Schlumberger Employee Reviews for Field Engineer

"I gained some useful experience from this position, but it was time to move on."

What do you like about working at Schlumberger?

"The compensation."

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

"Prepare yourself for 100+ hour weeks, eating out of gas stations and living out of hotels. Experience will be gained, but at a sacrafice."

What don't you like about working at Schlumberger?

"The oilfield lifestyle."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Standing up for your people benefits the company and profits."

"Beware of Schlumberger."

"Great growth opportunities."

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."

"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."

"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?

"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."

"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."