Schlumberger Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"I loved working at Schlumberger. They had training for safety where I receive a certificate."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"I did not like that my job depended upon the price of oil. I was laid off because of low oil prices."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management was great. They helped me advance my education."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Traveling."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"No social life."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Consider that the engineers working are humans, not machines, they need personal and social life."

"Fast paced job oppurtunity, need for work/life balance."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Schlumberger provided an opportunity to learn in a fast paced environment and take on responsibility early on in career. I worked with many people and formed many great relationships that will continue beyond the work environment. Progression through the company involves focus on technical and operational expertise."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Long work hours and remote locations for long periods of time made the work/life balance hard to keep. Bureaucracy that limits productivity and effectiveness causes reactive behavior to problems instead of approaching problems proactively."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on the guiding principles of the company, People, Technology, Profits. And in that order."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Career planning and training."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Fluctuation of oil business economy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do not overreact to market changes."

"It was an excellent place to work, with a very professional environment with lots of potential for growth."

"Schlumberger was a great place to grow as a professional and learned great hands on experience."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"The technology that I got to learn being in a technical position."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Growing in management ladder was difficult"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open to understand employee's future goals."

"Good field work experience."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"At Schlumberger there is a lot of growth potential. They force you to learn as much as you can as quickly as you can, therefore learning a lot about the industry very quickly."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"The work hours were very long but I feel the compensation was worth it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think more about your employees than trying to maximize profit. If your employees aren't happy the corners that you cut will go to waste."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Universality, adventure field work, training programs."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"High responsibility in very short time frame."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"update training tools and programs to be more segment specific rather than general."

"Great Oilfield experience. Not much of a life outside of work."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"The people and the amount of knowledge you get from training."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Long hours. There is no life outside of work. It's a commitment/marriage to the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Good Luck."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"People."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"There was no time for family. 24/7 operation with inadequate man power. One man had to be available 365 days a year 24 hours a day."

"Very exciting and fast paced, also opportunity to learn new technology."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Opportunity to learn new technology."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"Nothing that I do not like in SLB."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep the good work."

"It is a good place to work with careers opportunity, but not as Schlumberger Oilfied services."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"They really value the employee when effort and hard work is shown."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"The city it was and the salary plus poor benefits."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Increase the salary to motivate people to stay in the company and make better benefit package."

"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."

"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."

"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."