Great Corporate Culture - Anonymous employee Chevron Employee Review

5.0
15 Dec 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Having worked at other oil companies in Houston, I call tell you that Chevron's corporate culture is great. In my expereince managers are collaborative, people treat each other with respect, and work/life balance is promoted. My role, while not technical, is still valued by management as a strategic supporter of their business.

Cons

Too much process. Chevron's phase-gated process to help manage projects (CPDEP), is a great tool for major capital projects but horrific for smaller ones. It is often used as a weapon for halting a project. In my non-petrotech role I work on smaller projects (under $1 million, often under $500K) and have spent more time using CPDEP than is necessary. It's maddening. There is often a lack of respect from some of the technical employees for anyone without a technical degree.

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Cons

The RTO Charade: Leadership loves to talk about "collaboration," but the 4-day Return to Office (RTO) is clearly a quiet layoff tactic. They want people to quit so they don’t have to pay severance. The "Invisible" Office: It’s impressive how Mike Wirth can demand everyone be in the building while simultaneously removing the basic infrastructure of a workplace. No assigned desks, no storage, and literally no trash cans. Apparently, "Human Energy" includes carrying your own garbage home and spending 30 minutes every morning wandering the floor looking for a monitor that actually works. Leadership Vacuum: Les Copland is the definition of a CIO "yes man." Instead of standing up for the integrity of the tech stack or the US workforce, he’s overseen the systematic gutting of IT. It’s a race to the bottom to find the cheapest labor possible outside of the US, leaving the remaining domestic staff to clean up the inevitable mess. The War on American Workers: There is a blatant, aggressive push to minimize the American footprint. We are being phased out in favor of massive outsourcing hubs. You aren't a valued engineer here; you’re an overhead cost that Mike Wirth is looking to delete.

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