Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

The extra unemployment is coming to an end soon. Great while it lasted.

I'm curious when you apply for UI does anyone have any issues with missing wages if you worked overseas in 2019? My home base is in Texas and TWC can't find my wages info. Do you have to file in California if you worked overseas? Any input is appreciated. Thanks

You can file whenever you want as soon as you are unemployed. Meaning after your last paid workday. Or even a little before that, I think you can. Some people say file as soon as they give you the 2 weeks notice, during a normal layoff. The sooner the better, actually, because it takes a week or so to process. You just input the last week of pay, on that form,. Don't lie on the form. Absolutely nothing to gain by doing that and plenty to lose. Severances are treated differently by different states and also, within the same state, by different Unemployment office personnel. I have personal experience with this and spoken to others. In some cases, they let you begin collecting basically immediately, and in other cases, they will declare some sort of waiting period that represents your severance pay, but usually not long, and not as long as the severance would actually represent. They get different people to handle each case. Remember, the point is to help laid-off workers who are broke, not give beer money to cushy-job CVX hand-out thieves, lol. And it is entirely up to their discretion, and never seems to make much sense. Think DMV personnel, if you get my drift. All the conjecture and statements below about them having some carved in stone policy(or that they follow one, rather) is pure fantasy,let me tell you!

An employee that recently EOI’d mentioned that he cannot file for unemployment until after he received the severance. He said receiving unemployment before getting the package, could jeopardize his severance. He said it was in writing on the paperwork he signed. I’m not sure what is true. Does anyone have a verifiable source regarding this?

@3udt, Yes indeed, I could not agree more, and it is displayed very clearly in your own post! You fit right in with the folks that you just described at Chevron. Good luck and cross your fingers that you get one of those "incompetent interviewers" that you described and so badly will need.

@2rvw, No, there's no doubt about it, you are definitely obtuse, you don't even have to be "deliberate" , it just seems to come natural for "mo–ns" like you. Perhaps you should take a reading comprehension class. And keep your bizarre fecal fantasies to yourself, you're grossing the readers out, lol!

The intelligence level of most folks at Chevron is a wonder to behold smh. No wonder you won't likely find another job unless you can BS your way past an incompetent interviewer.

1zvn+18pMLVfA: Not sure if you are being deliberately obtuse or are just a mo–n. EOI is not the same as simply quitting. With EOI you are raising your hand to be let go on the same terms as everyone else left standing... full stop ... voluntarily or involuntarily laid off for lack of work, there is obsoletely no difference in your payout or Chevron’s filing of your status with the government. If that was not the case those who wished to express interest would have to just take a huge dump on their bosses desk as she eat lunch to insure their involuntary lay-off. I am sure you will agree allowing EOI is much less messy and more sanitary.

The Texas UI is fabulous. I’ve been getting it most of Nov. No issues. If you are old they will force you to take RESEA training. I did it in 15 minutes with a nice lady on the phone.

@yol, uhh, No. the only one who is confused is you. Nothing "crazy" about it. It has been the same for years, well before you came along. The paperwork that you received has nothing to do with it. It will always say the same thing for all layoffs, regardless of whether or not you "volunteered" or "EOI'd" or were simply let go. That's so you will be legally treated the same way as far as severance, unemployment comp, etc. instead of traditionally retiring (no severance) for instance.
Did you volunteer to be let go when you EOI'd? If not, what did you think that you were doing? We're you misled? Maybe you should sue!
If you need any more explanations, don't be afraid to ask someone more knowledgeable than you.

I have several co-worker friends who EOIed in April. They all received severance and are collecting unemployment.

If you are in Texas and you applied today (12/15) but your effective termination date was 12/14, then you can't apply until next week since it clearly says on the TWC website "When you apply for unemployment benefits, the effective date of your claim is the Sunday of the week in which you apply. We cannot pay benefits for weeks before your claim's effective date." So if you were employed on 12/14 but submitted an application today (12/15) then your effective unemployment application date is Sunday, 12/13. I guess you missed that on the very first page of the unemployment application.

OP here,

So I applied today. There were no questions about severance. They did, however, say it will take a day to process. The only requirement was I had to register for work on their site within 3 days. Which I immediately did. It’s a stupid program that helps you create a resume.

@kuu is 100% wrong, completely false, and he and many others are only trolling obnoxious butthurt slugs. OP, you are fine when it comes to unemployment benefits in Texas or any other State. Even though you correctly and wisely EOI’ed to voluntarily leave the company, this will not affect your TWC unemployment benefits. On your UI application, state you were terminated for lack of work and Chevron paid you a one-time SEVERANCE payment, as defined under law as an official legal SEVERANCE payment, reported as such and taxed by the IRS. You will receive your weekly payments soon after. Take into account that you can apply to the TWC as soon as your last official employment check is paid.

@kuu is 100% correct and everyone else are only trolling slugs. OP, you are fine when it comes to unemployment benefits in Texas or any other State. Even though you EOI’ed to voluntarily leave the company, this will not affect your TWC unemployment benefits. On your UI application, state you were terminated for lack of work and Chevron paid you a one-time severance, not a drawn out structured severance. You will receive your weekly payments soon after. Take into account that you can apply to the TWC as soon as your last official employment check is paid.

@1sf I get the confusion but no. The question is from a legal perspective. The paperwork you receive if your EOI is accepted specifically states you are involuntarily being severed. I went back to HR to confirm (for the same reasons you outline). Sounds crazy but it's true.

_"You did not volunteer to leave if you EOId"_ Uhh, Yes you did. You volunteered to leave regardless of whether or not they considered you redundant. Big difference.

Chevron fortunately does provide a nice severance benefit payment, legally and officially consider a severance payment, which is how it is defined. There is no "other term" for the payment that a company gives upon release which is compensation above and beyond normal earned pay which is not a bonus.
This has never precluded anyone from receiving unemployment benefits.
English is hard, lol!

You did not volunteer to leave if you EOId. You volunteered to be considered by Chevron for termination due to work slowdown, including COVID. Chevron considered all the employees and decided you were redundant and terminated you and others. All can get UI, paid by Chevron.

There is already a long on this (although it contains a lot of wrong info). The facts are, 1) even if you filed an EOI Chevron files that you were terminated for lack of work (the same as if you were involuntary left standing), 2) Chevron provides a long no payment, which it does not legally consider a structured severance payment. You are free to file for unemployment the day after your last day on payroll.

I’m in the same boat as you and I’ve thought the same thing. I plan on applying and I will see what happens. I think you are though.

I read of another post your not eligible until your severance has run out. However, what Chevron is calling a severance isn’t really a severance. It is not given to you without strings attached. It’s a lump sum for indemnity and it can be pushed out 60 days. A real severance would start immediately after being laid off and would not have conditions attached to it. It likely would be paid out to you over time instead of in a lump sum.