Work harder not smarter - Anonymous employee SLB Employee Review

1.0
Sep 15, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Decent Benefits at the Entry Level - Well paying at the Entry Level - Ability to move jobs every 2-3 years - Flexible Schedule - Semi-remote schedules are being piloted in IT

Cons

- HR is not strong - Unrealistic deadlines (that keep getting smaller even though everything seems to falling apart) - Toxic Culture - No work life balance - Terrible approach for Promotions (I've never gotten a clear answer from anyone so my salary has been stagnant for 5 years. When I raised this to one of the higher ups I work with, it was implied that it was my fault even though I had been asking for years)

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1.0
Jun 17, 2026
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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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