Seriously need to consider the work-life balance - Technical Engineer SLB Employee Review

3.0
Feb 27, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Diversity, knowledge sharing, career opportunity, pay (when working oversea), dynamic- you literally can move around the globe, training and development system - to some extent

Cons

Culture of long working hour (sometime unnecessarily, most of time because of lack of resources), destroys your work-life balance, and sadly the company sees people as number regardless of the jargon. This was very obvious and felt in the time of downturn

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5.0
Dec 4, 2025
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Pros

Work life balance is great

Cons

When oil and gas industry is slow, lots of layoffs happen. Salaries are not as competative

5.0
Jun 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent technical and operational training, especially for engineers and field personnel.

Cons

During drilling, completion, or intervention jobs, shifts can extend well beyond scheduled hours.

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