Good but could be much better - Development Engineer SLB Employee Review

4.0
18 Mar 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Appreciation for talent Great learning opportunities Good opportunities to advance your developments Clear career path for technical people Truly international company with diverse workforce Free from politics and ideology Can be proud for your work

Cons

May take a lot of time to get recognition Behind the doors promotion system for management Innovation mood slowing down Shrinking benefits Frozen salary Intermittent idealistic pushes from management and technical leaders Performance appraisal system focused almost solely on short term goals People living off past achievements Intermittent management arrogance

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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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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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