But not pay for quality work.

2.0
Jul 1, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Technologically advanced New Technology Good support

Cons

hectic schedulds Expecting to do too many things at same time

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