Beware: Beauracracy and personality can come before before principles here. - Systems Administrator SLB Employee Review

2.0
Sep 10, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits and fair pay for what you are doing in comparison to other fields with similar position

Cons

As mentioned in another comment, the control is executed by HR. Folks who aren't even qualified are given management positions and it is horrible for business and morale. An employee who is favored by a manager is given preferential treatment over tenured employees with better experience, knowledge, and work ethic. Employees who have worked hard for the company, produce quality work have been seen to be passed over for the managers favorite. Communication between different shifts gets extremely poor and information used in powerplay instead of sharing. If management has more interest in another group of workers ( for ex, IT vs Operation) you might be treated as if you don't exist. Despite the big emphasis on integrity, its all about who you know here.

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5.0
Apr 28, 2026
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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
Jun 17, 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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