Is SLB a good company to work for?

SLB has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 15,145 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at SLB to a friend and 60% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about SLB have been left by employees working as Intern , Program Manager and Data Scientist .

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?

73% 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 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SLB?

Field Engineer (924) , Intern (335) , Engineer (259) , Mechanical Engineer (223) , Internship (203) , Software Engineer (196) , Field Specialist (169) , Project Manager (169) , Wireline Field Engineer (119) , Senior Field Engineer (113) , Procurement Specialist (97) , Manufacturing Engineer (90) , Manager (73) , Geophysicist (71) , 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 837 reviews)); "Training is good and useful" ((in 712 reviews)); "Good pay and mbility is good" ((in 668 reviews)); "Salary is good and livable" ((in 547 reviews)); "People are great and intelligent" ((in 504 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 853 reviews)); "2) Some times people are abused because of business needs or poor management (managers fault) or oil crisis" ((in 453 reviews)); "long hours and lots of extrernal and internal pressure" ((in 241 reviews)); "Bad managers get away with breaking all the policies and rules and the ethics line is useless." ((in 236 reviews)); "Very tough and no life balance" ((in 135 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 are the top reviewed SLB locations?

Houston , Sugar Land , Midland , Oklahoma City , Denver , Rosharon , Williston , San Antonio , Lafayette , Katy , Cambridge , Shreveport , Bakersfield , Youngsville , Anchorage , Cheyenne , Provo , Prudhoe Bay , Von Ormy , Dallas , Houma , New York , Odessa , New Orleans , Boston , El Reno , Weston , Lawrence , Florence , Bartlesville

SLB reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(11,675 total reviews)

Olivier Le Peuch

84% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

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 11,675 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 Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

12K reviews

3.0

Nov 24, 2012

Intense

Field engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure Responibilities Traveling Benefits Peers

Cons

Relocations Workload Impossibility to make plans

3.0

Nov 23, 2012

alright if you want to be trained for next employment

Machinist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

steady work great people a lot of hard workers in key areas that go above and beyond to do a great job

Cons

leadership down is great. the leaders know the system but some do not care enough to actually do the job required.the employees that are in the key areas that make the system function need to be recognized for their hard work .

3.0

Nov 21, 2012

Schlumberger.....Just part of the machine

Filed engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good training, Very good salary, Good work experience, Good Ethics

Cons

Not nearly as flexible as they made them selves out to be, You have almost no control over you career, I don't feel like I have a personnel manager (I have some guy who is lives??? I don't know where) this really gets on my nerves as I don't feel like I have anyone to talk to who is not invested in my career also I feel that if I email him issues you could get out of my control as the email could be circulated if I cold talk to him I would know that my point had been understood (In SLB there are many people with below par understanding of English and might misunderstand an issue).

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