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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12K reviews
4.0
Jan 12, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Career planning Technology Training, mentoring, knowledge sharing, openness Sr management and colleagues are open and talented Multi-cultural environment Travelling around the world, once a year, at least A company that has money to invest in R&D HR system (goals, performance evaluation based on goals, etc) Computer specifics: Scrum Agile, support from very experienced software community Overall concerns with ethics, people & environment

Cons

Bad / unexperienced manager can challenge your motivation HR system is not followed many times People with beautiful background can be "over-recognized", even when their performance is not good Sr management doesn't want to hear the problems People from the "field" lives a total different world (hard lifestyle) from the office people If you want to grow to management side, be prepare to bring work home a lot

2.0
Sep 17, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good Name - Pay is above average for oilfield service companies -

Cons

-Pay is alot lower than working for oil and gas company -Low employee morale at product center -Most people are only focused on just their job. If you ask someone to do something a little outside their normal routine then they get flustered -Field personnel are treated like sh*t -Unrealistic deadlines on projects -Everyone is so afraid to make a mistake that no one (including management) will make a firm decision. Its really funny to watch senior management assign action items in meetings because no body wants to do any extra work -This place is all about placing blame when something goes wrong

3.0
Sep 12, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of chances to travel around the world; they do spend a lot of money on training employee; flat structure for engineers, little politics for non-management population

Cons

Recent trend is less days-off and vacation, sometimes engineer has to work two months consecutively without one day off and it is very hard to accept. Oilfield is always a high-risk working place, some engineer has to deal with radioactive sources which is not good for health, especially for women.

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