I know several people who left in the past two months. I'm not sure why anybody would give up their job in the middle of the pandemic, so I'm asking. Those who are on their way out and those who have already moved on, what was the primary reason? Was it your pay? Lack of job security? Something else?
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"The job security is bad now and the work environment is deteriorating rapidly"
That attribute can be accurately applied to almost any position in the country right now, especially all types of industry. yawn, NEXT.................................
The job security is bad now and the work environment is deteriorating rapidly. The dividend is the only thing that is considered now and employees are an afterthought. Its gone down quite a bit in the past couple of months alone. Who knows what things will look like in the next year.
@1mhm: "I can no longer stand by an industry that has proven to be a major contributor to climate change.
Good you are leaving because you clearly lack intelligence.
I challenge you to post actual atmospheric information that supports CO2 has anything to do with anything in the atmosphere. Hint: there isn't any.
In my case, I have enough money even though I made the decision in my 50s.. I have been through every down cycle starting with 1986, and I am not going through more of the nonsense like everyone is talking about here that happens every time. Historical knowledge is lost, and no one cares. BCG are miserable advisers, and company out of Philly is incompetent and are not providing transparency to the so-called leaders; of which very few actually have any leadership capabilities.
@1mhm yes, but you still buy gas, and all the benefits oil brings.
@1zmn, Sure, as soon as they quit rioting, murdering and causing violence and economic hardship to those who don't agree with them.
Please quit all of your belly-aching over BLM, Diversity, etc. There will never be a time when you walk into a meeting room and be under-represented. Maybe karma is finally catching up with all of your a-kissing.
I am in my early-mid career and taking the EOI because I question the future of the oil and gas industry. I can no longer stand by an industry that has proven to be a major contributor to climate change.
Certainly I will not be a role model to my children if I stayed; their future livelihoods appear more and more bleak each year.
Look at all the misery in the world this moment — it makes this decision easier. I admit I had a different view of the industry when I started with the company. I won’t be looking back.
Previous comments are isolated to men and BLM but let’s not forget the females who also benefit due to Chevrons minority numbers/criteria. It’s unfortunate that the female pool is small so these women are reaping the benefit while not being qualified. I’ve worked with a few women who bully their subordinates and leadership has no idea. A smile and a wink is all that is required in these cases. Wake up guys their are many competent women at the lower PSGs who are authentic leaders.
The days of each employee being held accountable to meet goals and objectives are gone. People want to know the work they do is valued and is contributing to the bottom line. Chevron today is not the Chevron it once was. Pride and passion is of the past. Let’s see what the next 20 years looks like. Always optimistic
Political correctness, D&I, Team of Teams, functional transformation, digital transformation, Workplace mess and limited focus on core business. I'm retiring with an excellent Exit Bonus!
Midland, TX..... I would have never moved there, much less taken a transfer or a promotion to that dead end place. For those of you who did end up going to Midland, I hope you rented and were savvy enough to not buy a home there. Home prices were a premium where the company push was to built up the asset. But, as we are seeing all things O&G going downhill, you don’t want to be caught with no job and a home you’ll lose money trying to sell.
I no longer want to live in the 3rd world known as Midland.
I was waiting for enhanced severance to retire. Glad to be able to grab it! Good Luck to all!
I hear what you are saying and was a firm believer that "the cream always comes to the top" during my 40 years with oil company majors. That was a quote early in my career from a old school manager that had worked his way up the ranks all the way from the rig floor the old fashioned way by managing to not get distracted by the issue du jour.
If you had a good work ethic, maintained a positive attitude and didn't get caught up in petty office politics you would earn the respect of your peers and management and in the long run it would all work out for you. That did not mean there would be some bumps in the road but nothing that would derail your career.
Unfortunately that does not work anymore. It was slowly eroding away, in recent years had been been gaining momentum because of millennials and with BLM/cancel culture I fear that it is gone for good.
Chevron and most of the rest of corporate America is proudly volunteering to be held hostage by a bunch of spoiled brats. I'm out.
Agreed! I have been here 10 years. When I first started working for CVX I was on the up and up. Big raises every year, big bonuses and lots of appreciation.
But the last 4 years have s—ed. I get good reviews and told I am doing well, but the raises have been stagnant. I roll my eye at some of the newer guys who think there all that and then all at once I realized. That was me when I started and I was to naive to notice at the time. It feels like they try and put on the golden handcuffs on you after a few years and then forget about you. I’m tired of it and I’m tired of all the political c-ap they get into instead of just focusing on the business.
CVX has started focusing on the wrong things and become to liberal for my liking.
I was on the verge of just quitting earlier this year and then they announced we will have the opportunity to submit an EOI later this year. I’m just trying to hang on long enough to get my parting gift.
When I hired on 11 years ago I was promised that if I worked hard I would have a prosperous career with Chevron. The last 6 years have felt like anything but a career. Chevron has turned into just another oilfield job that you can be let go from at anytime. I know business is business but loyalty is a two way street, and the loyalty I used to feel from the company has long passed.
Retirement. Timing was great with the EOI. Given all the direction Chevron is heading, as a white male Boomer, there’s a good chance I would have been left standing. The worst crime of Chevron is the myth of “knowledge transfer”. Given the secrecy of the whole process and uncertainty of the future structure, there wasn’t any time for knowledge transfer other than putting a few pages together for “someone” to read down the road. That “someone” will get up to speed, but it will take time and some $$$ mistakes before then.