Diversity and Inclusion | SLB

Diversity and Inclusion

SLB Employees from Around the World

One of our greatest strengths is the diversity of our workforce, with people of many nationalities and backgrounds working together and sharing common objectives. SLB does not have a 'nationality' that describes its culture but operates in a truly global manner throughout the world. As a company, we encourage fair employment practices worldwide and offer equal opportunities to all our employees.

We recognize that our ability to attract, develop, motivate, and retain a highly competent and diverse workforce has been the key to our success for many decades. By creating a variety of perspectives that stimulate productive creativity and innovation, we maintain our competitive edge.

We believe that a culture of diversity and inclusion is not just the right thing to do—it is a business imperative. Our guiding principles to enable an inclusive culture are three fold:

  • Employees are expected to treat one another professionally, with mutual respect, trust, and individual dignity. They must also display respect when interacting with customers, contractors, and others involved in our operations, including members of local communities. SLB does not tolerate any discrimination based on race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, religion, marital status, or union membership.
  • Meritocracy drives our actions, decisions, and employee advancement.
  • While it is a competitive advantage that our workforce communicates in a multitude of languages, English is the common language of our internal management communication.

For additional information on global workforce diversity, view our proxy.


A culture of inclusion

At SLB, we recruit where we work and have done so for almost 100 years—creating a rich and diverse culture that differentiates us from most companies. The nearly 200 nationalities of our employees are reflected throughout the company.

Our diversity has created the foundation for an inclusive culture. We value the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of our people, and foster a supportive environment that enables each of us to thrive. We work to engage and empower our team of exceptional, creative people in order to deliver innovation and outperformance.

National and cultural diversity
Our long-standing commitment to national and cultural diversity fosters a way of working that is global in outlook yet local in practice, and this permeates throughout the company, including executive levels. Our leadership team includes officers from Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, North Africa, and the Middle East.
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Gender balance and equal pay

Achieving improved gender balance has been a focus of policy and action in SLB since the late 1970s, when we began recruiting women for field operations roles. Since then, we have continued to expand opportunities for women across our field operations, technology, business, and management roles. Our goal is to continually strive for gender balance around the world through recruiting, career development, and a culture of inclusion. We continually monitor compensation equality for women and men across all jobs, in every country, with the goal of maintaining equal pay.

graphic of stats for 2023 women and pay gap report
Diversity and inclusion

LGBT+ diversity

We strive to foster a culture where employees who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or nonbinary are encouraged to be their authentic selves and are respected as valued members of the SLB team.

Age diversity

We value the perspectives and the breadth of experience of all our employees regardless of age. SLB is dedicated to supporting employees in their growth journey at every step of their career through continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

Disability and caregivers

SLB aims to provide support that empowers and equips people who have different needs, because of visible or non-visible disabilities or health conditions, to achieve their full potential—and to support those who care for others. Read our commitment to improving the workplace for our employees with a disability.

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Employee resource groups

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) help us build a diverse and inclusive environment by providing a safe space for employee-led conversations while increasing a sense of belonging. They also support actions that drive improvements in representation for the groups they support. The ERGs support under-represented groups where there is a differential in the representation of a particular subgroup in society and within the company. ERGs are present in every country where SLB operates.

Connect Women
Connect Women is our oldest ERG. Since 2007, Connect Women has supported global networking and gender balance across the company. The community has created a culture of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through panel discussions, live sessions, coffee talks, and employee engagements covering professional and personal topics.

LGBT+ Allies
For more than five years, our LGBT+ Allies ERG has supported members in more than 45 countries. The company participates in the Workplace Pride Global Benchmark, an online tool that measures the LGBT+ policies and practices for internationally active employers.

The ThisAbility Network
Created in 2021, the ThisAbility Network seeks to empower people with disabilities, long-term conditions, and caregivers. Each year, the ERG marks the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities Day by holding multiple internal awareness events.

Black Organization for Leadership and Diversity (BOLD)
BOLD runs an awareness campaign for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, hosts book clubs, and builds awareness around Black health and wellness. BOLD has strengthened our diverse talent pipeline through increasing African American or people of African descent applicant flow and hires, by focusing on three Historically Black Colleges and Universities for field and function positions.

Country-specific diversity

 
Global  France  United Kingdom United States
Global  Global Gender Pay Gap Reports France  The French government requires each company to measure the equality between women and men. United Kingdom UK Gender Pay Gap Reports United States The US specific consolidated Employment Information Report is a snapshot in time of the US workforce demographics based on categories prescribed by the US government. These categories do not necessarily represent or translate to our global workforce.
2023 Women and Pay Report France  2023 France Gender Equality Indicators United Kingdom 2023 UK Gender Pay Gap Report United States
2021 Women and Pay Report
France  2022 France Gender Equality Indicators United Kingdom 2022 UK Gender Pay Gap Report United States 2023 US Employment Information Report EEO-1 consolidated

France  2021 France Action Plan for Gender Equality United Kingdom 2021 UK Gender Pay Gap Report United States
Global  France  2021 France Gender Equality Indicators United Kingdom 2020 UK Gender Pay Gap Report United States
Global  France  2020 France Gender Equality Indicators United Kingdom 2019 UK Gender Pay Gap Report United States
Global  France  2019 France Gender Equality Indicators United Kingdom United States

Awards, benchmarks, and partnerships

#11

Top Companies List in France (LinkedIn 2024)

#21

Top Companies List in the UK (LinkedIn 2024)

#5

Best place to grow your career in France (LinkedIn 2023)

#13

Top 15 companies to work for in Saudi Arabia (LinkedIn 2023)
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