How many of the involuntary layoffs are in the over 50 age group? How many are people close to retirement but not yet eligible for their full retirement benefits? Doesn’t seem like the “diversity advisors” took this into account?
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@2tip Thanks for sharing. I hope mine won't take one year and I am looking forward to cash in. Even if they offer me to go back I won't. Screw CVX. I will take the money and move on with my life from this sh–e show that CVX is. This company is just useless and evil now.
@ryx, I decided to forego the severance package and sued the company in 2016. After one year of filing the lawsuit, I won a settlement of 4 times my annual salary along with a few other monetary concessions. I also got paid the severance package, as it was due to me. I was a 29 year career employee with excellent PMP evaluations and several consecutive years of 2+ rankings and a few 1 rankings in my last 5 years. I cannot divulge any more specifics of the basis of the lawsuit because of a 5 year binding confidentiality agreement I signed. Just hire an experienced law firm. If you have sufficient evidence in your favor, you will easily win a worthwhile settlement.
Arbitration is not in the play if you didn't take the package and didn't sign your life away. Even in your contract with Chevron you're asked to go arbitration but for discrimination you can still sue CVX. I sued and I won before even going to trial. I got 4 years of pay outta of them and my CIP for the last year I was there. I know a good law firm in Austin more than happy to take your case, if you strongly feel having one.
The major cuts on my team were all under 50. Many of our 55+ team members with 25+ year experience got offered a position.
This is a troll .... umm no it's a pro-bono lawyer ! Hungry for some of your EOI Package.
WOW - was experience hire with 20+ years from outside of O&G industry to help transform digital capabilities within a one of the corporate function (will not call out). Once hired the employee experience process of being recruited by Chevron as an experienced hire, the lengthy interview process and onboarding, only to have to go through the various spin-cycle ROMs leaving the Decision Making expectations of a cushy severance package of others, is sad. This type of industry breed culture needs to go away.
If you didn’t see this coming as a new hire then you’d have to be as thick as a rock
Trial by jury is the exception because it is expensive and time-consuming for a case the public is not interested in. Alternate dispute resolution / arbitration by video is the more likely method if you get there. If it doesn’t stand a chance it’ll be thrown out.
Do you realize there were a lot of recent hires that were included in this? People who have been with the company less than a year? How do you think it felt having to go through the whole process of being recruited by Chevron as an experienced hire, the lengthy interview process and onboarding, only to have to go through this with no expectations of the same cushy severance as others?
I am over 50 and I was let go after 5 years of cluster 1 at PSG 24. I didn't take the package and didn't sign anything. Instead I hired a lawyer and I strongly encourage you do the same if you strongly feel you've been discriminated. I know they will settle for 3-5 years salary as they don't like to go trial by jury. They never win in the people court. I am 1000% confident I will win as I know the HR data.
I’m over 50 and was selected for a job.
Midcon pushed out many mid 50's leaders and technical staff who were dynamic popular and high performers. It was obvious in the way they were treated there was pressure applied fro them to move on. It was very clear the BU wanted to clear the space for younger less experienced employees, particularly females and for the occasional Canadian friend to come in on a cushy expat assignment in a time when US employees were losing their jobs. Fortunately most of the leaders that left did so with class, on their own violation and on their own terms. They clearly didn't want stay to take more BS from people who don't have resumes or people skills to be where they are. There has been visible age discrimination in the company over these last years. As a mid career employee it gave me a window of the future and its disheartening.
No sense beating around the bush - these people have been dumped on the sc-ap heap - thrown to the wolves - thrown under a bus. However you want to word it, the impact is the same and a top company would consider litigation liabilities before taking action.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits discrimination against people who are age 40 or older. Hmmmm seems like the selection process violates this act
I know a fair few over 50s affected
I doubt this would be made available - too much liability!