All fun and games until the market tanks - Senior Field Engineer SLB Employee Review

3.0
Dec 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent training, potential for fast promotion, some excellent people. It's a great chance to see the world and meet people from all over the place. It's a sink or swim kind of company, but if you can tough it out, it pays off well.

Cons

Subject to the oil market, pay cuts and layoffs are now the norm. The layoffs breed a fairly toxic work environment with constant blame games and throwing people under the bus. Depending on segment, you will not be able to plan anything ever. Terrible work/life balance. You'll end up fighting to be able to take vacation even with 3 months advance notice. Little to no transparency from upper management.

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 17, 2026
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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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