Does SLB pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SLB employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SLB. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SLB?

73% of SLB employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SLB 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SLB?

Field Engineer (924) , Intern (334) , Engineer (258) , Mechanical Engineer (223) , Internship (203) , Software Engineer (195) , Field Specialist (169) , Project Manager (169) , Wireline Field Engineer (119) , Senior Field Engineer (113) , Procurement Specialist (97) , Manufacturing Engineer (90) , Manager (73) , Geophysicist (71) , Financial Analyst (69)

What are the pros of working at SLB according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and offerings to employees is good due to the size of the company." ((in 857 reviews)); "Training is good and useful" ((in 706 reviews)); "Good pay and mbility is good" ((in 679 reviews)); "Salary is good and livable" ((in 539 reviews)); "People are great and intelligent" ((in 509 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SLB according to real employee reviews?

"no inspiration in the lab setting everything was based on work completed and no work life balance." ((in 852 reviews)); "2) Some times people are abused because of business needs or poor management (managers fault) or oil crisis" ((in 442 reviews)); "long hours and lots of extrernal and internal pressure" ((in 239 reviews)); "Bad managers get away with breaking all the policies and rules and the ethics line is useless." ((in 230 reviews)); "Extended working hours" ((in 169 reviews))

What are employees saying about SLB layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about SLB layoffs and their outlook for job security at SLB in 2026.

SLB reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,659 total reviews)

Olivier Le Peuch

84% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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SLB has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11,659 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

3.0

May 17, 2013

It was a good company one day...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Trully international. Gives many opportunities to get exposure to many aspects of E&P industry.

Cons

Management is lacking vision on how to deal with petro-technical professionals. No or limited control over geographical assignments. Pay nowadays is not that great.

3.0

May 16, 2013

IT all depend

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great opportunity for growth and mobilty

Cons

Work hard with less pay

1.0

May 13, 2013

too unpredictable company, fires people for no reason

Mechanical manufacturing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good training, decent package, location

Cons

you will stuck with one product line, very hectic work schedule, bad managers, not too much growth, layoffs without a particular process

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