What is going on with job titles? I see people with titles as senior teamlead and manager, however Noone reports to them.
A public shaming and a we beg you o great one
Who’s cr-ppy idea was it to orchestrate this open seating mess? Who pitched this to leadership? If you’re out there reading this, you’ve materially damaged your co-workers’ ability to get anything done. Please resign in shame. Somehow you thought... — read more
HMP on ice
So; no more HMP (unless you're already on a modern floor) Offices for the rest of us. Makes 4x days a week a little more tolerable
Relo Date
Is there a specific day we need to let them know if we’re not relocating ? When’s the last day we can milk it if we’re in SR with zero intention of moving ? TIA!!
FORECED RANKING
So here it is the Enron model for managing headcount - forced ranking with 12 different goals, most out of your control. BOTTOMLINE, just another way to reduce 10% each year. Interested what comments are:
Houston Downtown Unassigned & Hess
Houston is modernizing the buildings based on the San Ramon model and we promise you will only move to the unassigned model in a modernized space. You’re going to love it. What is the mood knowing they broke that commitment and are now awkwardly... — read more
Does anybody know when is the next PDC?
Need to move on from my current role.
POST REORG JOB SCOPE REALITY
are others finding that the job they signed up for in this latest reorg is not at all the job they are expected to perform? I know it’s not illegal for an employer to change job duties, but is sure seems fu---d up. I really wish that I had requested... — read more
Do not trust fellows
After leaving Chevron, I learned the hard way that you really need to be careful about who you trust. Even people who seem very supportive, offering to help with your resume, connect you to Society of Petroleum Engineers committees, review papers, or... — read more
The workforce tension and the desperation of management is palpable, and the first cracks are starting to appear.
Lifted this from another comment on this site. It gets to the heart of the matter bigly. Sad but true that this is happening to this once great company before our eyes. It's the only AI software that Chevron has. I am guessing that the LT is... — read more
Truth
If it was a critical or life or death situation would our ELT be capable of telling the truth even once? I dont think any of the C-Suite "leaders" could even tell the truth about the color of the sky. Our "leadership" is rotten to the core and MW... — read more
Chevron is following me
I’ve heard information suggesting that Chevron may have contacted my new company with requests that could limit my project scope and raised questions about my past achievements. I’m trying to verify the facts and understand my options. Has anyone... — read more
The new shiny object effect
Every new manager believes that the only way to show impact is to “start from scratch”. Most of the time they just repeat old mistakes but because they are surrounded by their newly minted hires, no one is there to tell them we tried this 15 years... — read more
Numerous examples of non-value adding work
With the number of major IT incidents after a big layoff event, LC has his whole organization follow his EY friends' direction of making tactical work very visible by spending more time in Azure DevOps (ADO) than actually delivering work. It's... — read more
Mike
For those around MW and they definitely check this site. Does MW know he's the most hated CEO in Chevron history? Is he being insulated from the morale crisis we have? What does he say to all this?
AEOI Bonus
When will we “who EOI’ed” get our part of the 2025 bonus? Paid in 2026?
Houston downtown parking garage nightmare
We've been stuck in the HOU150 garage for 45+ minutes. That me and about 100 other cars. Just trying to leave. Unbelievable. Force everyone into a needlessly remodelled office with open-plan seating that strips away dignity and privacy—then... — read more
White Collar
To stop people like MW from laying all the White Collar jobs, we need to unite. Its time for a White Collar Union. He has a hunger that won't be satisfied to layoff. We have to make it harder on him!
1400 Smith Lobby Closed
1400 Smith Lobby Closed the rest of the week. They want everyone coming into 1400 to use 1500 street entrances. "They" really should give the option to WFH this week for the days those working in 1400 don't have any F2F meetings. It makes it su-k... — read more
Pay Determination thread
What are we seeing…
We’re Doomed
RB just said he starts and ends his day using Copliot and has 6 agents running at all times. Senior leadership is completely brain dead, which we already knew but now it’s being directly told to us.
Did anyone actually get a promo?
Just curious, honestly did anyone get a promo? Not much was disclosed on the process and frontline managers given no info. So did anyone actually get one and what criteria was there? Were they only given to people now in managerial roles?
If your manager says these words you have a keeper
From my experience Chevron has NO keepers by the definition shared at the link below. If you disagree please speak up and advise me on where to find a "keeper " among the cesspool of self serving supervision/ managers we are blessed... — read more
Worried about the future
Every time I hear another layoff rumor, my anxiety spikes. At my age, I know the job market isn't kind. Does anyone have positive stories about finding work later in life? I need some hope right now.
HIRE Act
https://www.eisneramper.com/insights/tax/halting-international-relocation-employment-act-1225/ “ As drafted, the HIRE Act would create IRC Sec. 5000E, which would impose a 25% excise tax on any “outsourced payments” paid to a foreign person who... — read more
Here is the complete list of advertised and filled roles: 88 currently posted
https://careers.chevron.com/location/bengaluru-jobs/? 1 2D Digital Engineer - SPI 2 2D Digital Engineer - SPPID 3 3D Digital Engineer 4 3D Modeling Engineer 5 Administrative Assistant 6 AI Product Manager 7 AI Tech Lead 8 Air Permitting... — read more
New to Houston Relocation - Property Taxes & Insurances Crazy
In the process of relocating to Houston. Looking for a house. Learning that property taxes & insurance are insane in Houston. Seeing >$16k property taxes and >$6k insurance, not including flood insurance. Auto insurance is higher too. Is this... — read more
Quality use of AI
When you see the amazing disconnect between executive leadership’s expectations for AI and the reality of what can be done, how do you feel about the mid-term reality for our company? Near term is a mess. Long term is luck based on what we land... — read more
Unionize the Chevron Workforce
Let's put some consideration to this considering that a lot of jobs will be going overseas. It's a last attempt at keeping some of the roles stateside.
Patience: 404 not found
I’m increasingly surrounded by colleagues who show little drive to deliver real value or contribute meaningfully. Instead, many seem more focused on pulling others down—especially when someone is actually trying to push work forward. My supervisor... — read more
Return to office - not for India
ENGINE only need to work 2 or 3 days in office. Maybe their pay should be reduced, since the rest of the company now it’s required to work 4x days?
DWI
Who’s got the scoop? Spill the tea.
PSA- chevron use AI to monitor teams, emails and phone calls
Simple search tells you about it. Chevron and other companies use “Aware” software to monitor us. Consider this an OE moment
Open Plan is Dead - Flex Space is gone
I have it on good authority that all offices will be back from April. S&T will relocate to the Hess tower. Plenty of office space for all.
XOM and SHL hiring
Who’s looking at the XOM and Shell jobs?! They look pretty good!
Raise talks?
Has anyone had their raise talk with their manager yet? What % raise are people getting? I haven't had mine yet.
Super Bowl Party
Anyone heading up to the Super Bowl Watch party in 1500? Im running a bit late. Im talking about the G4T party.
MW's AI goose chase
MW and JG talking about AI like it's going to change their world. Maybe it is. We see it in other parts of the world, part of people's day to day. It takes talent, and the talent is leaving. If I had to guess, the average PSG of the AI team is... — read more
Hot Desk Houston Email from RR
Generic email from RR admitting they made a mistake and are reviewing the open seating plan. What doesn’t mean? Are we undoing it? What’s going on?