Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

Best candidates, really?

Interestingly the new folks are also asking me to train them as they are “learning” the job. Some seem to have a little clue what and how things need to be done. While this is all suppose to be hiring the best candidate for the role, it seems something is a miss. But I am keeping my head down, do my job, whether it is training or whatever, while riding it for the next couple of years till I am comfortable to leave.

post: @2zzv+18ArvwLE My experience is very similar so I copied this post into a new thread. I don’t want to belittle anyone, but it seems to me that every new employee has less and less knowledge. Sometimes I can’t believe they hire such bad candidates which leads me to think that it has something to do with the labor market in general.

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This whole process was a sham. I was personally on some of the org design and it was basically some manager saying "oh that looks neat" and not thinking out the idiosyncracies. Literally after the jobs were out the consultants started to ask us about R&R's. People were like "huh that doesn't look right". Basically it's our new fail fast mentality, but of course when you fail and lay off a good person there are no code rewrites. What worrks for Facebook and Google might not work for an oil company, huh?

So the result is you have people doing jobs that they don't know what they are doing. They are being led by managers that aren't sure either what people should be doing. All this in an organization that really doesn't know who should be doing what. This is clearly a recipie for success.

by TigerKing87
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Now that the vaccines are here the world will eventually go back to normal in the next 12-18 months. Demand will pick up and Chevron will be trying to hire most of you back. It may be tempting to go back to what you’re comfortable with but I suggest we all refuse!

by Feldermann
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What you get out of engineering/ science college is not the same as say 10 or 20 years ago, most talentented a nd smart people do not go to traditional schooling. Look at the new millioners among young, they are on Tik Tok, you tube channel, follow Kardashians, or simply buy stocks and become wealthy quickly.

The engineering and science graduates are just working bees in the new world order, do not expect the smartest of them to go in oil and gas I dusty, they end up in high tech.

by Anonymous
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Short term side effects of a corporate transformation. Long term, there will be little to no career growth for those in current position.

by Anonymous
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I believe the rush to get everyone off payroll by Dec. 14 resulted in successful candidates being trained for approximately 2 weeks by the outgoing incumbent. This is less than optimal in some positions and require those that remained to pick up the slack (i.e., more training along with the day-to-day job responsibilities).

by Anonymous
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It won’t be many years until we all read Chevron getting acquired by another major O&G player.

by Anonymous
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Pretty sure it’s the practice of leveraging Chevron career recycling program of internal talent vs exploring external market.

by Former Experienced Hire
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