Used to be a better place to work - Senior Project Manager SLB Employee Review

1.0
Mar 7, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Provide sufficient amount of training for fresh out and non-Oil & Gas comers, and it's repetitive. So you will eventually standard safety mind set after few years which is very critical for working in Oil & Gas Industry

Cons

French World (The way they handle problems, promotion, policy, and people are very much French Bureaucratic Way) by French managers in key management role. This company is definately good company to start your career in Oil & Gas, but after 10 years not so much. This company focuses mainly on people below 35 years old. After 10 years working there, the company automatically identify you as a safe employee (never quit), so they provide not much attention or promotion to them. Some French management is very rude. In the meeting room in Houston, they sometimes speak only French at the begging, even though majority of the attendees were non-French speaking.

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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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