Sometimes I'm really not in the mood for fake smiles, and fake smiles are often valued here more than skills. If someone asked me which qualities are most desirable here and what is the formula for success at Chevron, I would say 75 percent brown nosing, fake smiles, pretending to be nice to others, and only 25 percent skills. It used to be the other way around.
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You can put on the fake smiles or you can maintain your personal integrity. It's your choice. You can lower yourself with the fake smiles and nodding heads at just about any company. Best to search for a company where you can maintain your integrity. Ever notice how no one, and no business school, ever quotes or highlights Chevron management (present or past) for business ingenuity? Ever notice how there are no well-known or famous Chevron petrotechs? All your managers, all your "Fellows", are just artificial creations that exist only in the Chevron fantasy world - they would fall flat on their faces anywhere else.
setting up for failure
You also need to make chevron jealous and that you could leave at anytime. If they think your content, you will be 2 years late for each promotion.
Was that before you got let go, so you are posting it here?
We’ve seen it happen in the USPS and the armed forces. Start to emphasize quotas and “soft skills” (in other words, BS’ing) over performance, and your corporate performance erodes, and your staff caliber diminishes. Notice how these approaches are NEVER used in professional sports, where winning is all that matters.
Add in D&I quota system, and you’ve got it. The technically sound have been fleeing Chevron ever since MW sent out the message that technical skills (I.e., Chevron Way) no longer matter. Also watch for the brown-nosers to be “embracing” the energy transition.