Are we sending work to India? BP does it, Shell does it, Exxon does it.
Is it coming ?
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In IT, we’re getting pressured to move as much as possible to MSPs, which is fine short term but always a disaster long term.
I don’t think we’ll open an IT office in India but who knows. No stupid decisions by IT function leadership surprises me anymore.
Chevron has never really had success in India or with Indian ways of doing business. Just not our style. Ask any Indian who works at Chevron if they feel understood and appreciates like the Americans.
Does anyone know which city? I have heard Mumbai, Pune or Bangalore.
I think you mean grade 23-. I expect most hires in India to be 20-22. There is no large pool of petrotech experts India to hire large numbers of 23+, they will have to be developed slowly (just like Exxon and Shell have done)
Btw, I am of Indian origin and know what I am saying
Yes, and yes. Petro tech roles (think PSG 23+) are heading that way in droves. That cat has been out of the bag for some time now. If you've not heard, it's time to pull your head out of the sand.
I heard team has visited India and has started working leases. Work shift to start early next year.
If you can work from home - you can work from anywhere = work from India
We dug our own grave
Yes. Can concur some work is moving to India. Of course your favorite consulting company is involved. Don’t know exactly what is being set up, but they’re standing up a new org. #ELP
Yes, there is an effort already underway to offshore Petro tech roles to India. They have already secured the lease for a building and standing up the team to make this transition. If you listen to the town halls from eat this year, they mentioned a review of the BUs work to look for redundancies across the regions, that can be centralized, just never stated offshore, but it's happening an India Tech Center is coming.
DUH.. What you do think all this Skills Profile Assessment work is for? They are going to take the lowest performers and send that work overseas. If you are just a drone in your area you better start making yourself more valuable or start looking for work.
Chevron does not have any office in India and I don't think white collar jobs will go to MSPs. But certainly more jobs will be outsourced to Manila and BA.
When Manila is already a low cost geo, why would we open another in the same region/time zone? Beats the purpose!! Especially when the leadership is building its base in Manila...
Offshoring work is great, until the “cheap” country gains a global foothold and suddenly the labor is no longer cheap. Like locusts, the corps move on to the next cheap labor country to avoid paying their own countrymen a good wage. On and on the cycle goes. It’s essentially modern day slav* and rac, but we like to call it divers**!
@1ajp I like popcorn guys posts. I think most of us share the sentiment of the Real Slim Shady down there.
Of course we are. It’s old news by now.
@1kqe was obviously one of the Popcorn guy's post. They say he has been laid off for some time so I don't know why he doesn't just get a life and quit polluting this board with immature nonsense.
I like spicy Indian food, especially Tikka Masala.
People in India, BA, Manila, etc. may be quite smart, but they are robotic and unable to improvise. Given that, here's the MW scheme: ship off all your mindless tasks (Finance, Procurement, HR) to these countries, there's no insight required for these jobs. Those that require experience or insight, like anything subsurface, pray that AI comes along soon so we can get rid of all those quirky and whiny (and expensive) petrotechs. MW's pipe dream is a Chevron composed of only upper management, computers, and 3rd world cheap labor.
@1nbu did you soil your pants with the prospect?
Most of the majors do it, and beat us in cost. We are actually lagging in this space.
Good luck getting things completed in a timely manner - language barrier and time difference will drive you crazy - oh and the quality of work
If our leadership believed in the country that has made them so much money then and has a smidgen of loyalty to employees and the citizens of the US then they would keep jobs here. We know they don't so they will work to outsource.
I love Indian food!
Just spreading the wealth is all. Global company and we need to bring in the Global community. Good Luck
A few years out of school. Joined as engineer. Are all engineering jobs being sent outside the US? How do I have a career long term? Anything workers can do to prevent all our jobs being sent to India, manilla, south America,
Yes.
Yes. The ones that are getting their work farmed out are likely to be the ones cut in the next round so beware and get after it, is what I would advise. The workers in India have a bit of a learning curve but are extremely efficient once brought up to speed. I have first hand experience. The so-called "wfh" enthusiasts in the U.S. will have a rude awakening when put up against employees who actually know the meaning of the term "work". Those people actually don't mind putting in a hard days work for a good paycheck. Stark contrast with the average entitled young US worker.
its already happening. For Engineering and Drafting. Colombia and India