I had 3 hours of unplanned discussions on reorgs with coworkers yesterday, as reorgs details dribble out from various town halls. It was literally unavoidable.
I’ve never seen morale this low, or people this checked out here before. The next 6 months are going to be an absolute dumpster fire of apathy. I’m seeing hard working, optimistic colleagues utterly checked out. For the first time I got legitimately worried for the state of this company. It’s astonishingly bad.
I’ve been through many reorg processes over my 30+ years of career. I’ve learned that whatever happens will happen at the right time. And since we are not working for a garage company, we will be fine. What I cannot explain is why in te middle of my holidays I’m looking at this blog, two years consecutive. What is the need from LT to throw these bo--s to employees, when at the same time really there is nothing happening until Q1…
@lvx, So up until now you never had to "justify your existence on the US payroll" to continue to clear a six figure salary and no questions asked? I'm not quite following because I've never had a position like that at any company at any time in my career, where you could just cruise along and not be responsible for your existence or performance.
Just to offer another perspective. My team has done some great work this year and are feeling comfort in the fact that their accomplishments will be recognized inside the company and outside (if the need arises). Don’t agree with morale/spirits being low across the board. Lots of good work os being done and making a difderence.
Retired early with a pension a few years ago - zero regrets. I knew if I stayed I would end up being as incompetent as BU leadership. Sad to hear that things are even worse now, although that does not surprise me with MW still wearing the crown. The astounding cost overruns at Gorgon/Wheatstone, horrible management of core petrotech software contracts, unwillingness to collect geophysical logs that facilitated actually realistic pay counts, numerous annual initiatives that seemed to never survive the next round of PMPs, the MARC nonsense, the Agile adoption, the horrible response to the Kern Co spill, and horrible team dynamics orchestrated by incompetent middle-managers cling to their hopes of pg27+ advancements. My advice: invest the big fat paychecks you are getting, keep your expenses down, and move on when the time is right. Things are not likely to get better with MW at the helm. and realize that in truth BCG and their ilk are the ones that chart the company strategy. The ELT is along for the ride. Think about a career switch because you will find the same BS about everywhere in the industry, it just seems to be more intense at Chevron. In that sense, Chevron has kind of overtaken Exxon in terms of worst place to be in the industry. At least at the "double-cross", the DEI BS didn't completely take over.
This is the legacy of the MW/RM/DEI era. Most of these situations contributing to poor morale were around before, but all the bad decisions made in the last decade (starting with the EB-led 2014/15 layoffs) have amplified the morass now engulfing Chevron.
The damage by RM and HR in the culture is more than whatever anyone can understand
When a HR person tell a manager, you can do without this guy and call the shots?
When a HR woman tells a PSG 30 manager, you need to put a woman in charge of a 600 Million$ contract while she has never ever managed even a 1000$ project but only pushed people. You get FGP and 5 Fatalities right after and a massive overrun
When the HR MARC men who make the wrong decision to promote the wrong people for their own benefits, all the can do ones, disappear
I can go on for hours from my own experience as an individual contributor, a supervisor and a manager. Just one person own experience.
RM had a toxic social agenda and she should have never ever been selected in the first place. In my 25 years, things started to turn really bad since she took over.
I am glad she is fired. I know they call it retirement because she did not want to move to save her ego but everyone knows the truth. The trash is finally taken out to the bin.
If the new manager who I never interacted with and I do not know anything about her is serious about changing culture, she needs to do a massive HR clean house.
If she only cares about having an empire and Oprah wannabe again, she will keep the status que
Before most felt the storm could be weathered. This time just feels like the beginning of the end. Even if you do survive every year you will have justify your existence on the US payroll
OP here. This is what I’m finding interesting. I’ve been through several rounds layoffs, and some of the folks I talked too are old timers. I’ve never seen morale like this. This is a tipping point.
High performer here who has been through other layoffs here and I am as down as you get around here. Its absolutely miserable working here and it's ELT's fault for the way this place has become. I don't know a single person who isn't stressed and down including in management. It's a train wreck, dumpster fire all in one. People can act like people are being babies but those people are out of touch and probably not overly good people. The company is a disaster right now and until ELT is fired it will continue to be this way.
@dep, well the people who hang out on this board sure have everyone fooled, they make it seem like this is some 100 year storm, first time in history event and no other companies ever do this, lmao!
“ Translation: OMG I've never been through a layoff before and everyone in management is being a Big bad meenie and I think I need my comfort blankie and go curl up in the corner and pout. I just can't handle this mommie it's simply astonishing!”
Which CVX employees have never been through a layoff? We have had major rounds of layoffs every 4-5 years. LMAO!
@qzx Whether or not this is anyone's first rodeo, people should be empathetic to others and be kind to themselves. Behaving this way on an anonymous platform shows your lack of maturity and ability to function among other people in stressful situations. My guess is that you aren't well liked and will be put up on the chopping block early.
Translation: OMG I've never been through a layoff before and everyone in management is being a Big bad meenie and I think I need my comfort blankie and go curl up in the corner and pout. I just can't handle this mommie it's simply astonishing!
When you have slogans and not strategies, you have few victories to celebrate, stock rewards are worthless, AND you have forgotten that people work for a future, you get what you get. We need a new vision and a house cleaning. Hard to believe the can do culture has been eroded this far.