This man has lost his marbles. J posted a video of a guy playing the saxophone next to a pipe. What does the workforce need in this time of extreme stress as people are posting for their jobs? A funny video. That will cheer them right up; mission accomplished. Way to go JJ! I’m feeling extra aligned and inspired while I think about how you’re actually the one who got us into this mess. It’s absolutely tone deaf to post junk like that on Workplace when we’re right in the middle of a company-wide lay-off.
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I missed the WorkPlace post, but looked up saxophone pipe guy just now. It's not bad to be honest.
I’m surprised at the MW supporters here, they must have taken time off from their WorkPlace ‘adoring’ posts. JJ and JG are just MW pawns right now, lending their ‘sage’ advice to the various Transformations. Both have long and well-known histories of cost overruns and reactive mis-management. Both will retire once the Transformation dust settles, and orchestrate their departure for maximum severance and minimum taxes.
I believe the poster who said that even MW is a pawn in the global chess game. The NBL buyout, Israel-UAE "accord" and Israel's GDP crashing -29% this year, makes alot of economic sense. Russia's taking over gas market share with the completion of Nord 2 P/L aggravating the US with Germany telling the US to "f*** off from our energy policy". NBL missed was not able to market that gas fast enough for W Europe and now CVX will handle. Israel will be a huge economic center within the next 10 yrs as China has taken over HK; financial industries will need a new hub soon
Yeah all the brown nosers on Workplace thats funny
JJ was ABU MD and the DE for Wheatstone and Gorgon In their formative years. Then he was EEME president and presided over the formative years of FGP. So although he may have been EVP of upstream for only 5 years, he’s been asleep at the wheel for much longer than that and as responsible and GK for this mess.
@1ivo+16rTuHHp Your point of macro economic, political and pandemic factors is well taken. The point I was trying to articulate to the original poster is that we can’t blame everything under the sun on JJ without taking into consideration the decades-long mishaps and “volumes are all that matters” cultural mess that previous regimes left us behind; and that MW, with the support of the BoD and his ELT, is and will course correct the enterprise.
The how, the who and other causal factors which brought us to this point are all debatable. But look at the global economy, the pandemic and the international players who have their own aims to achieve. Chevron is but one company in the middle of a global chess game. Even CEOs get marching orders from above.
@1qun+16rTuHHp... Your man has been Upstream VP for over 5 years. If you can’t right the ship in 5 years then you have no business behind the wheel. This bed we’re sleeping in is the one he made.
GK and JW were responsible for the safety-at-all-cost and All Barrels Matter culture that led up to ESP. JJ had his chance to right-size during ESP (and the other 7 lay-offs that come to mind that have taken place under his regime).
OP you are barking at the wrong tree. JJ did not get us into this mess. He is simply following MW’s marching orders. MW, on his part, is doing to the enterprise, but especially to Upstream, the same thing he did to Downstream a decade ago. Here is some contextual background to help us understand what is happening:
MW has repeatedly said ‘cost always matters’. This cost-conscious mindset is a drastic departure from the ‘drill-baby-drill’ mantra and culture George Kirkland, the previous Vice Chairman and Executive VP of Upstream, dictated with impunity. Gone are the days where, no thanks to Kirkland and his lieutenants, we spend $250 million to drill a dry hole. Do EGTL, Gorgon cost-overruns ring a bell to anyone? So MW is cleaning up the colossal mess and mind-set previous leaders left us behind.
It is going to be painful and it will take time, but MW is on the right track. He has the full support of the Board of Directors and the majority of shareholders (those of us that own the company), who are confident he will right-ship CVX.
An easy and logical layoff would be to cut the top 15-20% most active users of workplace then shutdown workplace. Guaranteed shareholder value.
Workplace should take EOI.