Livelihoods are at stake in an economy that hasn't seen this kind of recession for decades.
10 years with Chevron across different functions. Let's talk about everything wrong.
*The number one issue – other functions can talk to their job owners and selection committee members BUT Info Tech. is not allowed to talk directly to these people. How inefficient is this??? With such vague job descriptions or selection criteria it is obvious the R3 leaders didn't have much time to actually figure out what they need.
- Despite this "don't talk rule" plenty of people, especially team leads, are reaching out directly. Putting those in the BUs being dissolved at a distinct disadvantage. Clearly, this feels like the "REVENGE OF ITC"
- The "office hours" aren't all that useful because the delegates may not actually be on the selection committee and might misrepresent what is wanted. Seen this happen plenty.
- Lack of clarity on whether jobs in SR/HOU can be worked from either location. How is this NOT KNOWN at this point, 5 days before slates have to be turned in. WTH?
- Generic job descriptions OR descriptions which state "XXX preferred." XXX preferred seems to be code for don't apply without having direct experience, but oh wait, in the town halls we are told "people with diverse backgrounds" will be considered??!
- Conflicting advice about how competitive people would be for software/app/data engineering roles depending on whom you ask. "You need a CS degree" OR "You must have done this role before" OR "strongly technical people will be considered even if they haven't done the role" OR "petrotechs will be considered due to their domain knowledge" This sends entirely mixed signals and the selection reps for employees generally have no way of knowing what is true or not.
What a crock. The head IT sponsor and IT HR managers have done a c-ap job of this. Another Gorgon. This is embarrassing and I hope those left after the cull remember how Chevron treated its new SEs/DEs/POs/DS.
If you are having the same issues, then print your emails, screen shot the town hall chats, record the audio/video on your phone, and/or record your calls— it is going to make your lawyer's life that much easier because there is some b—s— going on.