Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

Ok, which one of you fks asked Bill about the Hybrid work model again? Lmaooo come on y'all

Let me share a winning formula: we home school our kids, my significant other does the teaching while I do my WFH in the morning. Then in the afternoon, we let the kids play on my computer, do some math using excel and artwork in powerpoint. I'm expecting EEs for dedication and diligence.

Yeah, I think Badge Monitoring is in effect now. Today, I was in the bathroom stall for only 5 minutes trying to pinch a loaf when my boss suddenly came knocking on the door, asking how much longer I was going to be in there.

It's starting now. My GM stated it was underway and network monitoring commencing as well. They will be looking at computer usage and what applicationa are being used daily to ascertain how employees are spending their work days.

All the slimy General Managers complained in 4Q23 that the reason they coudn't achieve their business plan was nobody was in the office due to corp policy letting them lounge around home instead of working. MW blew a gasket. So, we are back to work so they won't have that excuse this year.

Lets see your numbers @8moq+1qwxnq4o lol

There is no correlation between people in office and overall Enterprise performance. Some years many people are in office and performance is bad and the exact opposite is also true.

That said, might as well tick off as many people as possible and force a full 5 day work week in the office. How that will reduce costs and increase Enterprise productivity is an exercise left to the reader.

@4aul A lot more people are back in the office now and last year than they were the two years prior. Care to take a guess on when the best ROCE years were? I'll give you three guesses and the first two don't count. Be gone, doofus.

There is no note. More made up bullsh-t.

So the “get your ars# into the office” memo was delayed to next week. Apparently the top deck felt that if they send out the memo Monday/Tuesday that it would really confuse the employees, cause stress bout what to do and result in too many people trying to go into the office although it snowed off and on and roads were icing up. Okay, so you delay the memo a week………WTF happens the first time there is in fact bad weather again later on. You think miraculously there will be no confusion, poor decisions, stress of what to do, etc. When that happens? These clowns at the top of the house are a flippin joke…..

At this point I got 18 negative reactions to my comment where i said I was doing clothes, amazon shopping, etc…that was a BS comment. I wasnt doing those things, just wanted to make a point that that is what a lot of folks are doing when they wfh.

Will having everyone in the office improve management's decisions? We can all work twice as hard, but if the ship is heading in the wrong direction we still won't get the the right port.

Just fyi, I am WFH today, been at it for 5 hours now and have already done about maybe 2 hours worth of work and a few loads of clothes, prepared dinner for this evening, and ordered some things off amazon. All that and am making basically $85 an hour. Thank you CVX

@4eva, The only work/life balance we need to return to productivity is 5 days work and 2 days weekend life. There’s your balance. Now, get your @ss back in the office you slouch. It’s Monday already.

Lol @3lah+1qwxnq4o Right? Lets add a ton of processes so we have a processes regarding the processes, then and only then will we have fluid efficient processes for the processes.
What a joke, huh? At least we dont have to fill out a JSA for bio-breaks. (Shhh, dont get any ideas. haha)

@2pbw+1qwxnq4o The point of my comment is to help the little guy, the common worker, the average worker and not the hipot.

And @3qrt+1qwxnq4o , yes I saw the email...again, another internet tough guy wanting to rub someone's face in something when you're hiding behind a screen?
Your comment eludes to ROCE and low performance, which was exactly my point. Performance is down and guess what, not everyone is back at the office, coincidence? I think not.

A lot of people got lazy since COVID, they thought the new norm was going to allow them to sit at home, work less, and collect more money...well, that's a farce.

Ladies/Gentlemen, our business relies on productivity, productivity is getting to the office. No one said everyday, but come on, two-3 days a week? Pretty nice to make well into the six figures basically part time in the office.
Can we be productive working from home? Absolutely.
Are we as productive working from home as we are at the office? No, and its showing

The office is unproductive. If you love going into the office that's just fine and you should have the right to do so. Don't try to force others who are more productive without the commute, hunting for a desk, teams meetings with people in other countries and water cooler talk into the office. We finally have better work life balance cutting out the commute so let's keep it!

How about instead of ejecting rank and file employees who are already badly understaffed we cut executive pay and bonuses. The savings from MW's salary alone would be major.

Accountability should start at the top. The transformation did serious damage to the company. Blame those who decided to do that.

ACCOUNTABILITY? Instead of" ejecting 5% of all low performing personnel" ... how about removing 5% of non-operating departments who's managers can't show how they directly improved ROCE. Hint: Start by reviewing the list posted below by @3lah

We need to add more DEI initiatives, double the number of employee networks, add more processes and initiatives to improve performance, add more governance and steering committees and investment advisory boards, add more reporting, and so on. That is how we Chevron are so successful in higher returns, lower carbon, safely, Yep, our top deck knows what they r doing!!

The root cause for practically all of Chevron’s problems and shortcomings is one thing only— ACCOUNTABILITY. Hold every person in the company, including management, accountable to high performance standards or else they are out. I’m in favor of ejecting 5% of all low performing personnel on an annual basis. If you can’t keep up, you are gone!

@3qrt+, PB said we su-ked in every performance dimension but also we have the right strategy, assets, and people. His email was internally inconsistent. Based on this email and his performance in the last analyst call, it's pretty obvious that PB is not that intelligent.

The problem with Chevron is pi-s poor management especially at the executive leadership level. We have no long-term growth strategy coupled with a complete lack of accountability. When our results are poor, managements only response is hand waiving and then reorgs and layoffs. That is not the mark of a healthy company. It's sad to say but Chevron's best days are behind it.

Management is to blame for sure. They have crushed employee morale with the constant layoffs and changes and low bonuses while the shareholders and upper management took most of the pie. Focus on the hard working rank and file and make better decisions and the dividends will pay themselves.

The reason the rest of our peer group has better ROCE is because they have a more diverse workforce. We should have a corporate wide stand down to discuss how we feel about each other and socialization skills training plus obviously more general sensitivity training). Forget job competency training and subject matter development: No help at all in developing short-term returns!

@3qrt: The big question is low ROCE the result of low employee effort or bad management. Maybe if we reduced all these out of direct chain middle managers and stopped the disruptive reorgs to the follow the latest trendy management philosophies (e.g., Agile), the under-recognized worker bees could get on with the task of delivering some oil and gas.

@1pwx, the performance results were clearly outlined in the email sent out by PB a few weeks ago. Did you miss it? We are basically dead f'ing last in ROCE among our peer group. Do you need your nose rubbed in the results like a puppy has his nose rubbed in the last dump he took in the house?

@1pwx Another person that seems to be a boot li---r who's attitude is definitely not making Chevron or America great. We need to start looking out for the average worker and not hipot upper management and the wealthy in general. People get work done at home just fine and actually have a better quality of life. If they can get their work done from home and are happier doing so don't destroy the morale of the company forcing people in.

@1eum How is it less productive in your opinion? Honestly curious

I don't go to the office every week but often enough to realize it is less productive in many ways and more productive in others. Flexibility is key.

Most of my teams are in other cities or countries so when I go in I try to focus on time with those who are around. We have to be mindful about coordinating our time in so we are using it most effectively.

As for badge monitoring. I know CBRES or whatever they are called now tracks badge in/out to know how many people in any building for emergency purposes.

also @1oro easy to talk slapping someone in the face when you dont know who they are or they you. Betting youre in Cali. Good job

@1oro So sorry I hurt your feels buddy, sometimes the truth hurts. Should I say it louder for the ones in the back?

@1gfa, Chevron has had the capability to monitor its employees' computer usage ("spying") for at least two decades now. The data are invoked whenever there's a need for rationale to fire an employee.

@ipwx You need a real good slap on that face of yours. Is it your dad company or are you another patethic beggar? Swearing and using the f word every other sentence really identify what type of character you are.
We want to improve the current situation before it gets out of hand but you think you got it figured out and come here sp-t your nosense. Get lost man.

If you go to work and do your job you have nothing to worry about

Trust me, they been spying for years!!

And to @1mpo+1qwxnq4o, where are these performance results you speak of?

Again, get yourself to the office, stop bi--hin about commute...its a fact of life...office is better than home. Most of you work from home are probably running your own businesses on the side or pulling double duty working for some other company. Be happy with the flexibility of the hybrid model, for now thats all youre going to get...or, get the fk out. Chevron existed way before half of the workforce and guess what...its not going anywhere....so like it or leave it.
If you want to bi--h about the poor office space, I dont disagree there, CBRES or whoever is managing the space is the one that needs to go...horrible management...d-mb fk ideas. The open work space has been an issue for at least 15 years and theyre making it worse.

Point is, get back to the office, work hard, make a name for yourself and your team...and lets Make Chevron Great Again

@1gfa CVX is spying so get used to it. If there is a reason to get rid of you, they will be tracking you closely.

The real rationale? With WFH, you can run a business with fewer managers. That's why Chevron managers want "their people" back in the office.

Our performance results show working in the office is no better or maybe worse than WFH.

I don’t mind going into the office to work, even with the pain of committing. I can surely get my core work done from home, but I believe the company is more productive when employees have to work in the office. The daily ease of interaction between the various departments and work groups makes office work a benefit over work from home. As for badge monitoring, that’s another totally separate issue. I don’t think it’s Chevron’s intent to “spy” or snoop on its employees. But, I think electronic data gathering of an employee’s whereabouts throughout the day is needed. Although the monitoring is kept as private as possible, the monitoring can provide reports to deal with problematic and unproductive employees. This goes directly to every employee being accountable for their actions and habits while on the payroll.