Left Schlumberger for a Career and a LIFE - Field Engineer SLB Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Money--> but money isn't everything

Cons

I feel like you can never tell anyone how you really feel, for constant fear that you may get fired of that they would think of a way to fire you. Bad health... always being in the field turns you to 3am breakfast burritos, sodas and bags of chips. Some weeks I worked 90 hours for 3 weeks in a row. I barely had time to sleep or do anything. I was like a zombie, and so tired. I got in trouble once for closing my eyes and relaxing because I was sooo tired. If you want money and are desperate then maybe this is the place for you, but you will quickly realize that money is not everything.

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Cons

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1.0
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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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