SLB reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(11,643 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 11,643 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).

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5.0
Sep 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent Benefits. High profile jobs, tons of responsibility, little office work, working with cool mechanical and hi-tech tools. You are heavily in charge and you have tons of support, therefore you will always know what to do or else you have the confidence and resources to ask if you are in doubt. It is a very solid working place.

Cons

A successful personal life seems unlikely to happen. The company becomes 90% of your LIFE. Planning time off is not reliable. Your boss will need you at any time on any day, often very unexpectedly. You are most of the time moving to one city to another (which can be exciting) but that means you spend lots of time in places where you know no one and you and your colleagues will be in the same situation. You should add this to the fact that you will have little time off. The end result is that you will spend most weekends with the same people you work with.... in my case I had cool colleagues, but it's not always the case.

3.0
Sep 9, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- You get to work with some of the best technical experts in the industry - Excellent career progression opportunities...if you are willing to put the hours in!

Cons

- They work you to the bone. Weekends, nights, 3am on a sunday, etc...was difficult to have a life outside of work. - Your training and experience can be a little too specialised. After 5 years, I knew a lot about one particular aspect of one particular subject only. I lost sight of the 'bigger picture'

3.0
Aug 21, 2012

Very international company, very aggressive culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you want international mobility you can get it Some great products Very good salaries and perks

Cons

Very aggressive culture within the company (only the strongest of the alpha (fe)male will survive. Too much change within short periods; not enough stability Short-term pressures detract from long-term goals

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