Is SLB a good company to work for?

SLB has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 15,147 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at SLB to a friend and 60% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about SLB have been left by employees working as Intern , Program Manager and Data Scientist .

Does SLB pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SLB employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SLB. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SLB?

73% of SLB employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SLB 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SLB?

Field Engineer (924) , Intern (335) , Engineer (259) , Mechanical Engineer (223) , Internship (203) , Software Engineer (196) , Field Specialist (169) , Project Manager (169) , Wireline Field Engineer (119) , Senior Field Engineer (113) , Procurement Specialist (97) , Manufacturing Engineer (90) , Manager (73) , Geophysicist (71) , Financial Analyst (69)

What are the pros of working at SLB according to real employee reviews?

"Benefit is good and competitive with other oil and gas service provider for supply chain position." ((in 837 reviews)); "Training is good and useful" ((in 712 reviews)); "Good pay and mbility is good" ((in 668 reviews)); "Salary is good and livable" ((in 547 reviews)); "People are great and intelligent" ((in 504 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SLB according to real employee reviews?

"no inspiration in the lab setting everything was based on work completed and no work life balance." ((in 853 reviews)); "2) Some times people are abused because of business needs or poor management (managers fault) or oil crisis" ((in 453 reviews)); "long hours and lots of extrernal and internal pressure" ((in 241 reviews)); "Bad managers get away with breaking all the policies and rules and the ethics line is useless." ((in 236 reviews)); "Very tough and no life balance" ((in 135 reviews))

What are employees saying about SLB layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about SLB layoffs and their outlook for job security at SLB in 2026.

What are the top reviewed SLB locations?

Houston , Sugar Land , Midland , Oklahoma City , Denver , Rosharon , Williston , San Antonio , Lafayette , Katy , Cambridge , Shreveport , Bakersfield , Youngsville , Anchorage , Cheyenne , Provo , Prudhoe Bay , Von Ormy , Dallas , Houma , New York , Odessa , New Orleans , Boston , El Reno , Weston , Lawrence , Florence , Bartlesville

SLB reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,677 total reviews)

Olivier Le Peuch

84% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

SLB has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11,677 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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Reviews by job title

12K reviews

4.0

Apr 9, 2013

If you wanna work in da oilfield then there's nowhere better

Operations manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good promotion prospects - if you work hard. Compensation is good. Dual careers - Schlumberger will try but they wont always succeed. International travel is outstanding. Challenges of working overseas is life changing. Colleagues become friends. Benefits are good especially the international staff pension plan Technologies! Best in the oilfield.

Cons

Dual careers - Schlumberger don't always get it right, can come across as blasé and uncaring. I could leave the Company over this one. Stress! A very stressful job - sleepness nights and I mean, lots of sleepness nights.

5.0

Apr 9, 2013

Great workplace, learning, traveling and playing

Mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Diversity, functional and geographic mobility, benefits, interesting and challenging jobs

Cons

Pay not as good as the O/G operators.

3.0

Apr 7, 2013

Great experience thus far and looking forward to a future with the company

Production engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Attentive Border-less career Career growth I have enjoyed working with Schlumberger. It has been very rewarding. It has developed my career in leaps and bounds

Cons

Poor work/life balance Average salary. Challenges include the difficulty of creating an adequate work/life balance with the huge amount of workload one has to deal with working with SLB.

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