100% work, 0% life.....and the money is average. - Senior Field Engineer SLB Employee Review

2.0
Sep 24, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The technology is cutting edge, the people (in the field, but not in management) are amazing and the international culture is extremely stimulating.

Cons

The company has no moral culture. Field engineers are worked to death, local operators are exploited and management perpetually deal out criticism without ever considering or confronting the underlying issues. Management is truely useless.

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Cons

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1.0
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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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