excellent career progression planning - Field Engineer SLB Employee Review

4.0
3 Mar 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

excellent pay. Good career pregression plan for each field engineer. Very good colloboraiton amongst field engineers. Opportunity to rotate work location every few years.

Cons

Remore work location, very difficult to raise a family while progress in the company at the same time. Often work in unsafe environment if posted to developing world where safety regulation is lax.

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5.0
28 Apr 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
17 Jun 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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