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      SLB Field Engineer In reviews

      3.8

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (862 total reviews)
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      Olivier Le Peuch

      70% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

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      Field Engineer In employees have rated SLB with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 862 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Field Engineer In professionals have a good working experience there. SLB is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Field Engineer In professionals compared to other employers within the Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.7 stars).

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      862 reviews
      2.0
      Oct 28, 2008

      Dissatisfied with location, but on the whole might go back

      Field engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The best parts of Schlumberger are the money, the travel, the training, and the people you meet. Be sure you know what you're getting into before you decide on Schlumberger. And research the segments fully. There can be big differences between them with regards to lifestyle and pay.

      Cons

      It really depends on where you are based. In some locations, the money is good, and there's rotation or field breaks. In others that are deemed to be not remote enough, you can get less than average pay and have no time off at all. But on the whole, the downsides are: Life outside of work (non-existent), Limited availability of experienced employees, Absence of choice in the matter of your life.

      3.0
      Oct 11, 2008

      It takes more than a good salary to retain employees

      Field engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Schlumberger offers an extremely competitive salary compared to its competitors (e.g. FracTec, BJ, Halliburton). There are also tons of perks to working as an engineer in this company- housing assistance/stipend/payment, excellent benefits, etc. There is also plenty of opportunity to move around after a few years.

      Cons

      The work life "balance" is almost non-existent, or rather- completely one-sided. It's the oil and gas industry, a very fast-paced environment that requires a certain level of immediacy from an oilfield services company such as Schlumberger. Working 100 hrs a week wouldn't be so bad if there was more respect and recognition of the adaptability required in doing so form management. Also, there is no stability in terms of location- many field engineers move around once every couple of years as needed. It is for these reasons that retention is so poor.

      1.0
      Sep 18, 2008

      Selling your soul for $120 K a year

      Field engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      To make a lot of money right out of school. Usually left alone to do your job. Managers try to communicate with personnel as little as possible so you can do pretty much whatever you want as long as you get the job done. Type of people that usually hire on are mostly really friendly and easy to get along with. Since they work you really hard everyone has this need to party hard when they have time off. So slb parties can get pretty crazy. Also, because your life is totally out of sync with the normal world you more than likely will get into a relationship with someone you work with because they are the only ones that can understand. However, slb does very little to do anything for duel career couples.

      Cons

      Not working with very intelligent people. Throwing your personal life away. Constantly having to C.Y.A. Getting dirty. It seems that they actually punish you in this company for having an education. Engineers who have at least a 4 year degree make about 20 to 30% less than "speacialists" who do the exact same job and but usually have a two year degree from an online University in anything. They tell you that engineers have a higher salary than specialists but what they don't tell you is they are not only treated better when it comes to time off because they are more "family orientated" but they also get a higher job bonus which is where the money is really at.

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