The entire organization is really screwed up. Operations is telling every we made our production goals, but yet we are only making .87 per mcf and for every mcf produced, $2 goes to the overhead. HES was always messed up from Herrington to Cornwell... — read more 

I strongly urge you Chevron folks to create awareness around this "www.thelayoff.com/chevron" forum / site. Make it public, encourage your folks to participate and bring in objective and yet unfiltered feedback. You will be surprised. So much good... — read more 

For example the fatality at AMBU...the rest of the story..... Allegedley Jesse Morris a D&C manager who did not want to snub in production casing....why? He was somewhere and some got killed snubbing so the story goes. So Jesse is D&C manager in AMBU... — read more 

That is all this website does .... All the bullying ... Bad mouthing... Sarcasm and exaggerations ... You are all feeding each other's anger. You are smearing the garbage belonging to the few be rubbed on all of the rest of us who had nothing to do... — read more 

It's an annoying commercial, unless it's on mute. Are we a company of doers? Or are we a company locked into a culture of analysis paralysis, gridlocked by risk aversion, and plagued by piss-poor execution? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5hc8l_VPdk

Worth a repost, here it goes: Even when I began my career with Chevron, and that was "in the good old days", I knew one of the company's biggest challenges was simply "managing the herd" (think, Gary Larson - The Far Side). I never considered my... — read more 

Thank you for this website, it helps a lot in this age of uncertainty and lack of information. Good luck to all and God bless

I'm headed to the dentist before I get my ass kicked out. :D

Most employeesI believed the Chevron Way that was held as the truth. That Chevron puts people and the environment first. There is these glossy pamphlets and management keeps repeating it, Then you start to see cracks in the system. Cracks soon turn... — read more 

The downward shift occurred around 1998 when we changed our focus from taking care of 'stakeholders' (customers, vendors, employees, shareholders) to taking care of 'shareholders' - it's all about profits now, it's all about shareholders now and... — read more 

So many unqualified managers and supervisors it's mind numbing. Successful managers are SMEs of areas they control, not just appointed because they are good at something else. Great managers also listen to the workers in the field because they are... — read more 

I worked for Exxon for 17 years before making the biggest mistake of my working career and coming to Chevron 5 years ago. THIS BLACE IS F'd UP! The average Chevron employee would not last a month at Exxon. I would pay to see the ass raping Exxon... — read more 

I truly appreciate the Chevron Layoffs site - informative, insightful, thought provoking, sometimes jaded, sarcastic, cynical, crude & cruel! I would like to start a new post on just the lighter side of what absurdity did I witness today or WTF! Ok... — read more 

Im creating a twitter account and I will take parts of so many good notes on here to twit them #Chevron. What you think? Give idea for user name. :)

CVX Method of learning changed. What once was a " master and apprentice" system where a "can do" supervisor directly instilled "can do" skills into an underling has been replaced with "group learning" where everyone shares experiences and learns... — read more 

If you check Chevron's investor info page (http://investor.chevron.com), historical prices, and plot 'all data' ( it goes back to 1982), you will see that our stock price is currently on a sustained downward trend that exceeds all prior periods of... — read more 

You are required to take a training to get laid off. Call it ROM, RAE, STFU, whatever you want to call, it is a layoff. It does not need to be complicated to require a training. Throughout the years, Chevron (fluff) with too much time in their hands... — read more 

There are no jobs. What's everyone going to apply to? Almost everything is senior level. Keep all the managers who didn't make it though round one?

Hey does anyone have the low down on Project Transform for the SASBU Ops? Mainly Angola. Any indication on Move Out and how Project Transform will effect it?

Anyone?

I'm still flabbergasted at how in the hell did these rednecks find out about the internet much less this site. Please for Christ sake... keep it professional or have a topic worth debating over. Is this how you people want the world to think about... — read more 

We have also come to realize that the Chevron Way and the Tenets of Operation apply to everything except MCP execution and the core business of finding and developing O foolish as it may be.

The angst expressed by so many CVX posters does not reflect positively upon on any of us for sure. But the anger and extreme disappointment does reflect how personally invested we are in the company's quest for success. Yeah we all wear the albatross... — read more 

I was under the impression that the CNAEP RAE's were partly due to making room for some of the ROM people. Is that right or are the doors closed on the RAE'd BU's?

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/07/exclusive-displaced-cast-member-how-disney-replaced-me-other-americans-with-cheap-foreigners-on-h1b-visas/

http://www.afr.com/business/energy/oil/lng-projects-face-breakeven-battle-20150905-gjg0r7

http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2015/09/chevron_layoffs_northpark_covi.html

What's going to happen to expats working in the US? How about those working for a business unit stateside? It seems like a ridiculous waste of money to keep them here.

For example the fatality at AMBU...the rest of the story..... Allegedley Jesse Morris a D&C manager who did not want to snub in production casing....why? He was somewhere and some got killed snubbing so the story goes. So Jesse is D&C manager in AMBU... — read more 

The "sniveling" and angst expressed by so many CVX posters does not reflect positively upon on any of us for sure. But the anger and extreme disappointment does reflect how personally invested we are in the company's quest for success. Yeah we all... — read more 

We just had round 1 and we are hearing of round 2 layoffs soon, does anyone know when and what scope, employees and contractors of so what will be the numbers?

It's been pretty funny watching people change who they are to try and "suck @$$" to the boss when it's already to late. Trying to play the game a little to late and now reality is somewhat settling in that they won't have a job, but just can't... — read more 

The oil prices are expected to hit 30 per barrel in October. Saudi Arabia has no plans to cut production.

Have a friend who would like to apply to the Chevron AMBU/natural gas job market. They have family in West Virginia and would like to gain employment. Any advice or tips?

everyone knows that 1500 reduction of workforce won't solve the Company's cash flow problem. Company needs major overhaul in management who led us into this mess, and we don't see any changes in management. They can let go of all the workforce, but... — read more