There are a few legal aspects to this, independent of ethical or moral thoughts:
1) If your "job was eliminated", and you were not fired for cause, your job cannot be refilled by anyone for a statutory number of weeks.
2) If you take severance, it always comes with legal strings. One of those strings might contain something bearing on rehiring, so read it carefully before signing
3) If you do not take severance, there is no legal barrier to working for Chevron again, or non-compete, or any of the other hindrances typically found in severance agreements.
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Have some dignity, unless of course you come back as a green badge earning double for a year or so as a side gig.
Why would you want to. Like trying to get back together with your ex husband that dumped you for another woman.
I’ve heard 6 months. Seems we’re all over the map here, but fundamentally the answer is yes.
I have heard of people coming back after a layoff, assuming they weren't targeted for performance reasons (re-orgs are always a convenient time for a purge of low performers, and problem individuals). Keep in mind that if you cash out your pension and 401K, company policy is that you cannot be rehired for at least 3 years from when you cashed it out.
Plenty of people have come back and been re-hired at Chevron after a lay-off. Don’t expect it to be soon, but they do like people who are already familiar with Chevron culture. So don’t burn those bridges if you can stand it.
In the past that’s been a firm no. But you could contract. With that said they may take that line out as we may need the people if this industry picks back up in a few years.
I might be wrong but I seem to remember from a previous layoff that you can't be considered for a Chevron job for some period of time (2 years?). You can, however, go on to work for a Chevron contractor company and get a contract position with Chevron after.
Not a same job, but in general?