Morale is the lowest I've seen in my many years here. People are waiting for the next layoff since job security is all gone. In the townhall they seemed to imply coming into the office will fix the stress and morale. That will only further cause turnover and a further drop. Management needs to stop the greed and start focusing on employees before long term damage is done. Might be too late already!
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Management doesn’t manage low morale. They create it.
Management steadfastly refuses to see any "low morale". Why would they take action against something they don't believe exists? Anyone who brings up "low morale" is branded a naysayer and troublemaker, and advances up on the layoff list.
The OP needs to understand that Chevron management is addressing the problem. The beatings will continue until your morale improves. Your phone will be ringing because you're next up for a beating.
Chevron rewards its (few and far between) oil finders with a plaque and dinner at some uptown Houston dive. Other companies offer them promotions and 50% raises. Now you know why Chevron has no oil finders.
Chevron's geologists can't find oil so that's why exploration is dormant.
Good points, @4pxw. Chevron/MW hasn't been focused on growth in 10 years. Exploration is dormant, M&A only when Wall St. production targets can't be met. There was a time when "growth" was mentioned in every other sentence in a strategy session. Now it's E, D, I, and J. Chevron is truly in harvest mode, execs know they and their favored cronies can make it to retirement on Australia, Tengiz, and Permian.
You have to address your own morale, quit and make some space to debottleneck the system
Oh, so you would like management to swing by your office and kiss your a-s every once in awhile. Why don't you just su-k it up and be a professional? If you went to college and earned a degree in a discipline you like, then you should be happy you are able to earn a living working in a field you enjoy.
Yeah, we get it. There’s one envious and resentful short timer on here who was let go with a pittance of a severance check and can’t stand the truth that a few did leave Chevron quite rich. Well, you can’t win all the time, kiddo. No matter how much downvoting you want to spend your time on, each downvote just digs your own hole deeper. Ponder that.
The old adage that “SH!T runs downhill” is one big reason there’s a lot of low morale in the ranks. We know everyone cannot be on top, but when those on top really don’t give a second thought of those below them, that’s where low morale starts and ends up where we are today.
No, your low morale means nothing to them unless you are of course…them or a high-pot, otherwise they are happy to have you take your low morale elsewhere!
If the company is in harvest mode, then it is all about optimizing production and cutting costs. When everyone figures out that they add to the cost of production, then it results in low morale. If the company is focused on growth, the it is all about spending capital wisely and efficiently. When everyone figures out the company is growing and they are adding value, then it results in high morale. The main driver for being in growth or harvest mode is the oil price forecast.
@4zqj, yes, same story here, but 2020 instead of 2016. Equally amazed how fast Chevron fell from "most admired" to "mostly confused". As for @4uqa, that's just pure jealousy from someone who will never get to reap the benefits of a long career as we did. Coasting? I was putting together a succession plan (responsibilities, contacts, important dates, etc.) right up to the last day, even though no one asked me for it. I felt I owed it to the person taking over from me.
Irrelevant. Who cares if you were a millionaire or not, btw, most folks who get laid off from here because of coasting, are millionaires and probably couple times over. That's why they coast and do nothing.
I retired as a millionaire from Chevron in 2016. I really don’t care what goes on anymore at the company. When I was laid off, it wasn’t too far away from my desired time to leave. They gave me a 1-year salary bonus check as a severance farewell and 6 months of unemployment from the State, so that made up for any sore feelings. Today, Chevron is in my past, good times for the most part, but I’m happy not having to be there any longer. Things have rapidly changed for the worse over there.
look at the interns at the company now, most of them are from xx state univ. colorado mines, uh, etc. none of the talented students want to work for the company any more…
So layoffs in 2024? I hear opex is now a focus. Better start showing up at least 3x per week. Management will pull badge records. No more logging in from a beach in Thailand...
Management has no reason to address "low morale". The money keeps pouring in, Permian will produce forever, we'll milk Australia and Tengiz as long as we can, they'll certainly last until at least OUR retirements! For the peons, let them eat cake!
No better way to test the management than by asking whether they want a pay freeze or layoff for their employees.
It shows a lot by the answer. Think about it
Gossip from HQ is that MW gave his team a choice of a pay freeze for everyone for 2024 or staff cuts. Can you guess which they chose?
Yes, keep thinking that like they want you to and they remain in charge of you forever. Or, you can try a different approach and think for yourself and take the initiative to better yourself and advance your career here or elsewhere. If you have the ability and talent, use it. Or, I suppose you can sit around all day and whine online anonymously. Your choice.
Low morale is management’s fault. They micro manage and stifle the liberty for the brightest employees to excel in this company.
Low morale, poor performance, lack of ambition, and all those types of problems are always someone else's fault. You "top tier", "highly successful" guys need to keep thinking that just like they want you to and everything will fall into place.
Management will never fess up the truth that they are truly the reason for low morale around here.
@2pvz+1onkDnMc Hahahahahahaha. Now that’s funny!
@2pvz+1onkDnMc OK Rhonda... whatever you say.
MW has turned Chevron from an envied company into JEDI laughingstock (trying to appropriate Star Wars characters is even more dubious). Couple that with no long-term strategy, no emphasis at all on career development (unless it's high-pot or diversity development), and you have a company now afloat in the water with no direction. Beware of the mess you're going to inherit, EB!
Ask them what lever they will pull to make Chevron a decent place to work for the beleegered rank and file!
Nope they will not address it, because it is what they are promoting. The pride we took in our work is gone, the belonging we had is non existent, the depth of our technical expertise is a handicap - thanks to the handpicked management team and their so called "lever pulling".
100%
I don’t recognize the chevron that it was known for in its day. Technically strong, business savvy and a leader of work culture and work/life balance where people truly were its prized asset. Human energy..my a$&&
This is nothing. You should have seen moral in the late 80s. Neary everyone was fired and no hiring to speak of for a decade. Plus the economy was horrible. Reagan was completely out of control. It was the worst of the malaise decade.
Chevron has gone all-in on this modern culture. Mike didn’t discuss any business objectives or deliverables. All he cares about is hiring based on identity and burning money on greenwashing projects to appease his ESG overlords at blackrock and vanguard. This company is circling the drain.
Nothing attractive at this company anymore! It is the end of Rome! Today "leaders" are hand selected for a good reason to amass wealth for their masters and opress morally and verbally the workforce! History keeps repeating itself! It is sad though for us to see this masacre happening to a company that we really cared about.