Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

Summary of my Chevron Downstream Team Feedback to the CEO

My guess is that my teams feedback will not make it to the CEO so I am posting a summary of that feedback here.

Chevron employees are feeling increasingly uncertain and disillusioned with the company’s direction. Many are concerned about potential layoffs, cost-cutting measures, and the overall lack of growth or clear strategy. There’s a sense of frustration around a perceived decline in corporate culture, with some employees labeling the company as "toxic" under current leadership. The discontinuation of hybrid work schedules and the offshoring of jobs are exacerbating these anxieties, leading some to hope for layoffs just to escape the stress. Employees are also feeling disconnected from leadership, with reports of excessive spending on projects that don't seem to align with the company's future. A strong desire for transparency and action on leadership accountability is evident.

To address these concerns, the CEO and executive team could consider the following action items:

  1. Clearly communicate the future of DEI programs and the company’s long-term strategy.
  2. Reassess the effectiveness of the ongoing cost-cutting measures, especially layoffs and offshoring.
  3. Explore ways to reengage employees with the company’s mission and provide clearer career development opportunities.
  4. Foster a more open and transparent culture to rebuild trust in leadership.
  5. Offer a bridge for employees that were let go in 2019/2020 to come back to help rebuild some of the lost knowledge instead of hiring all of these external consultants.

I am sure other teams feel similar that Chevron is now lost. We don't know what we want to be and we have lost so many great leaders. DEI destroyed our teams and now we have so many downstream, midstream, upstream leaders contracting with consultants because they just don't know how to do the job. We just need to stop for a minute and reboot and if the CEO could swallow his pride, offer some of leaders a road back to Chevron to get our culture and strategy back on the right path.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @OP+1vHg3zMT
Comment! It's anonymous!

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Ask MW about the link between stock buy backs and mass layoffs.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @3orl+1vHg3zMT

@yrh+1vHg3zMT - Tell me you're an old school white guy without actually telling me you're an old school white guy.

Somehow it's the people that are "not working" that has taken this company down, and not the incompetent self serving leadership and their poor decisions and lack of an actual strategy.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @2mpg+1vHg3zMT

@own+1vHg3zMT - seriously?? Email MW? Not if you don’t want to be fired. No one wants to tell the emperor that he has no clothes on! They don’t want “real” feedback!

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1spl+1vHg3zMT

The Surveys and the Feedback they ask for is something they do just to show they are “seeking” it. They then look at what they can manipulate to show they improvements and then the managers get their bonuses from showing how they are engaged. It’s a farce.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1fge+1vHg3zMT

Stupid post

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1wsi+1vHg3zMT

Quite the contrary. This was a horrible self-centered post by someone no longer employed by CVX, motivated by vengeance and envy.
FIFY

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1kca+1vHg3zMT

this was a good post. Thanks for sharing. It accurately sums up what many of us are thinking

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1vwm+1vHg3zMT

Summary of ELTs response:

We dont care what your team thinks.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @iin+1vHg3zMT

Thank you for your team’s feedback. By the time I receive it, my minions will have filtered it 3-4 times and put it into pretty summary charts and bullets. Instead of “toxic” culture, it will say “evolving” culture. Instead of “offshoring”, it will say “developing the world’s full potential”. Instead of “disconnected”, it will say the employees are “adjusting to the rapid change of pace”. This reinforces I am doing the right thing, and I appreciate that validation! Keep up the great work in DS.

by MJW
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Post ID: @qmn+1vHg3zMT

Hybrid is history, children. Buckle up, you have to actually work now.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @yrh+1vHg3zMT

You’re making the assumption that hybrid is done. That is not a confirmed fact at this point.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @zve+1vHg3zMT

How long has MW been in the job? When he started, he said he was going to set the company up to "win in any environment". He hasn't done that already? GASP!

HE is THE problem with CVX.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @ecf+1vHg3zMT

Umm, downstream has not been a growth business for like 30 years when the last refinery was built. Downstream is about safety and efficiency.

I see hidden in your message you want your job back from the 2020 layoff. You should move on. It has been four years. Get a job elsewhere. Chevron is laying off due to offshoring.

Your other points are nice but not really actionable.
PS If you want to be sure MW sees your message, you can email him directly.

by Anonymous
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