September 18, 2025 A Sincere Letter to Our Valued Team, I am writing to you today with a heavy heart and a clear mind. As many of you know, I've always been a champion of efficiency, of "right-sizing" our corporate structure, and of what I've often... — read more 

Dear Valued Employees, As your fearless leader, I wanted to take a moment—between yacht meetings and bonus recalculations—to share my deep appreciation for everything you do to keep this company running while I take credit for it. This quarter, we... — read more 

ABU & USA Layoff Summary – Waves 1 & 2 ABU Wave 2 • EOI-Only Adjustments: Across ABU teams, Wave 2 changes were minimal /lt; 1% of staff affected, and only through EOI. USA Wave 2 • Team USA Impact: No specific percentage breakdown per team is... — read more 

Dear Valued Employees, As your fearless leader, I wanted to take a moment—between yacht meetings and bonus recalculations—to share my deep appreciation for everything you do to keep this company running while I take credit for it. This quarter, we... — read more 

Unlike most folks here, I liked working at Chevron. Good people, good pay, interesting work… I’m considered a high performer…but I’m so burnt out I don’t know what to do. I’ve been working basically 2 jobs for the last 3 years. I’ve reached the point... — read more 

Chevron has become such a benchmarking company and focused on following others that it seems to have forgotten how to think for itself. Now we’re adopting this outdated ‘hoteling’ concept, where desks are unassigned and there’s less workspace than... — read more 

I hate stock buybacks. I think they are a sign that management has no idea what to do with their hard earned cash flow. In Chevron's case, cash flow created by prior leadership. I get the argument that if you can get a higher return from stock... — read more 

When will we be rid of the worst leadership is company history? I know the board of directors have no brains at all for keeping this clown car of a ELT team we have. Whoever decided MW was the best choice for CEO should be absolutely embarrassed... — read more 

If MW and our ELT think that the absolutely dreadful morale is not going to crush the company, then he's an even worse leader than we thought he is. ELT needs to wake up and do something POSITIVE to stop the apathy. I have given up and just dont care... — read more 

For those of you going through Wave 2: It’s been just over two months since I escaped, and even though I wasn’t expecting this outcome, I don’t miss it. It took a few weeks, but I haven’t felt this good in years. The more I look back, the more I... — read more 

My relief of still having a j-o-b has worn off and reality has set in. If CVX was trying to be forward thinking in any capacity, they’ve failed miserably. This model won’t attract (or retain) top talent. Who signs up for a culture that lacks... — read more 

So just out of curiosity, if one jumps a PSG will that take into effect in May? Or are you looking at another three years as your current PSG? And if one jumps from a 20 to a 21 what is used to determine the pay increase? My apologies I’m still... — read more 

I hear that there will be a lot of temporary assignments. HRLT is expecting 10-15 Psg 22-24 selected people to leave Chevron within the next year.

Hurry Mikey boy, follow the leader quick. Since you have no strategy, just copy the cool kid on the block. https://insideevs.com/news/772344/exxon-mobil-ev-battery-graphite-invention-anode/

I'm an ex 19 yr employee that had great reviews and more than exceeded our expectations of profits for years. I got laid off first round but had that icky feeling. Thinking the company I've been loyal to for so many years would do the right thing... — read more 

I hate it here so much that job hunting actually feels like relief instead of a chore. It takes a lot for that to be true for a procrastinator like me.

Just heard that unless you land a placed positions through the wave 1 or wave 2 selection events at a higher PSG, there will be no promotions this year. Great news all around. 4 days in office, and no merit based promotions. Really makes things... — read more 

I know I should be used to the stress, but it's ki-ling me.

We have an expat who works as a team leader/supervisor and was identified as an out of scope employee during this second half selection. This individual is a great performer (and so does everybody else who is left behind since 6 re-orgs ago). Why... — read more 

That's all the new RTO policy is about. I've seen several articles in the past few months where CEOs openly admit they're using RTO as an attrition tool, to get people to quit and reduce workforce without paying severance. I'm just wondering, do they... — read more 

Curious if Chevron HR filed WARN notice this past Friday For Hess, Chevron HR filed notice on Friday a week before the cut date - and held the “town halls” at Hess the following Tuesday - hours prior to the notice getting published by the... — read more 

We’ve all just learned to live with it, while leadership couldn’t care less. Endless reorgs and layoffs have made one thing crystal clear - hard work and loyalty mean nothing here. At this point, I show up expecting nothing but a layoff notice, while... — read more 

Wave 1ers or others - anyone get a covert call with even read between the lines news on getting a job before selection notice period? Any chance us Wave2ers might hear during this next week??? Torture waiting.

Came to show it to a colleague and it’s gone. Talked about 20% cuts, busywork and Les only focusing on AI projects?

For anyone close to MW and ELT, what are they saying about the absolutely dreadful morale at Chevron? I'd like to hear their discussions about how they think any of this is good for the company.

Time to stop drinking the blue cool aid. Chevron would happily offshore or turn every job tomorrow an AI agent tomorrow if it would bump the stock price 1/2%. Our core competencies are Wall Street FOMO and slow following tech bros culture. Time to... — read more 

I have been told that a bunch of people have been notified by management that they have been selected. Is this true?

Saddened by this announcement - with culture being at the center of so many conversations this year, I’m disappointed that leadership thinks this is a step in the right direction for our culture (And from whose perspective? Culture isn’t what... — read more 

For those reading this message, there's a chance you've already been impacted by the decisions and may not yet be aware of it. Many of you submitted your selections without realizing that the outcomes had likely already been determined. I truly wish... — read more 

I regret not EOI’ing, can we change our mind before the selection meetings? - real question.

If MW and company want to continue destroying morale and this company then if anyone out there is still working hard for Chevron should stop now. Put in the bare minimum. If we have to go into the office 4 days a week, then no late night or early... — read more 

How is everyone feeling after posting or hitting EOI? Good? Regretful? Nervous?

Brent is down about 35% since April when the layoff plans were put in place. If I had to guess, more layoffs are going to be needed early 2026 unless prices recover.

What do we get at the end of this layoff, besides more work and a continued paycheck? Trust is broken. Some of us are feel like that's not worth it and can jump ship with or without a job lined up. Is someone going to try to throw a d-mb pizza party?... — read more 

I know I bring real value to the company, but it’s draining when leadership acts like it’s never enough. They lean on me whenever something important comes up, but when it’s time for recognition or rewards, suddenly I’m invisible. This has been going... — read more 

Hands up if you know this operating model will fail. It’s not even official and I can already see how short sighted some of the changes are.

How many and which jobs were protected/closed? Those folks must be hiding and lying to colleagues pretending they are going through the same thing and which jobs they’ve applied for. Why won’t they show us the full org and number of positions. But... — read more 

If you are in San Ramon, schedule time with your boss. They should have all the information now. Looks like no flying back and forth will be allowed. Houston is now home and the time in office will be monitored and working remotely from San Ramon... — read more 

MW has been making the circuits in the media trying to act like an American Hero. His legacy is already "The Layoff King". In one interview he said he wanted to be remembered for balancing priorities. He only balanced his own checkbook and sold the... — read more 

For some reason, the ELT has never concentrated on achieving true excellence in the fundamentals of the traditional oil and gas business. By that, I mean the essentials: negotiating contracts with governments, identifying and fixing the root causes... — read more