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      SLB

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      SLB reviews

      3.9

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (11,641 total reviews)
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      Olivier Le Peuch

      84% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      SLB has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11,641 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 Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.7 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      12K reviews
      3.0
      Sep 29, 2013

      satisfactory

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Opportunities of self development around the world and interactions with teams located on different development centers. Also includes good benefits in addition of salary.

      Cons

      Not clear path need to follow to grow up in the company. Lot of bureaucracy due to big company and also some training programs seem to be not applicable. The oil and gas culture is strong than computer science due to a services company for oil and gas industry.

      3.0
      Jul 2, 2013

      Great Training, Great salary, Lateral Career progression, Terrible Work/Life Compromise

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Schlumberger heavily invests in training it's employees - training centers are renowned in the industry. Pretty flexible with career progression Great co-workers - very diverse, interesting and fun people Compensated well - I have heard of people complaining about pay being less than some competitors, but then again how much money does a person really need? Benefits are pretty good A lot of room for movement in between services (lateral movement) Prove yourself by making it to year 3 and it gets better. .

      Cons

      -Horrible work/life compromise, I worked North America Land and regularly worked 3-4 weeks on with only 3 days or less time off in-between jobs. -In field work, there are no shifts, you work until the job is done. This can result in working 60+ hours non-stop if things end up going wrong (and get up hours later for the next "shift"). -Turnover rate and expendability of employees in an downturn. -Employees commonly joke about the guiding principles of SLB are People, Technology and Profit; but the way the business is run, however, is Profit, Technology, People.

      1.0
      Jun 26, 2013

      As SLB took control of Dowell a steady downhill progression began.

      Fsm/field coordinator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The only good thing about SLB is being an engineer. They are treated as premadonna's and are the ones who will let the company to be ran into the ground.

      Cons

      Engineers with very little exposure to operations in the field are being promoted to positions of authority. It is assummed that because the have an education they are above the ones who have worked for many years to be educated in the entire operation and not just a small portion.

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