Richmond is among the worst sites to work at within Chevron. Layers and layers of management devoted to maintaining “how we’ve always done it.” Absolutely zero innovation and a lousy culture of people brushing you off when you bring up a new idea without even bothering to hear the details. Wait a week and somebody else will take your idea and present it as their own. Don’t even mention accountability here. What accountability? Implement a cr---y project? No worries, move on before anybody realizes.
75% of ideas loaded into the competitive performance tool are declined by out of touch Ops personnel who haven’t even asked the right questions. Ops “knows all” and steam rolls over other groups like they don’t matter. So much arrogance (and inertia/laziness), but Ops is the only way to have a career here.
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em! If you’re not in ops, the only way to get promoted here is to have a sponsor. Gluck with that. This is the only place where a manager has straight up declined a career discussion without offering a alternate time. Without a sponsor, get in line and wait and wait and wait for that promotion with the new performance “budget” system.
The system is rigged by psg 25+ managers who are completely out of touch with the challenges faced by today refinery workers. They’re in utter denial that there’s a problem with the compensation structure and culture.
RIC will continue bleeding talent. This place sucks. Peace out.