Incompetent management! New graduates are becoming managers or leaders of departments and only know how to push pencils. - Mechanical Designer IV SLB Employee Review

3.0
Oct 22, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get requested days off; benefits; stock options; sometimes freedom to work at own pace without anyone breathing down your neck.

Cons

Pay is below other companies; management has too many newbies that are messing up the company; no loyalty; too many new engineers in charge of large projects and they do not know what they are doing. Burning bridges with vendors.

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 17, 2026
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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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