SLB reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(11,636 total reviews)
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Olivier Le Peuch

85% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

SLB has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11,636 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
5.0
Nov 3, 2025

Work-life balance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employee benefits and safety with better salary

Cons

Work life balance and Hike

3.0
Nov 3, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- SLB is a big name, selling point if you want to move out - Transferable skills - Quite good pay

Cons

- High pressure - Long hours

3.0
Nov 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- decent benefits and pay - bonus a percentage of client ticket. Larger the job/ticket the more bonus you make.

Cons

- Reduced vacation from 3 weeks to 2 weeks - reduced schedule from 2:1 to 3:1 - living in middle of nowhere places usually - long hours as solo engineer on land. Offshore they have 12 hour shifts. - Toxic field work environment. Oilfield is cutthroat business.

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