A great place to work with typical big company issues - Manager Chevron Employee Review

4.0
11 Jun 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits, good people, team mentality really promotes collaboration and good decision making. Excellent benefits (no you do not get free gasoline) and very generous profit sharing and savings/investment plans. Good work life balance options, flexible work hours and alternative schedules. Aware of some people that are job sharing and telecommuting is allowed. Overall, the people are the real draw here. Competitive, driven workers who are loyal to the company. It's not uncommon to have people with 35+ years with the company and happy to continue working. Management promotes communication and regularly holds events to update on corporate direction and strategy. Most large sites offer fitness facilities and there is a high degree of focus on safety and ergonomic safety. Good focus on diversity and inclusiveness for a company in this industry.

Cons

Typical large corporation red tape, sometimes gets into decision analysis/paralysis, some remnants of an old boy's network but overall a very fair place to work. Some promotions are a little dubious, wonder how some are picked to get a golden light shined on the while others who are very very good languish in middle management. The corporation as a whole is getting a little long in the tooth, they need to hire more young people to get a sustainable base of employees. Still at heart a company with a lot of history -- can be a benefit but also a barrier to innovation and change.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

The paycheck still clears (for now, until your role is moved to Bangalore or Manila). ​The 9/80 schedule used to be a perk, but it’s hard to enjoy a Friday off when you spent the previous four days hunting for a desk like a game of musical chairs.

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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