Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

the only ones irreplaceable are traders in the supply and trading organization

“ Few of those are instinctively management material (otherwise they would have gotten a business degree)”… what a joke! There is no one quite so useless as a fresh off the shelf MBA, with head full of management philosophy and no knowledge of the world. The majority of managers in Chevron got engineering or petroleum tech (geol/geophysical) degrees and learned management as the moved up.

@5fyj, you forgot:
Option 3 - Get laid off or spend all day at work trolling this site because you have no life, no social skills or friends.

"Young guys take note, there is nothing sadder than a 40-yr old grade 23 who knows his career is going nowhere."

Option 1: Ride the gravy train to retirement spending more time with your loved ones vs. trying to climb the ladder.

Option 2: Leave for smaller companies and greener pastures.

Years ago San Ramon was hiring petrotechs out of school at PSG 22, early 20s age. A lot of them are doing pretty well now...

“ I now see a future where it will be very difficult to move past 23.”

Young guys take note, there is nothing sadder than a 40-yr old grade 23 who knows his career is going nowhere.

@3lcz+1bhrHFTy

If you know Muay Thai then you're probably overseas surrounded by spinners.

MW just wants easily replaceable cogs in a magnificent machine maintained by the cheapest employees possible.

Thanks fellow mid con D&C, that was well put.

The corollary to the plug-and-play model (as management views it) is also that advancement opportunities will be less. In the past bulk of d&c engineers were 23-25 PSG. I now see a future where it will be very difficult to move past 23. Only the few who make team lead positions will be 24-25, very few technical leadership positions.

This combined with no expat opportunities …

What if you know Muay Thai and you could kick MWs A$$ and any GMs a$$ then I bet you’d be irreplaceable in a heartbeat. Muay Thai. Totally different skill set.

@3xox…accurate take. MCBU strives for factory mode yet there is nothing factory about it. Well designs and casing designs are all different. Trials are implemented constantly and no stabilization. Rig folks and engineers are swapped out regularly and we are told the processes, procedures, and checklists will take care of passing on any learnings or trainwrecks. People are viewed as a commodity. And no longer the most valuable asset. Reality is factory mode in chevrons way just produces little ownership, mediocre teamwork, and no accountability. We just end up learning the same sad lessons over and over again and never truly achieve a high standard of excellence. What’s worse behind this is this the lack of care factor and pride. Why would employees care about doing anything better when a new set of folks will just come in and change it up or actually use their brain matter to contribute when a piece of paper is there to supposedly drive consistency and tell folks what to do and how??

For the most part, Chevron hires adept technical people. Few of those are instinctively management material (otherwise they would have gotten a business degree). Chevron's shift under MW's reign is not to develop technical people into superstars, but rather to make them 'productive', like an assembly line. The Unconventional BUs even use the phrase 'Factory Mode'. This strategy allows for technical people to be interchangeable and expendable, the essence of consistence, but also mediocrity. Our "Fellows" are little more than has-beens with big egos. Chevron's 'management training' program is a smokescreen and vehicle to promote relatives and favorites. I did get to take a couple entry-level management courses, their emphasis was on how to fill out (then) a PMP, and how to avoid lawsuits.

@qmo+1bh:
Old news. It's always obvious who's doing who.

I am dating my manager. Are you jealous of me?

So the "I don't have an original thought of my own but I can cut and paste" guy is back again trolling this site? Great. Just what we need. Yawn......

They can count their blessings that they still have me!!

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