Schlumberger Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"They tell you family is important but you never get to see them."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Fast pace environment."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Not enough parts on hand to produce a quality product."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn to appreciate the good employees."

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."

"Conservative, risk-averse enviroment."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Diverse technologies and work environment, international colleagues."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Committee engineering (makes for poor compromise solutions)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stick to management."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"In Schlumberger I can increase the knowledge in relation with my career."

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

"Yes, be yourself all time."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Is too work and less money in a national contract."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I recommend increase the salary for the engineers."

"Company needs improvements."

"A great career for the single man."

"Excellent company."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Everything."

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

"Get familiar with the semiconductor/oil drilling technology."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

"Great multi national company to grow with."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"The opportunity to work anywhere around the world."

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

"Very good company to work for but need to know your long term career goals and how they would fit in the company's strategy for your position."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Change management is very quick, must be prepared for anything."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Slow down the reshuffling of staff."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Pay and benefits."

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

"Stay focused."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Little to no team work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better employee training."

"One of the best places to work but growth opportunities not always available."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Great people, satisfying work, wonderful environment."

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

"Just be honest and flexible."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Growth opportunities not as open as expected."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More openness to new technologies and new engineering methods."

"Hard work that can be rewarding."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Satisfaction of doing the impossible."

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

"Seriously try to understand what you're getting into."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Job politics, the promotion of the incompetent. If you are good at what you do, your promotions come at a significantly slower rate than those who barely qualify and are promoted or moved, so managers don't have to deal with fundamental issue of training and performance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The implementation of continuous improvement does not only apply to the field operations. There was a time when it was recognized who is actually responsible for generating revenue and Schlumberger needs to return to and re-recognize that vital relationship between field operations and the the clients they serve."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Good people and amazing training."

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

"Work hard for this company and go far."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Time away from home."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Tool control."

"I enjoy my work and enjoy challenges."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"The drive to work was hard and the commitment to work for a long duration of time under very high stressful conditions made me into the new person I am today with outstanding personalities."

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

"I believe interviewing is the process of understanding the capability of expectations of an organization with those of a potential employee."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"I've enjoyed working with my former employer and have no regrets."

"Good place to work."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"The challenging work environment."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Extended periods away from home."

"Schlumberger provided me a lot hands on (field work experience)."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"New things to learn every day."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Supervisor attitude (no general, only at that district)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire open minded people."