Damage control?
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Senior management has never been concerned about how the employees feel or are treated. They were chosen to move ahead and have been given the opportunities, promotions and his visible assignments their entire careers. They have no idea what it's like to not get that next job or be told that you have to "wait until next year" or experienced a supervisor tell them how well you performed but all the 1 and 2+ ratings (I know it's the old system) were given to the HiPots. I'll bet that none of them have ever been told they have failed or underperformed. This is the result. In their minds, it's not them but others who failed to follow the plan. How else to explain the bird brain email from NH.
Leaders must be held accountable for their continuous failures. Why the bees have to pay the price for a confused leader who has not done their jobs properly to lead a group of individuals to achieve precise clear goals.
If you are in charge of Tengiz expansion then you must be held accountable for your failure. Or if you cannot meet your bbls/day goals for years as a BU then leaders have to be held accountable for underdelivering what they promised.
A leader is spotted 100 miles away. I dont see them in Chevron. To start seeing leaders around, Chevron needs to hold the bad ones accountable and send a strong message to other leaders. Current model is that if a Chevron leader messes up a place, the same leader gets promoted to another place.
The average bee who works no stop with zero morale has to pay the price for mistakes of unexperienced unqualified leaders; Sh---y bonus and layoffs on the way. Chevron has totally lost its ways.
I seriously hope that the post from @1ipp is meant sarcastically.....if the post is serious the end of chevron is truely nigh.
We don’t need any of those experienced employees! Just keep doing those Agile mini-sprints: I am sure that will eventually lead to higher profits as long as all our teams maximize diversity.
Clearly we need more consultants!
The management should introspect and take personal accountability rather than redirecting blame towards its employees. As the one making significant decisions with the assistance of hundreds of advisors to fulfill their responsibilities, and taking home millions of dollars, it is disheartening to witness such behavior. Regrettably, they have consistently fallen short in every aspect of leadership.
“the goals only seem unrealistic to you due to your failure to meet them”
Did he really use that quote? LMAO if true!
If they are not careful, Chevron will end up just like Exxon with a terrible wide spread media article citing the culture. At this point you have to hold leadership accountable for missing the mark. But to be honest this feels like an attempt to justify a low CIP
This all feels so feckless and uninspired.
Has it ever occurred to anyone these sacred systems , annd the culture they create, are the problem?
“the goals only seem unrealistic to you due to your failure to meet them”
Didn’t you mean “our failure” dear leader?
I haven't seen this email. Is it in response to the train wreck, kick in the teeth email that PB sent out yesterday?
Reading his email just infuriates me. It feels like they are moving the goalposts. I don’t see accountability for these top-level managers who are setting these unrealistic goals.