Lacking people management - General Field Engineer SLB Employee Review

2.0
5 May 2010
Recommend
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Pros

- Easy to be hired - Excellent training programs - Clear promotion criteria - Lot of traveling - Easy get a lot of friends.

Cons

- Easy to be fired. - Understaffed structure creating a lot of pressure on employees. - Wedges lower than from competitors. - Really hard to keep family life at high level.

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5.0
28 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

benefits, vacation, 401k, I love working for SLB

Cons

I wish they had a better way of promoting.

1.0
17 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Good people at the local level. The work is engaging and challenging.

Cons

Too many to count. Career advancements are extremely limited. Pay raises are minimal and don't get close to keeping up with inflation even for top performers. At the corporate level they are using acquisitions to hide massive layoffs. They return billions in profit to investors consistently, but there is still a constant threat of layoffs and multiyear freezes on pay raises even with inflation and solid corporate profit.

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