Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

In my last post, I discussed some of the issues that the recently departed may be facing. I then recently realized that I have neglected to address some critical areas in which those who are still with Chevron, but fear may be leaving soon, need to manage now. Some of these will be obvious, but some you may not have thought of, so bear it out. Fair warning: this note may not be as healthy or uplifting, and may actually have a tone of paranoia compared to my previous missives; but for those who remain in the CVX quagmire, more than a touch of looking back over your shoulder often is not a bad thing right now. When your time comes, it will be quick and sudden, and you will not have the opportunity to do any of this once you are informed. The reasons for this is that you will be asked to turn in your SmartBadge and company phone, and you will then be escorted from the building/facility by CBRES mercenaries, and possibly local law enforcement, as well (more on all of that in a future post). Bottom line: you will no longer have any access to the CVX network, and will not be able to count on any remaining "friends" in your workgroup to dig up information for you, as they will be far more concerned with their future than yours. So, to ensure that you are best protected and have all of the information that you may need for any future career management or even litigation, do the following as soon as practicable. 1) Back up everything on your P: drive and C: drive to a personal USB hard or flash drive. Chevron is one of the few majors out there that still allows unlimited access to the USB ports on your PCs, so take full advantage of it now, before it disappears. 2) Move all of your email, including all of your Sent items (this can be critical) to .pst folders, and back all of those up to your personal drives. Repeat this at least once per week, if not the last thing you do every day before leaving the office. 3) Back up any and all files from O: drives and internal SharePoint sites to personal drives, before they complete the process of locking them down. Take anything and everything even remotely of potential value, either to litigation against Chevron or to benefit your future career. Large capacity USB hard drives are very inexpensive these days, and you can literally walk out the front door with the farm in your pocket, especially those of you in the Geosciences, Finance, or SCM groups. On that note, ensure that you take these portable drives home with you. Better yet, if you have a laptop, do all of the above from home via VPN, if you have a fast broadband connection. Yes, it sounds obvious, but I've known folks who did all of this, locked their external drives up in a cabinet in their office, and were then unable to get to them once they were handed the red card. And, finally, 4) Begin moving any physical items that you value from your office to your home. Again, once the ax falls, all of that will be off limits to you, so take it now. It is very much crunch time, folks, so move quickly and smartly. And, with that, I will say so long for now, until next time...