SLB reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,666 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 11,666 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
Jan 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Smart colleagues, from diverse backgrounds, from diverse countries - Excellent package, attractive mobile contract for those with full worldwide mobility - Career opportunities, lateral moves to discover other functions, geographical moves, transition to managemeht or other functions with guidance and trainings, technical career track with regular promotions - Technical company, managers come mostly from Engineering - High-tech, technical challenges

Cons

- Lots of politics, at some point everything turns out to be relational, high risk to be stuck or to be assigned the most boring tasks if not entering the game - Heavy processes, standardization, slow engine - In some teams, micromanagement, poor initiative opportunities, work pressure - Limited career prospects if no background/experience in geosciences, strong presence of former field engineers in management

4.0
Jan 8, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

very good technical training provided, life experiences around the world, good benefit for field employee and average for office based ones.

Cons

quite demanding, work life balance is not so good at times, to get management position or lead positions depends on contacts with senior management

3.0
Jan 7, 2015

good benefits, long working hours

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Options for technical career development

Cons

Life work balance - no balance

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