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?

74% 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 (923) , Intern (332) , Engineer (257) , Mechanical Engineer (222) , 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?

"Benefit is good and competitive with other oil and gas service provider for supply chain position." ((in 862 reviews)); "Training is good and useful" ((in 701 reviews)); "Pay is good but not great" ((in 669 reviews)); "Salary is good and livable" ((in 541 reviews)); "People are great and intelligent" ((in 486 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 851 reviews)); "2) Some times people are abused because of business needs or poor management (managers fault) or oil crisis" ((in 451 reviews)); "Long hours and lots of travel" ((in 252 reviews)); "Bad managers get away with breaking all the policies and rules and the ethics line is useless." ((in 239 reviews)); "Extended working hours" ((in 168 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

74% would recommend to a friend

(11,641 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 11,641 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).

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12K reviews

3.0

Aug 13, 2011

Hard work on the field, difficult to have a good work/life balance, good training and development program.

Field engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good training and development program, relatively good package for international mobile employees, reknown in the oil industry for the quality of services provided.

Cons

Management not trained properly, obsession for gaining profit, very bad turnover rate, management by objective appraisal rated in a very subjective way.

4.0

Aug 11, 2011

Good

Software project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

-salary is above average -side advantages and rewards -international environment

Cons

-location -not top-nothc in software -career evolution

3.0

Aug 10, 2011

good and bad

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good career starter, experience growing, it would be the good first company to work for.....for your first stop after graduate....

Cons

does not take good care of the hard working employees, salary is not competitive...and hard on family if you have one

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