Excellent skills, poor middle managment - Anonymous employee SLB Employee Review

3.0
May 12, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to obtain skills that no other O&G company will provide

Cons

Middle management is a disaster; best places to work are in the field and within the upper ranks. Work life balance is difficult, depending on your manager. Prepare to give your life to the company but you will be rewarded with first class skills.

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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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