“I see you worked in Chevron HR, that is impressive.”
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The role of the HRBP is not to answer employee questions so the majority of employees won't ever have to deal or talk to an HRBP. This isn't 1990! Wakeup and actually understand the different parts of HR and then you will realize that there are different teams that handle different things. Just like all engineers aren't doing the same job.
I hear that I have an HR BP, and have seen them in higher-level town halls, but I’ve yet to ask them a question where the response wasn’t to “go to the website.” It seems the only time you see them is when LT is around, when there is a company picture to be taken, or when it is time to tell you about the mental health resources provided to help keep employees from taking a toaster bath during a reorg…by referring them to a website of course
I have worked as a consultant for several decades and the experience of working at one of the majors, XOM, Shell, CVX. etc. was generally considered valuable for prospective employees. It has been that way for many years but may not be so much today. Traditionally, the personnel coming from the client side are more management based but many have skills useful to the consultant/hands-on side as well. We always value someone who has been "on the other side". That's not everyone, like anywhere. It is possible that has changed a bit.
Having worked on the service-provider side for publicly -traded companies, I would throw away every resume that touted their only experience being in Majors. In my own (admittedly anecdotal) experience, they have never had to (or can’t) make big decision, seldom had their feet out to the fire, lacked innovation, and quickly became overwhelmed by simple workloads. Working at Chevron is the easiest job I’ve ever had. Watching managers sweat over simple decisions is baffling and funny to me. Listening to them point to BU hopping as experience is equally amusing. I’ll continue to keep close to the wellhead and pretend uninspired PowerPoint presentations from people who barely understand the material are life changing to me. Have fun in the re-org.
I once had my HR BP tell me they take complaints seriously and then proceeded to watch him cover it up and pretend the complaint never was submitted.
Wow. just wow. And life will go on and one day you grow up and realize how out of touch you were many years ago. Not so much about HR, but for working at CVX at all.
Go ahead and reply with the meaningless trite cliché for people more wise than you.
We wear that as a badge of honor, in case you didn't know. The more people say that to us, the better the day.
Chevron HR spend the bulk of their time in endless meetings with one another. They create one new project after another to justify their existence but add little to no value to the general employee population.
People are not angry at HR
People just saw how HR policies including the people they recruited and promoted in HR have mistreated people
This has nothing to do with layoff. RM created a mess that is way beyond repair at this point
HR is useless. Might as well be Indian and train them to say I don’t know
Are there people who still don't understand that HR is designed to protect THE COMPANY and not YOU? Of course you've never met an HR person who is good / cares, their only function is to protect the corporate entity at all costs.
In my time with Chevron I never met a good HR person. HR just takes up space and has very little value.
Chevron HR = soulless corporate minions
Chevron HR is the most inept group of people there are. Useless.
If you are interviewing for a job in HR, then the interviewer would appreciate experience at chevron. I understand you’re are frustrated with the layoffs but the decision makers are the executives not the HR reps.
I may get laid off too but accept the fact the executives are making these decisions for the benefit of Wall Street bankers.
Random. You’re truly misdirecting your anger.