Schlumberger Employee Reviews for Maintenance Mechanic

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Working with my hands, the people I work with, the pay, and it feels good to fix things."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Tell them you are a hydraulics expert. Be prepared to work all kinds of hours."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Upper management is incompetent and it often seems that incompetence is rewarded."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reward those who are knowledgeable and productive and cut loose those who are not."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Safety in Schlumberger is very nice and the policy of the slb is very nice even if its application is different in each location (not applied in all locations equally)."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"The application of the policy depends on the attitude of your boss, that is what I hate, but if the boss is from Europe or from America the policy will be applied equally for all but if not it will not work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sometimes the managers in slb what they teach on train and what they are applying in practical is different, please make it the same, and I strongly recommend slb management to check again all the policies are applied properly in each location, no accident means not always there is safety. Even there is annual auditing, still there is a lot of fooling auditors, so please apply the perfect slb policy."