Overall was a positive experience....great employees and had the opportunity to learn lots. - Anonymous employee Chevron Employee Review

4.0
Mar 14, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Company is very much invested in the growth and development of their employees. Strong safety focus. Lots of social activities to participate in if you wish to do so. Working at Chevron was a fantastic experience overall, but with the downsize I would not consider it as a viable place to work if you are career focused, especially in Downstream operations. Fantastic compensation package including both salary and benefits.

Cons

Very limited opportunity for a long career as the Vancouver office has been downsized as of Oct. 2010 by approx. 30%. Being promoted is now very limited as there are not a lot of different career paths open to an employee as the organization is very flat. Best chance for any sort of promotions would be to move to California to the head office in San Ramon.

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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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