For all the employees that treated contractors like sub-class citizens, now you know what it feels like when Chevron is done with you. No performance history or level of professionalism is taken into account; past accomplishments are unimportant. You were a number- and you were subtracted.
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Anonymous137292 I would love to take a so called pay cut. Not all the time its a pay cut especially what these contracting companies pay the IT support guys. I have been a contractor for Chevron for over 15 years and was only offered a blue badge twice and both times the company was going thru a ROM and never heard about it again. I work for a great group inside chevron and everyone in that OU wonders and says to me all the time why aren't you a blue badge and of course it is almost impossible for IT support to become Blue badge inside Chevron especially when all they want is Contractors. Dedicating my time and knowledge in my field of expertise for over 10 years, you would think they would reward my hard work with a blue badge or atleast offer again.
Anonymous137915, I have work for other oil companies before and was a contractor for a maximum of 6 months not 15 years. I really like working here, I like the people and the company and just want to be a blue badge so I can start working toward a 401K and pension if I am still here when I retire. You never know with the price of Oil going up and down and there is a ROM every 2 years
Yeah, go get bent. 😊
I don't care if you are blue, green or just get a visitor badge and are just an invoice, if you perform I will try to leverage your abilities whenever possible. If you need to apologize to the trees in the park for wasting the oxygen they created then you can get bent, I won't be requesting you on my teams.
I've only heard from one disgruntled "green badge". I truly think it was his crap attitude that created any negative treatment towards him, just like the comment earlier said. I am so curious if that guy is the original "OP".
Blue badge at Chevron. Was a "green badge" at two other majors before. We treat our contractors 100% better at Chevron. Go work as a contractor at Shell, then let us know how you miss Chevron.
Many of my friends started as green badges and were hired on to blue. Offhand I can think of 10 or so. It's not rare. And it wasn't from sleeping their way in or kissing ass. It was from doing an honestly good job, having a decent attitude, and most importantly, having a permanent job to be moved into.
As a "blue badge" I never realized the badges were different until a "green badge" told me they were. He also told me about the attitude he got as a "green badge". I then discussed this with other friends of mine who were "green badges". I asked them if they felt the same way. They did not. I think it may have been that this original "green badge" was kind of a dick, and people were responding to that, not the color of his badge.
I for one love the green badges and have always treated them like equals.
Touché
The difference is a green badge earns market rate and is compensated for the known risk of temp staff. Chevron blue badges earn 50th percentile of the majors. One thing to be treated like a green badge when you are compensated like one but it's another to have the same risk and lack of loyalty but to have not been compensated in a similar fashion. But the fact is oil prices are down and chevron has some internal mgt and execution issues which will cause some good people to be let go. We just have to stay positive and focus on landing a new role as soon as possible so we can provide for our families. How many managers out there tried to offer jobs to contractors but your contractor was unwilling to take the pay cut?
I agree. I was not a green badge. I was a blue badge. But we're now are a badge-less class now and it actually feels good not to belong to the Chevron cult-like pseudo-safety culture.