Does SLB pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SLB employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SLB. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SLB?

74% of SLB employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SLB 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SLB?

Field Engineer (921) , Intern (328) , Engineer (257) , Mechanical Engineer (220) , Internship (203) , Software Engineer (195) , Project Manager (169) , Field Specialist (168) , Wireline Field Engineer (119) , Senior Field Engineer (113) , Procurement Specialist (96) , Manufacturing Engineer (90) , Manager (73) , Geophysicist (70) , Financial Analyst (69)

What are the pros of working at SLB according to real employee reviews?

"Benefit is good and competitive with other oil and gas service provider for supply chain position." ((in 819 reviews)); "Training is good and useful" ((in 696 reviews)); "The pay is good for my position and department at $21.63/hour plus overtime pay." ((in 683 reviews)); "Salary is good and livable" ((in 543 reviews)); "Great people and genuinely international" ((in 499 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SLB according to real employee reviews?

"no inspiration in the lab setting everything was based on work completed and no work life balance." ((in 833 reviews)); "2) Some times people are abused because of business needs or poor management (managers fault) or oil crisis" ((in 443 reviews)); "long hours and lots of extrernal and internal pressure" ((in 245 reviews)); "Bad managers get away with breaking all the policies and rules and the ethics line is useless." ((in 229 reviews)); "Very tough and no life balance" ((in 133 reviews))

What are employees saying about SLB layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about SLB layoffs and their outlook for job security at SLB in 2026.

What SLB locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Béziers , Montpellier , Abbeville , Clamart , Paris

SLB reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(11,621 total reviews)

Olivier Le Peuch

84% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

SLB has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11,621 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SLB employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Énergie et exploitation des ressources naturelles industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

12K reviews

3.0

Jan 15, 2016

Good place on general

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Investment on training for employees - Interesting projects to work with

Cons

- Growing up might be a issue even with you excel on the technical side (due to poor HR reviews)

5.0

Dec 17, 2015

Advanced drilling analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

 Monitoring all Real-Time (RT) parameters and calculating pre drill FPG, PP, LOT/FIT & D-exponent, deviation of well, Kick Control method and Mud Engineering. Well engineering applications to plan, analyze and suggest for risk reduction e.g. Torque and Drag, Swab & Surge and Hydraulics (ECD management) analysis etc. Casing and Cementing operation optimization, well bore stability analysis

Cons

 Dynamic professional with in-depth knowledge and functional experience, having served as, Data Engineer.

4.0

Nov 1, 2015

Senior Field Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good bonus and benefits great people

Cons

mobility, demanding working environment, constant travel, long hours

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