Software Software Manager - Software Product Manager SLB Employee Review

3.0
Jul 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Schlumberger is never short of technical challenges, and for software engineers, that is a dream life... Solving one problem after another. Often, these challenges span multiple product lines, and you will be rewarded with recognition and even bigger challenges if you are able to master the politics associated with these problems. It can be quite fun, but does require extraordinary energy with the silo'ed product lines.

Cons

The HR policies for software engineering are out of date, with a stick and carrot approach to appraisals. This has caused a culture of pleasing your manager (or their manager) and helping them with their annual objectives over solving the problems that clients or the business needs. Yes, this can work out when the annual objectives match client needs, but in software, the problems change so rapidly the team needs freedom and autonomy to respond without fear of their boss's reprisal.

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1.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Good people at the local level. The work is engaging and challenging.

Cons

Too many to count. Career advancements are extremely limited. Pay raises are minimal and don't get close to keeping up with inflation even for top performers. At the corporate level they are using acquisitions to hide massive layoffs. They return billions in profit to investors consistently, but there is still a constant threat of layoffs and multiyear freezes on pay raises even with inflation and solid corporate profit.

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