Pros
There is a lot a training. You'll make a lot of money in the field once you break out and start making bonus. But I hear that bonus percentage has been cut recently due to the depression of gas prices. Benefits are good I guess.
Cons
Volatile job security (they just laid off 9000 employees). I only had about 5 days off away from work in the first 6 months. 5 days. The training is very intensive, yet surprisingly inefficient. They pack as many students as they can into the courses leading to laughably inefficient scheduling, and grading. Many students in the course also cheated but this was overlooked. And one student who did not cheat was sent home while the others passed the course. Work life balance is horrible. There is virtually none. You take your original on-boarding training which was fine but you still are working 6 days a week there in OKC. Then you go to Pre-school in your assignment location which for me was Williston, ND and you act as an operator (basic laborer) for about a month and a half or however long it takes before your PEPTEC training course starts. While in Williston, I calculated that I worked an average of 100 hours per week. While in training, I missed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years without compensation. Also, all they're values are BS. I hurt myself on the job, and instead of actually trying to help, it felt like a witchhunt. They don't care about you, just the dollar sign next to the injury report. You also are required to sleep a certain amount before working a certain amount. They reiterate this to you over and over. Biggest joke in Schlumberger.