Not what it seems like from the outside - Automation Tech Chevron Employee Review

2.0
Feb 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay and good benefits

Cons

Company/management does not recognize individuals for their work or contributions. everyone is just a number. no one cares if you actually work hard, as long as you create a good paper trail. People spend all morning planning their lunch, and then take 2 hour lunches, since there is no clocking in or out, then do minimal work in the afternoon then an hour before quieting time, they start to fill out on the computer, all the stuff they got done, which they really didn't do. I've never seen so much abuse and fraud. The company says they care about the individual, but they really don't. Everybody, Department managers and employee, are all in on the fraud, so as long as you are willing to be sheep, and fall in line with others, you will be fine, otherwise they will find a way to get you out of there, period, end of story.

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Cons

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Pros

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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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