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      SLB

      Engaged Employer

      SLB reviews

      3.9

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (11,651 total reviews)
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      Olivier Le Peuch

      84% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      SLB has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11,651 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SLB employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      12K reviews
      2.0
      Feb 28, 2018

      Good Oilfield Exposure, Terrible Work/Life Balance

      Drilling engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good Training - Ability to work internationally straight out of university / no previous experience - Good exposure to field operations - Great diversity within the company

      Cons

      - Expect to have no social life. Leaving at 5 pm is a dream. - Does not treat employees like people, you're just a number, like cattle. - Hard to get training outside of your discipline - If you're lacking in a certain area, instead of providing training or study material you're expected to go research to find the answer yourself (i.e. Google). - Promotes safety, but it's a tattletale culture. It's hard to report something without it getting blown up and/or somehow being your fault. - Managers that do not know how to properly manage.

      2.0
      Feb 25, 2018

      Trapped in a cycle of bureaucratic red tape

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      SLB is a great place for an engineer to quickly gain experience in the oilfield and obtain a yearly salary + bonus that matches that experience. The fixed step program is focused on quickly making new hires competent. It's also great if you want to travel a lot (and express the willingness to do so).

      Cons

      SLB has the same problems BP is now plagued by. Too much focus on documenting and globalizing every single process. There's a global focus on the "Transformation", which is corporate code for taking autonomy away from local decision makers and pushing it further up the food chain to decision makers in Houston (headquarters). It makes you feel helpless. A secondary problem for me is questionable local management, but this will obviously vary from person to person and location to location.

      4.0
      Feb 22, 2018

      Geologist

      Geologist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Advanced training and development programs both technical/discipline specific as well as HSE and business strategy, competitive benefits, international career opportunities.

      Cons

      Subject to cyclical downturns/mass layoffs being the primary service provider to the oil & gas industry.

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