SLB reviews

Company has become too big and very hierarchical. Too many layers of management. It is easy to get into a management role ( since there are just too many management roles to fill!) but it doesn't mean much since you are not really developing any valuable skills which would help you in the outside market. The skills which are developed are Schlumberger specific or oilfield service company specific at best. If you are involved on the operation side there is no work-life balance and no respect for people's personal time. You carry your laptop everywhere and are expected to be available no matter if it is evening, weekend or on vacation.

Too many to list here but the main ones are: 1. Very top-heavy company. No room for creativity, thinking outside the box, or challenging the status quo. 'Do as we say or else' type of dictatorship. 2. If you're not constantly contributing to the bottom line in some way, you're gone. Nothing else matters here but huge profits. 3. As a result of #1-2 above, expect most middle/senior management (as well as some long-time regular employees) to fit the classic 'corporate psychopath' profile who are only concerned with covering their own rears and looking like stars to their management. Most management here in general seems to lack basic social skills and only tends to see their staff as walking dollar signs rather than as human beings. 4. As a result of #1-3 above, the working environment is super-toxic to the point of people actually ducking their heads down at their cubicles when their manager walks past them. This toxicity becomes infinitely worse when the oil price is in a slump, as is the case now. 5. As a result of #1-4 above, morale is non-existent, or foul at best, with no attempt by anyone whatsoever to remedy the situation. Conclusion: Don't bother working here unless you're looking to turn into a corporate psychopath yourself.