Not the company it once was - Anonymous employee Chevron Employee Review

1.0
May 15, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people. Great people work for Chevron, at least for now.

Cons

The leadership is pretty terrible, they have failed repeatedly, but have the audacity to tell the employees that we need to “do better”. The strong supportive culture that Chevron was once known for is dying on the vine, to be replaced with a new cutthroat approach. Shady changes to benefits for CA employees are done under the guise of “it’s always been this way” gaslighting nonsense. Offshoring and outsourcing is the new strategy to lower costs and line the pockets of the shareholders and the ELT. Don’t come here expecting a long career. Most employees don’t recognize this place anymore. It’s disappointing. Went from being an upstanding company that did hard things but tried to do the right thing, to a shady company managing its employees in an underhanded way so leaders can make more.

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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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