Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

I took a package in Dec 2020. Took another job making significantly more than I was at Chevron. Why would I go back? Chevron is good at making you think you have a good job, but in actuality they don't pay nearly as well as I was formerly brainwashed to think.

@1fgn: "...why do so many O&G employees think they’re the greatest thing since the invention of the printing press? " The braggards are mostly high pots who have been told by Chevron management how 'great' they are. What separates the truly 'great' from the charlatans is the numbers you can document on your resume - barrels found or produced, production added, cost savings, etc. That's the stuff that gets you hired on the outside. Being chapter lead of this or change management advisor on meaningless initiatives or captain of some volunteer activity buys you nothing.

Not a chance. My quality of life went through the roof after leaving.

#2kut, I'm one of those people rehired after being laid off. It's the'grass is greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome. Do the the same work, but for a different company, and with time (a couple years), Chevron sees you as golden and starts their headhunters on you. Came back with 50% raise and 2 psg promotion.

My dilemma is how to go about asking for 5x my salary and a weekly retention bonus when a good percentage of our vaccinated workforce starts to encountered ADE and other related complications and end up on full disability. If this were to occur it would be dire straights for Chevron and other companies. Let's hope and pray that it does not come to that.

The only bright side is that Black Chevron employees would come to represent a greater percentage of the company. I'm happy about this, not because I'm a Woketard, but because they displayed the critical thinking to stand by their convictions in the face of the vaxBorg. Critical thinking is what corporations want, so I say congratulations on this milestone.

"Nobody fired or laid off has ever been rehired"... Nonsense, I know several. That said HR puts a block on you for 9 mo. after you take the layoff package and by the time that is up there are few who have not already found other positions and have moved on. Most I know rehired came back some years later after being successful elsewhere and then being offered a pump-up to return recommendation of peers who know their technical work is solid.

Because O&G people are lit and we’re happy and we know it.

Clap yo hands

@1cgf Wow…you must be totally and utterly awesome at whatever it is you do (or, at least, you think you are). The only circumstances where you get to dictate terms like those is if you happen to own the business.

Question for everyone: why do so many O&G employees think they’re the greatest thing since the invention of the printing press? Most of you do little more than sit in virtual meetings, send emails/update spreadsheets, and tinker with legacy software platforms. Few of the skills from O&G are transferable to growing industries. Are the rest of us missing something?

A LOT of people on the lazy side of life would jump at the chance to get hired back. If you want to coast, CVX is the place to be.

A lot of the loser people from IT who got left standing would die to get rehired by Chevron because they can’t get hired elsewhere, and for good reason. There were (and still are) so many incompetent and lazy people in IT it’s pathetic, many of whom were team leads and managers who had no technical skills, vision or leadership whatsoever—ESPECIALLY in Downstream IT!

I would never return; further, I dumped all my CVX stock and would never purchase it again. So that's a no, backed up with a he-l no.

Sure because Chevron defines me and all I ever think, eat and sleep about is Chevron....oh brother! I couldn’t keep going.

My terms are not negotiable. It’s double the pay, restoration of pension where I left off, and my hand picked firing of a few incompetents.

They have already started contacting key contributors about returning. Terms negotiable.

I retired on my own terms and received a sweet severance to boot. Would I come back if I were asked? Sure, but they’ll have a double my salary, restore my pension benefits, and fire a handful of ignorant supervisors and managers who would only get in my way of serving the company.

Run and don’t look back.

Do better, aim higher and don’t settle.

This company has morphed into something unrecognizable. Managed chaos at best and too many inefficiencies and wasteful initiatives. The answer is NO. So many better alternatives out there…

In rare cases, people who quit were later allowed to return, tail between their legs. Nobody fired or laid off has ever been rehired. Not happening.

If you return only do so as a Contractor. You will make better money but have no company benefits.
They may try to hire you back on to save money....don't do it.

I left in 2020 voluntarily, couldn't wait to get out the door, with my little parting gift.....a once great company has totally lost its way....... the board are focused on shareholder return as they should be ....the remaining management and management wannabes are not interested in creating energy in any form, only concerned with this crazy woke nonsense ,political correctness and back stabbing. Would NEVER entertain a return to Chevron.

Sorry, those who left in 2020 are gone. Undoubtedly there were good people in there (both retirees and those laid off), I'm sure those were all smart enough to land on their feet.

Behaviours have always been a factor in ratings. I have seen "1" results shifted all the way to "2-" because of the bullying required to get the performance. The new PMP system just makes it more explicit.

At any rate, very few of those who left need to work as most were retiring and just grabbed the cash as a parting bonus.

Don't look for hiring any time soon - the industry and company are shrinking and activity is slowing. You may seem busy with process-related nonsense, but our asset and rig count is shrinking rapidly so headcount will follow.

I was part of the 2020 cuts and am glad to be doing something else. Towards the end of my time at the BU the cutler was toxic with a bunch of people try to outdo one another. My supervisor was quite horrible, all smiling and nice in person but she definitely did not have my back. There is absolutely NO way i would go back and work at Chevron.

much of the “laid off” people were about to retire. i doubt they want to come back.

Only as a contractor. :)

I think it unlikely to happen. I do not see work waiting to be done for lack of workforce. May be post pandemic if there is another oil bo-m (drill drill drill kinda) .. then may be. However, I don't see it at this point.

It's very unlikely that many of the laid off have been waiting around 10 months now for Chevron to call them back. In any case, having been stabbed in the back once, it's very unlikely they would come back to Chevron anyways.