I stopped a while ago. I know there are plenty of those who disagree with me, but I've been here for several decades and I've seen with my own eyes how much working conditions, culture, and work environment deteriorated over the years. I can't wait to retire and I'm happy to list all the reasons why to anybody who asks me.
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In terms of industry envy and # of quality hires, Chevron peaked about 2013. There was a slow decline 2014-2019 mostly due to the financial climate (that is, external effects), but a more rapid decline since purging the boomers in 2020 and converting the system to DEI and high-pot preference. Since 2020, we've been our own worst enemy.
Can you recommend a good place to get cheeseburger?
ExxonMobil hand here, reading yalls doom and gloom helps keep my own in perspective. When peers talk about new opportunities at competitors in the supermajor space I always wonder - is the grass greener? I think it probably is when we're comparing EM and CVX but it's certainly incremental.
I'll check back on this thread after you all realize that the San Ramon headquarters employees will be forced to move to Houston and if they decide no, no severance will be available. Curious how many people will still think CVX is a good company.
I hate to break this to you but this stuff has been going on for decades. It finally broke out in the open during the Transformation in 2020. If you're not a HiPot, the chances of a long term career are very slim. I agree that the pandering to certain protected groups is nauseating. There are still some long term folks around but those numbers has dwindled fast. The pay and benefits are much better than other industries with the chance to save money in your retirement accounts if you play it right. Other places are similar so don't thing the grass is any greener. Always be prepared for the worst. Good Luck to all.
Recruiting will still bamboozle 2nd-tier college graduates into thinking Chevron is the place to be. By about year 5 they realize the lies that were fed to them.
@mri, so what you are saying is CVX is the same as it has always been for the last 50 years except that employees now have thinner skin and are more delicate. Gotcha.
Agree with OP and @mri. While I don't work in downstream, I do remember the carnage MW wrought there around 2010. I remember a friend of mine who did work in downstream told me around 2016, "if (SR) is really considering MW to be CEO, it will be the doom of the company. All he does is cut budgets and cut people." 8 years later, we see that is true, not to mention ill-advised DEI distractions and parading acquisitions as organic growth. Add to that curtailing training and development positions, accelerated promotion of high-pots and cronies, and one can understand the mess we're in now. Glad to be gone, the company now bears little resemblance to the company I retired from in 2020. (Thanks, JG the elder and JJ for that fantastic severance package!)
OP….I feel for you. I left in 2020 after 30+ years. MW is a corporate politician. He isn’t concerned with the future…just the here and now. The here and now he’s looking at is social engineering, not business performance. Put people in positions because it looks good, not because of their performance. He knows one lever to pull….. cut the work force. His work history backs that up. So glad I’m gone. I still have many friends that are working there and they tell me some of what’s going on. So sad. Get out when you can and you’ll be happy you did.