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No dr-g tests for contractors unless your temp agency does it. I know a guy who contracted for a over a decade, by the hour, and some years made just under $1 million. Very regular, nice, hard-working guy.
For a contractor position at Chevron being a lab technician do they dr-g test for hair follicle?
Contractors on those higher wages are probably specialist petrotechs, attorneys, or traders, not lunch ladies, janitors or IT staff.
@2nbd, the kind of contractors you refer too are few and far between. By a vast number, most contractors would prefer to be a direct employee of Chevron for job security, excellent pay and excellent benefits.
Contractors have the last laugh when it comes to compensation. I know first year grads who were signed on a contractors for a year at $1,000/day. I also worked with a more experienced contractor who was paid by the hour and worked hard enough to earn over $1 million per year at Chevron (we worked together and he was the most highly paid person in our office; consistently refused a blue badge as well).
I was a contractor at Chevron for several years and can tell you that people do notice the color of your badge and many direct hires do view contractors with both suspicion, because you are perceived as a threat and with some superiority complex/contempt for not being 'good enough' to deserve a blue badge. Contractors do not have the benefits or job security as blue badge direct hires and generally put in much more work effort and productivity.
That’s an interesting observation, -eey. It’s the psychology of inferior employees who pretend to put in a productive 9 hours a day, but know they don’t, to believe that contractors do work for their pay each day. I like your thinking, even if only to prove that nobody really notices the badges we wear. I don’t notice them too much either, but have to admit that at least 20% of us don’t wear them openly. Some of us carry the badge in our pants pocket only.
I took my employee blue badge and placed a green border around it. I did this intentionally since our workgroup were relocated to another floor in the HOU150 building. Nobody has noticed anything in the the last 3 months. More importantly, I can now hide in plain sight and pose as a contractor to the many who don’t know me. I’ve noticed in my 10 year career at Chevron there’s an inherent envy, jealousy or territorial nature among company employees and management to overly pay too much attention to other Chevron employees. On the other hand, they are more stand-offish with contractors, like they pose a threat to them. So, my disguised badge serves as a shield against most of those who somehow get defensive against blue-badged employees.
If you can’t tell the difference between blue and green then go and get an education.
Short termer? I’m a contractor with Chevron going on 16 years. I have a green badge, but I’m definitely not short term. But the previous answer is accurate. The colors are only a way of distinguishing who is a direct employee of the company and who isn’t.
Correct: Anyone working on a chevron computer is assigned a 4 letter CAI (chevron access ID) and a smart badge with your picture on it. The smart badge gives you access to your computer and in most offices also serves as your door access badge.
For chevron staff (direct employees) the border around your picture is blue. That is a blue badge.
For every else, eg. Contractors sourced from other companies, temp agencies, or JV partners, the border color of the badge is Green. That is a green badge.
It helps people recognize who’s a short timer and who is an employee.
Anyone working on a chevron computer is assigned a 4 letter CAI (chevron access ID) and a smart badge with your picture on it. The smart badge gives you access to your computer and in most offices also serves as your door access badge.
For chevron staff (direct employees) the border around your picture is blue. That is a blue badge.
For every else, eg. Contractors sourced from other companies, temp agencies, or JV partners, the border color of the badge is Green. That is a blue badge.
It helps people recognize who’s a short timer and who is an employee.