Chevron reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(5,680 total reviews)
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54% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Chevron has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,680 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Chevron employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
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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.

4.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Safe conscious and committed. Equality to religion in the workplace. Raises are good. Pension is great as well as 401(k).

Cons

Promotions are not easy. Bell curve is large. The 'who you know' sometimes is a problem rather than what you can do. I have seen where an employee was promoted twice within a year. First into a supervisor role and then into a higher managerial role. I don't think they were qualified to move into the managerial role and thus left a gap in the supervisor role. The new supervisor shows up, unfamiliar with the workforce and their peers. This puts strain on the entire team and group. The lack of experience in both roles now are evident and cause promotion problems as well as familiarity with the workers.

5.0
Jul 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work culture. Very employee focused Easy to get along with co-workers Tons of opportunities to move within company Challenging work environment. Always something new going on. 9/80 and 4/10 work schedules depending on the group you work with Best pension of major oil companies 8% matching on 2% contribution for 401K 75% Tuition Reimbursement

Cons

Can get pretty bureaucratic Slow to get work approved Very risk adverse

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