SLB reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,659 total reviews)
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Olivier Le Peuch

84% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

SLB has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11,659 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).

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12K reviews
4.0
Oct 20, 2016

Field Engineer , et al

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good money for hard work and company provided numerous opportunities to learn both OJT and academic courses. International opportunities and had a full range of great benefits.

Cons

In the good times (high oil prices) forget work/life balance. Company promoted safety but location operations managers threw that out the window when it got busy. In bad times you were well advised to have saved as much as possible from the good times - you were likely to need it! And on short notice. Company became very degree oriented back around the mid to late 80's which left well trained but non-degreed employees pretty much out of the progression matrix and well trapped in low level positions.

4.0
Oct 19, 2016

great company to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Technology, support and tools always available to do your job, no questions.

Cons

several decisions driven only by leading indicators, sometimes against common sense. being O&E company, it's strongly impacted by the market fluctuations

3.0
Oct 4, 2016

Great place to learn, awful place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Early exposure to client interaction, managing teams. Great pay.

Cons

No work-life balance. Unhealthy lifestyle. Company is too bureaucratic, forces pointless reports and meetings. You cannot report any real issues, only minor inconsequential ones. Major issues are tried to kept quiet.

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