Chevron reviews

Constant restructure and redundancies resulting in low morale and internal backstabbing (smiling assassins). Political management who talks the talk but lack leadership and performance. Flat structure with no opportunities for promotion or career advancement. Pretence of flat structure for empowerment but running teams in same hierarchies and bureaucracy. Preaches importance of feedback but punishes those who speak up or highlights areas for improvement, including making individuals redundant thus creating a culture of superficial positivity and silence. Lots of new initiatives that don't add value but done to show that change action is taking place.

Middle-management really struggles in the following areas at this location, mentoring, succession planning, maintaining morale, talent retention. There are clear favorites who get promoted fast, creating an "us vs. them" feeling. Many of the supervisors lack basic leadership skills and do not help to make their direct reports feel valued. Most of the people that have less than 10 years experience aren't getting paid enough to buy a house in the Bay Area. If they do buy a house, they sacrifice location, resulting in very long commute times.