SLB reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,662 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 11,662 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
3.0
Feb 2, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay/benefits Car allowance field work, no office.

Cons

no life, being away from loved ones for extended periods of time. inability to plan anything since there is no schedule, you are on call 24/7. working with some cocky directional drillers.

3.0
Jan 18, 2016

Big Blew

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Schlumberger tries to pay better than average wages

Cons

Poor culture for men and mid-career professionals who are US citizens. You will be the 1st let go based on gender and nationality.

1.0
Jan 18, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

There used to be good pay and a good schedule. The pay used to be good too.

Cons

1. Experience doesn't transfer. The only transferable skills you will get is some management experience. Besides that, don't let yourself become deluded into thinking that the experience you gain as a wireline field engineer will gain you employment at a oil producer. Only 2 in 40 will achieve this. 2. Not only will the job be difficult but you will lead a miserable life, more than likely you will be sent to a small town where your only friends will be your co-workers, where your boss will always try to get more out of you, and when your on call you will be woken up constantly in the middle of the night, deal with condescending clients - the list goes on in on. 3. When the going gets tough, Schlumberger gets dirty, they won't just lay you off in many cases, they will make you work more for less days off, cut your pay, benefits and resources at work and make it miserable enough so that you will quit. It is happening now, many are wanting a lay off so they can get severance pay and qualify for unemployment but Schlumberger won't make it that easy.

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