Becoming very top heavy, with very few career opportunities for new aspirants - Field Engineer SLB Employee Review

2.0
Jul 6, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Decent money in the starting, when you just enter new in the oilfield industry.

Cons

Field Engineer population gets burnt out very quickly, as they are overloaded and abused beyond limits. Soon after working for couple of years, they realize, that their job is monotonous with no creativity and innovation and they cannot grow any more in the company. And their counterparts who joined in other companies are in better position in life.

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5.0
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Pros

benefits, vacation, 401k, I love working for SLB

Cons

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1.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

Good people at the local level. The work is engaging and challenging.

Cons

Too many to count. Career advancements are extremely limited. Pay raises are minimal and don't get close to keeping up with inflation even for top performers. At the corporate level they are using acquisitions to hide massive layoffs. They return billions in profit to investors consistently, but there is still a constant threat of layoffs and multiyear freezes on pay raises even with inflation and solid corporate profit.

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