If after 5 years of IT bi-----g to WFH wasn't enough, it took a F#$%ing pandemic to finally get Chevron to let us WFH with execs lying when they said we are "the same and if not more productive". Now a year later we see this email come out from that we have to choose between hybrid or not at all, are you kidding me?!?! Why even work at this dinosaur of a company, if every tech company pays more and is letting their staff work from home all the time and anywhere in the country, let alone a dank humid city like Houston. Naturally our LT will rollover and take it in their backend "technical" stack, since they spent there careers sucking up and all of last year upskilling online, collecting new badges in IT a$$ kissing to land their next high fly job. This is more bullsh-IT!!!!
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@OP+1aAwXukG - What's wrong with badges? I got a digital Rockstar one recently, makes me look smart even without my glasses.
The day Chevron supports 100% Work From Home is the day the office is renamed Home Plaza.
Get back to office. I want to see elbows and arseholes.
I want to be able to hear those mouse clicks.
I want to sneak up on you and catch you on YouTube.
A few execs who endorsed this decision recently bought some small businesses on the cheap by your local office. Need the foot traffic so they can get higher returns lol
Clearly the CIO and IT GMs found this and are replying nonsense support for hybrid. Nice try Bill, we don't like this faux support for hybrid or your pinball machine.
Hybrid is fine. 100% was a pipe dream no serious person expected.
Why the F word? Is it because guys still have to go to work to turn the valve? A lot of money could be saved if we pick up the big boys in a van pool and drop 'em off at various sites to work. Most of these field workers drive around in company trucks for overtime. I think I shall put that as an improvement opportunity.
Share the email.
@nie, you can bank on what Google and Microsoft both know very well. Work From Home is not conducive to a productive workplace. Any IT workgroup understands that in-perdón peer collaboration is the best value when it comes to high tech and information technology.
Google is not supportive of WFH 100%. Microsoft CEO also said WFH is not sustainable.
Do your homework. Many tech companies are pulling back on fully remote work and some are expanding office space. Not saying I love the level of flexibility in the new model, but I see lots of wiggle room and future improvements. It seems right in line with what other companies are doing.
Remote work 1 year later: The pandemic sent tech workers home — when and how will they return?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.geekwire.com/2021/remote-work-1-year-later-pandemic-sent-tech-workers-home-will-return/amp/
Remote working: Is Big Tech going off work from home?
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56614285
Absolutely! The oil industry is behind the times in almost everything when it comes to employee well being. We have worked well for over a year at home and in many cases our teams are spread around the world so there is no need coming in the office for teams calls. This will cause attrition to rise and morale to drop further.
Don’t let the doorknob hit you in the dank humid a$$ as you walk out the door
You don’t work for a tech company, regardless of what some in IT will tell you. You work for an oil and gas company and this is a HUGE change for a company like Chevron. If you want to work 100% remote, go work for an actual tech company.
WFH reduces fuel demand for the auto industry. I’m convinced that has something to do with it.