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      SLB

      Engaged Employer

      SLB reviews

      3.9

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (11,627 total reviews)
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      Olivier Le Peuch

      84% approve of CEO

      60% 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 11,627 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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      Reviews by job title

      12K reviews
      3.0
      Dec 1, 2016

      Get you going. Suck you dry. Spit you out.

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good training. Good travel opportuity. Good for first 5 to 10 years of a career get out after this and before stagnation.

      Cons

      Too much emphasis on agreeing with bosses. Lots of talk but little support when it really mattered. Some excellent managers but some dross as well. Youre pretty screwed when you end up with a crap one for a year or two.

      4.0
      Aug 14, 2016

      Engineering Manager

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very interesting technical work, excellent test facilities. Highly educated workforce. Good pay and benefits.

      Cons

      Many layers of management. In recent years, beaurocracy is heavy reducing job satisfaction and company performance. Upper management have become a bottleneck for low impact decisions. For example, a program manager responsible for all major decisions on a $10 million per year development program can't approve a $500 business trip to a supplier; all business travel must be approved by 4 additional levels of management, taking weeks, while delaying the program.

      3.0
      Apr 4, 2016

      Engineer

      Field engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I was hired right out of University and worked for the company for nearly 4 years in the field. Fixed step training program for engineers where you travel to training /learning schools for upwards of 13wks to learn about SLB processes and technology. Also standardize how they do things across the world. Field bonus on top of salary. International travel potential or relocation. Work with very smart people.

      Cons

      Work life balance not ideal, lots of long hours. Every engineer before me made more, every engineer after me will make less. Not much engineering done, technical pathways require Masters, which the company will put you through but with a 3-5yr commitment afterwards. Bad managers seem to always get promoted.

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