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      SLB

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      SLB reviews

      3.9

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (11,638 total reviews)
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      Olivier Le Peuch

      85% approve of CEO

      61% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      SLB has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11,638 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
      Oct 2, 2010

      OK (for a while)

      Field engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Good specialized training -Decent benefits -Good pay depending on where in the world you work -If you like it, lots of travelling to many places

      Cons

      -Definitely NO work/life balance -Be ready to become their "tool", i.e., they will do whatever they want with your career unless you have a powerful godfather -Few transferable skills gained as FE (unless you go and work for another oilfield services company) -Power struggles between national "mafias" can really make your life miserable -Highly cyclical industry means no job security -Full of contradictions; policies (specially the QHSE ones) say one thing, reality says another

      1.0
      Oct 2, 2010

      1

      Sales engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I am not sure anymore.... at the beginning was for the career...now is so boring

      Cons

      no time for family, work like a horse

      3.0
      Oct 1, 2010

      Good place to start in the oilfield

      Mwd engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent training. Very good R&D providing some of the best tools in the industry. If you are willing to sacrifice you can advance quickly in the company. You will "see the world" whether you want to or not, haha. Money in the oilfield is better than most industries. Salaries at Schlum are comparable to its competitors.

      Cons

      Forget about a home life. The company strives to take over every aspect of your life- before long you will only know people who work for big blue. If you start to get comfortable in a location (ie. settling down), expect to be immediately uprooted and moved to the other side of the world. Management rotates constantly in each location. Part of this seems to be so that management and field personnel don't become too attached to each other- makes it easier to downsize when business slows.

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