A lot of people keep complaining but I'm personally very satisfied with my pay and benefits and even the people I work with are great. My only issue is lack of job security but that is true for pretty much every single company in every industry these days.
So please enlighten me, what is it that makes you so unhappy here?
@3xwk - They want everyone to play nice, BUT you have to agree with management. respecting that everyone is entitled to their own perspective is not enough. Sad. I knew a guy who retired early last year He always said that while at time he would not agree (to some position, decision), he could accept the decision and move on. He could "agree to disagree" he always said. He was chastized more than once for this, but he never wavered. I really respected that guy!
I’m very much insulted by management telling me to respect others opinion if they are different from me. If we’re hiring people that don’t do this then we’ve already lost the battle.
Vasim nailed it. Well said!
Thanks @efk+16Q5eKbs & @wrn+16Q5eKbs
I concur with the majority of your posts and think you highlighted some important factors that are significantly contributing to the erosion of our CVX employee experience.
As a long-term employee, it saddens me to see how we wrecked what used to be an imperfect but productive, well-respected, and fair place to work. I used to feel proud to say that I worked at CVX.
At this point, I don’t know that I have the moral fortitude to stay and deal with what I suspect will be an ever-increasing attack on my own ethics and beliefs, driven by extreme political correctness, at the expense of honesty, fairness, and merit-based advancement.
If you wonder how far the pendulum has swung, just check out LJ’s post and videos on Workplace (this board also has a thread about it: https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@OP+16RD6GLx). How can it be acceptable to openly state the preferential treatment of a particular race??? If this is the prevailing mentality at CVX (at least on the surface, because many employees might disagree but be too fearful to share their true opinions), it will be our downfall. This is some real toxic sh– alienates, rather than brings people together.
I always enjoyed having a highly diverse workplace, and I didn’t think we needed a company edict to tell us to respect and appreciate other people’s differences and opinions, but lately I feel like I am being SCREAMED AT IN ALL CAPS!!! about what to feel and say. That’s not embracing diversity; it fosters a climate of oppression and stifles any dissenting opinion. We are stepfordizing our company culture, and that will push out the door in disgust those of us who believe in fairness and mutual respect. What the he!! happened to common sense? I fear for our future as a company and as a society.
@1rcq, not any more than your troll post sound's looks and smells like a troll post, But that's of course, because your post was indeed posted by a troll with no other intention but to agitate.
@1emb, More likely than not it's the exact opposite and they've schooled you quite a few times and embarrassed you. Thanks for letting it out, being so blatantly obvious in your projection that you choose to do anonymously. It's quite telling, lol.
To quote Rush quoting Shakespeare and to paraphrase another poster, “all the world’s indeed a stage and we are merely players, performers, and portrayers.” We all get paid to perform and portray.
This site should come with a health warning: read at your own risk of being demoralized by a few crybabies. My advice to most readers is don’t believe much of what’s written here; there’s a whole lot of nonsense that is spewed out by resentful yet vocal minority who get therapeutic solace of bombarding this site with toxic misery of their own creation. One has to admit, however, their constant whining is an alternative form of entertainment to those that know the realities on the ground.
After working for years here I've noticed a decline in the work environment (especially recently), the morale is now low and the job security is very poor here.
Pag 26 , 36 yrs. Cvx has focused on moving less experienced ‘diverse’ people several grades higher then myself (and other Psg’s 26 w lots of experience) who should not be where they are. If they were asked to evaluate a well, field, troubleshoot a facility problem by themselves they couldb’t do it, yet they are ‘managing’ these projects, often cross training into other disciplines. They are over confident and arrogant and dont know what they dont know but us experienced people see thru it. Enough of this unfairness and nonsense. EOI’ing.
PSG 26- 35 years: Chevron was a great company in the past where I enjoyed working on teams that were industry leaders in performance results, innovation and fairness. Financial benefits have been great. In my experience, in the last few years, results and performance became secondary to jargon and diversity. Projects “failed” throughout the company and it became embarrassing to tell people I worked for Chevron. I tried but could not change this trend. I could no longer tell direct reports in good faith that results matter and knew that I had to leave in 2020. Best for the company and best for me. For those that stay please make delivering Industry leading project outcomes matter, it would be sad to see Chevron fade away.
I cant stand chevron facility engineers. Bunch of incompetent losers, who fail one project after another and get rewarded for their failures. Not just prc folks, but any updtream projects fe. They will bring this company to its end. Mark my words.
PSG 23, 17 years in IT. The unhappiness comes from the lack of fulfilling work, doing projects and fad intiatives that everyone knows are not going to move the needle but that make certain managers look good. The cognitive dissonance and daily suppression of common sense takes its toll. IT leaders are not technical experts but got where they are through connections. It's shameful that we can't deliver basic services or get a damned IT ticket through to the right support group yet we talk big about digital transformation.
4 layoffs in 4 years...but I saw someone else post they’re at 5 layoffs in 5 years so now I’m feeling pretty lucky.
This smells like a troll or hr.
Cvx is a bipolar entity w Texas and California on each end .... seems to be eating its self from the inside.
Good luck chevroids.
PSG 25, took the early EOI. Have worked for several companies, not just Chevron, so I have a broader perspective than most. Chevron is no longer the company I joined 15 years ago. Back then, the Company valued science and accomplishment, everyone could succeed. Hired the best, period. Managers managed the business, not their careers. CVX is no longer a growth company, nor a company fun to work for, but now an exploitation company (assets AND employees) and a slave to the trendy (first it was MARC, now D&I, now the clueless digital transformation run by Microsoft and other consultants). Remember the ridiculous town hall with the Microsoft CEO earlier in the year? The downhill slide started when MW took over. Exploration is non-existent (any wells drilled this year?) and shrinking fast. MW is putting his bets on the Permian, which will take him (and his sacred dividend) to retirement, but probably not beyond 2030.
@uew, No, it is just the opposite. It is the left-leaning folks who demand diversity over quality, experience and skills. Don't pretend that is not the case. Treating people with self-respect and fairness are conservative values, not liberal. Liberal values would ignore those traits in order to hire and promote personnel of certain preferred racial, ethnic, and/or gender groups for appearance only, regardless of talent and experience. Respect is not automatic, it is earned in the real working world. And fairness is not granting others unearned admiration or preferred employment selection based on pop culture and nothing else. And I am not caucasian. You guys are insane.
Generally agree, for my career (PSG 18 all the way to PSG 24), overall very thankful for employer and many perks, including BOTH 401k and Pension looking good at close to 30 years. Rare in my case I could never get time off when preferred, which many jobs aren't case. Sure any job has it's up and downs and certain things aren't perfect (I tell my kids all the time, it's called 'work' sometimes for reason), and some of us are/were more fortunate than others with having decent team leads. Either way, bust your butt, do good work, help others, use common sense and for most - good result. Only mild annoyance for me has been 'diversity '(which, should for most simply mean common sense Golden Rule and respect for others) in some areas shoved further down throats then it needs to be in our new PC world...Oh well...I'd also venture to guess that most who have issues would have them other places as well.
Working for Chevron:
Pro: Extraordinary compensation and benefits at all grade levels compared to other industries
Con: Too woke for the typical Texan
So treating people fairly and with respect is now considered “left leaning” and “liberal”? No one is going to miss your trashy jokes at work anymore.
I appreciate the dilemma of sacrificing moral integrity to not put your employment at risk in the current corporate world. It has always been there but has ramped up to ridiculous levels in the new BLM/Cancel Culture era. Don't pretend that there is any semblance of freedom of speech in the corporate world. That plain just does not exist.
When are Chevron and other corporates going to grow a backbone and push back against this insanity? At this rate the world is heading straight into a black hole from which we may never recover (assuming we wake up and even an attempt to do so).
Appeasing this new culture is like giving a 12 year old a smart phone, realizing that was a mistake and then trying to do something about it. Unless you are up for the very unpleasant non-PC task of "doing the right thing" you are doing nothing but creating the beast that is going to eat your lunch.
Chevron and many others may not figure out that in time to act if they figure it out at all. How can you have any respect for an employer that clearly has no moral compass?
Good riddance CVX!
Everything, especially the annoying Chevroids. They are everywhere, like c—roaches. Do Chevroids inbreed? Just basing it on their general low IQ and constant sniffing at each other.
@ qyq+16Q5eKbs this must be a joke or are you really clueless ?
Psg 29, young, love this company. Can make large decisions and always challenged. Not sure why others are not happy. Even salary of the lower grades puts you in top 5% of the countries salaries. Grass is not always greener elsewhere.
PSG 23, 15 years with CVX. The company offers very good compensation packages with great benefits. But for someone with conservative values its become far to left leaning to remain aligned with the direction that the company is going (significant complaint but not the main issue). In general the corporation is not run with a steady hand and a sharp focus on fundamentals. Far too many political, social and liberal agenda driven actions being promoted by executive leadership. Not nearly enough focus on the core business of the company. The tactics of leadership to explain themselves has reached the point of being smarmy. Too much waste on numerous needless programs, policies, strategies, every week a new buzzword or pet initiative pops up that's really going to help us win in any environment and everyone must get on board or be deemed "not a team player". Plainly said, I just don't have enough faith in how the corporation is being run to continue playing along with their management approach. If I continue to stay on with CVX, I will basically have to be an full time actor playing a role for a paycheck. We all do that to some degree I suppose but it has become too much of an act for me to continue. My desire to live with integrity makes that unacceptable. I want to determine my own path and regain more independence. I will EOI in round 4.
PSG 21 with 22 years of service. I started as a non-degreed office clerk and slowly took on more responsibilities with increasing pay grades. I was always very satisfied with the company, the pay and benefits. But in the last 10 years, once I moved from hourly pay to a salaried position, I became less enthusiastic with management and the politics involved in working here. I have decided to EOI this September in Round 4. I’ve become disillusioned with the company and any further career growth. My girlfriend and I will be moving to another State and changing our career industries. We don’t have the baggage of having a family in tow and both of us have a boatload of cash.
PSG 24 - 15 yrs with CVX and interner, the era of exciting challenging projects is ending. This is no longer a growth industry that appeals to my generation.
I'm a 5 year employee and there have been a layoffs 4 of those 5 years...
Share ur PSG first, then we can talk about it. 23 vs. 27 is not the same.