I'm curious since we get posts from both sides of the aisle. On other companies' forums (I checked Exxon and Occidental, for example) pretty much everybody is in the miserable category. Is CVX really better than those places or is HR simply more active here and is muddying the water?
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Let's just say, EVERYONE I know that DOES NOT work at Chevron ARE NOT sitting around wishing they worked at Chevron.
The Noble people would probably be a lot happier if they weren’t still “ interim” Chevron employees with Chevron benefits and Chevron salaries. What is taking so long with that? Anyone care to opine or offer explanation?
As ex employee I’m very happy, financially saving all the severance, , CPI, lump sum, and moved the esip out of that terribly restrictive company plan. Enjoying my retirement and semblance of normality after COVID.
I have 22 years of my life invested into this company, so I’m happy to have survived the two most recent major reorgs of 2016 and 2020. My goal is to retire financially well from Chevron in another 6 to 7 years. If everything remains calm until then, I’ll be very pleased. If we have another major upheaval by 2027 and the company offers a sweet severance package, I’ll be more than ready to go.
I agree with @trj. If you've been with the Company 10 yrs, now that the layoffs are done you may think of this as the calm that will last forever. Two perspectives, neither good: 1) Chevron is nothing like it was 2003-2014, when it was an industry leader, highly respected, and truly technically innovative. Yes, $80+ oil sure helped. Those three characteristics are no longer part of the Company's goals, replaced by D&I and whatever social trendiness is going on. 2) When MW came in his business model was profit at low margin, not unlike McDonald's (let that sink in). While this pays the dividend (a focus [diversion?] of all companies lacking growth potential), it turns the workplace into more of a production line, where innovation and risk-taking are neither encouraged or rewarded, and the only career advancement potential is if you're lucky enough to be a high-pot. If you're not in that category, focus on tangible projects and demonstrable results which can be put on your resume. The oil industry will be slowly suffocated by the climate change gang, you can judge how long that will take and if you can work your career into that time frame.
I'm happy as a clam with my new job after being let go. Thanks for asking!
Sort of happy? Somehwat like all of the BS and none of the benies yet. We don't have Chevron health insurance or salary but we do have Noble's oddly generous vacation plan where everyone gets 3 months off for vacation ... allways allowed management time to decide how to rearrange the deck chairs while no one was looking. Lots of down time going on to figure out who is steering the ship!
I’m only happy when I’m backstabbing my buddies in my dept. This industry is dying anyway so the rate of abject misery and despair is going to accelerate.
I agree, things are worse than ever. Confusion, mismanagement, poor leadership and loss of direction. Chevron seems adrift more than ever. Prices whacked us, then COVID pulled the rug out from under us. We lack the agility and flexibility to adapt to what look to be permanent changes.
Is this question for recently laid off people or for people still working. Why would the laidoff people give a flip about that?
Happy happy joy joy!!!!
I enjoy my job with Chevron and would say I’m even excited to be part of the company. I think the direction the company is going is good and I believe we’ve been much more thoughtful about the energy transition and where we fit as an organization than other majors. We do have much more on our plates than years ago (I am a supervisor and now have two merged teams with double the direct reports) and I find myself prioritizing much more and dropping the stuff that doesn’t matter (which is actually refreshing). But this isn’t new, and it isn’t restricted to Chevron or even the oil and gas industry.
People on this site come to vent, so you don’t see the positive as frequently. What I will say is that prior the Chevron I worked in a midsize mid-stream company and a short stint completely outside of industry and we have it really good. I think those that complain are probably lifers with zero context of how it works elsewhere. Grass is always greener and all that.
Looks like the only happy ones are the rats that were happy to jump off the sinking Noble ship of fools. They will be assimilated soon enough.
All of Noble legacy is happy to be with Chevron! Chevron is a great company. Very hopeful for the future!
So far I’m happy. Yes, lots of change in motion and everyone is still figuring things out. Workload is higher due to the downsizing. However, overall, thankful to still very be employed by Chevron. Positive surprise last month with larger than expected CIP bonus and pay raise. CVX stock has stabilized a bit and the near term future seems bright. Again, overall, I’m happy and grateful. 😃
L- Noble Chevron here and it’s gotta be better than what Noble was! Everything was always so volatile at Noble. We never knew when the next black car was just around the corner ready to take the next poor soul away and reorg after reorg after reorg ad nauseum! Never seen anything like it. Hope to never experience anything like Noble Energy again. No one is more surprised than I am to have survived and made it to Chevron!
No problem here.
Nope. In ABU and "leaders" just throwing around new buzz words, making us join and assimilate to D and I, they think they're digital, agile or whatever the f the flavour of the month is. Theyre rolling out some leading performance trash to improve visibility of brown nosers.
Am not happy or unhappy, don't really give a f, just doing my best to steer clear of these f wits
Dear troll:
- Too many people are happy here, thank you for asking.
- We also approve of the CEO as he is preserving the share's value.
- For that reason, most of us have very very large 401K and pension plans.
- HR is unhappy though and to some extent invisible.
How can HR be angry, they are grossly overpaid for what they do at CVX.
The people in HR are the most unhappy group of them all. They dont trust the GMs and RH has her head stuck in the sand. Oh, and the fact that they keep down grading jobs and have 20% more layoffs to go doesnt help.
I was laid off from Chevron and I am very happy with my new job as a consultant so I don't know how that question applies. This is the layoff's forum, right?
Its not the company it once was. The layoff and higher workloads has destroyed morale and the transition has been a mess. More people will probably leave the oil industry completely at some point after all this.
So far so good!