Is SLB a good company to work for?

SLB has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 15,096 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 74% of employees would recommend working at SLB to a friend and 61% 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?

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 (923) , Intern (330) , Engineer (257) , Mechanical Engineer (222) , Internship (203) , Software Engineer (195) , 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 849 reviews)); "Training is good and useful" ((in 681 reviews)); "Pay was good and lots of money" ((in 656 reviews)); "Salary is good and livable" ((in 537 reviews)); "People are great and intelligent" ((in 494 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 843 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 231 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

74% would recommend to a friend

(11,638 total reviews)

Olivier Le Peuch

85% 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 11,638 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

4.0

Dec 24, 2013

Schlumberger provides a lot of challenges and rewards.

Treasury accountant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Schlumberger is a global/multinational company. The same apply to its employees. The company is extremely diverse and allows you work with coworkers from different backgrounds and points of view. The training program in finance/accounting is well structured. The learning process never ends. As soon as you master something, you get move to a new project. Schlumberger has allow me to develop professionally in the accounting field without having to scarified a couple of years of my life for one of the Big 4 accounting firms.

Cons

Work life balance can be difficult for employees with working families. SLB has many single people working that don't always understand family issues. Some company policies regarding personnel are enforced differently by each manager.

5.0

Nov 7, 2013

MWD Field Specialist Trainee

Mwd field specialist trainee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good experience, meet new people, learn new thing, great benefits. GREAT career path.

Cons

Long hours, low base pays(however your day rates are good and double after you break out as a specialist).

3.0

Jul 2, 2013

Great Training, Great salary, Lateral Career progression, Terrible Work/Life Compromise

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Schlumberger heavily invests in training it's employees - training centers are renowned in the industry. Pretty flexible with career progression Great co-workers - very diverse, interesting and fun people Compensated well - I have heard of people complaining about pay being less than some competitors, but then again how much money does a person really need? Benefits are pretty good A lot of room for movement in between services (lateral movement) Prove yourself by making it to year 3 and it gets better. .

Cons

-Horrible work/life compromise, I worked North America Land and regularly worked 3-4 weeks on with only 3 days or less time off in-between jobs. -In field work, there are no shifts, you work until the job is done. This can result in working 60+ hours non-stop if things end up going wrong (and get up hours later for the next "shift"). -Turnover rate and expendability of employees in an downturn. -Employees commonly joke about the guiding principles of SLB are People, Technology and Profit; but the way the business is run, however, is Profit, Technology, People.

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