SLB reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,675 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 11,675 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
Sep 23, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Training, Career plan, great team to work with, international workforce.

Cons

Promotion is based mostly in what you pretend you can do rather than what you can actually do... I’ve seen employees going up the ladder very quickly without any solid technical skills.

2.0
Sep 21, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- offers an opportunity to understand oil and gas industry

Cons

- internal consulting - Repetitive work / Boring work - No strategy work, Mainly capability development, implementation sort of work - High-headed VPs in Houston office - Tense office environment - Lost 4 partners in last 1 year, must be doing something really bad

4.0
Sep 11, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-work for the #1 oilfield services company in the world -gain global exposure and a multicultural mindset -work with cross-functional teams -ability to gain experience in a diversity of areas/disciplines -work with individuals from different cultures and countries -at the crux of technological innovation

Cons

-company culture prefers professionals with Engineering degree -magnitude of organization creates difficulties for advancement, stuck in a niche -process-oriented environment can become tedious in some areas

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