Smart people, excellent career management and very good package - R&D Engineer SLB Employee Review

4.0
Jan 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Smart colleagues, from diverse backgrounds, from diverse countries - Excellent package, attractive mobile contract for those with full worldwide mobility - Career opportunities, lateral moves to discover other functions, geographical moves, transition to managemeht or other functions with guidance and trainings, technical career track with regular promotions - Technical company, managers come mostly from Engineering - High-tech, technical challenges

Cons

- Lots of politics, at some point everything turns out to be relational, high risk to be stuck or to be assigned the most boring tasks if not entering the game - Heavy processes, standardization, slow engine - In some teams, micromanagement, poor initiative opportunities, work pressure - Limited career prospects if no background/experience in geosciences, strong presence of former field engineers in management

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Training, flexibility hybrid schedule, opportunity to grow and move

Cons

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