Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

I have not seen anywhere else, the depth and breadth of nepotism that exists at Chevron. The incompetent racist brother-in-laws, sons and godsons of Chevron middle managers are finally worried that the spotlight will is about to shine on them. Call them out. Karma is a bitch.

Sorry. I don't see nepotism as a big problem at Chevron.

Nepotism exists at all companies and at most in much larger percentages than at Chevron. Don't flatter yourselves with the affected appearance of knowledge. You guys don't have a clue.

The only ones who have a problem with nepotism are those who are not nepos.

Hint -- Houston.

Chevron

Nepotism is a demoralizing force, especially when so many cases can be cited in one's Business Unit or office building.

Chevron is the only major corp that deems nepotism okay.

I don't see nepotism as that big of a problem. The numbers overall are not that big. However the good ole boy network is a big problem.

Thanks 3qej for sharing. Can't help wondering which BU is doing such outrageous things. Hint?

There is son hired as a contractor working for his mom for six years. There is a sister-in-law who hired and promoted her brother-in-law, a mother-in-law who hired her son-in-law contractor who survived three ROMs, a father who had two daughters hired. They all survive ROMs. These are all in one BU.

EMoeGz6-1azz - It depends on what you were doing at Chevron. I worked in IT, put my resume on street once this was announced. I had a new job in 3 days, and was able to put my hand up to leave. I also had 3 other offers from vendors I worked with at Chevron. I have gone through 3 ROMs in ITC and am fed up with the dysfunctional management of ITC. Activities that use to take me a day or two to do in the past now take months, either from all the BS process they have layered on, due to management not having a clue on how to actually run an IT organization, or just the ineptness of the organization. Good luck finding a job and keep trying.

Well I thought I heard only 2 out of the 4 mentioned below work there now so that's kind of irrelevant

That many direct family members in one office?? Fire them all, then turn around and fire the HR Manager that allowed this to get out of hand.

Like the Famous Hirtz family all 4. Of them plus the son in law who got out. .

1 Father Thief

2 son Drunk

3 son. Drunk

4 Daughter troublemaker tramp !!

If it wasn't for daddy Bob none of the three would pas the interview to be hired ,😯

Like the Hirtz family!!

Thief, Drunk ,Drunk , tramp...

Like the hirtz family at Smithfield office. Dad,son ,son daughter

Thief, drunk,drunk,tramp !!

Ya lets have family parties, reunions, quickies, you name it.

EMoeGz6-1azz - Getting a job depends on what you do. I had a new job within days of starting looking. This made it easy to raise my hand to say I would leave. I work in IT, and also had 3 offers from vendors I have worked with once they knew I was leaving. I know several others in IT who raised their hand to leave as they also knew they would have work soon. Also with ITC being as dysfunctional as it is, it was not a hard decision. Looking at a number of the inept people they kept, I know I made the right decision.

Daily family reunions at work are a blast!

1jazz that makes sense to take a job that is 1 or 2 psg below however Chevron is doing that to get rid of you....... I know for a fact people this has happened to......lied to that it's the perfect opportunity and because of the current climate decided to do right by Chevron and agreed to move........unfortunately what Chevron is doing is that the supervisor you are moved to is completely unaware that this is the intention, they hear of it after you have been lied to and made to feel like it's your idea.....so by the time they are told they resent you because they think you engineered to get their job, they give you menial tasks because you are a perceived as wanting their job......because if that was not the intention they would have been part of those discussions......and when a new list of names to go is requested........surprise surprise who happens to be on the list.....

I would take a job with a PSG 1 or 2 below what I have if it meant keeping my job with same salary vs being laid off. In the current climate there just aren't any jobs out there. Look at the job boards, there is almost nothing posted recently and the jobs that are still listed don't exist anymore.

I know folks who have applied to over 100 positions since being laid off a few months ago with not a single response and they have fairly impressive resumes.

Nepotism leads to incompetence. Smart management should focus on hiring the best, not their friends and family. This is why some companies are lean and mean (and weathering this downturn much better), and others are struggling. Workers should provide value for a company, not represent a charity/welfare case. In the end, only the strong survive, and from the looks of it Chevron will be a much different company in the future.

The IT manager of HR

I know of a team where one was laid off, another was moved to a role that was ending in two months and was two grade levels below their current expertise and another was moved to cover for someone on maternity…….. Apparently the GM was building “bench strength”

Then someone was moved from overseas BU to this team, she had been promised she will get a job and another was moved from a team within this BU because the boss was in love with her and felt needed to be removed from the “line of fire urgently” to the team …… a third was moved to team for 6 months to give exposure…..

Now as for the “bench strength team moved from the team” …..the one who was moved two grade levels down and raised concern as had called their bluff was made redundant……….. as for the one who is covering maternity leave will most likely not have a job next year……… 3 people out of a job by 2016!!!!

Move from other BU was definitely nepotism related as the person was aware they had a job and the people being moved in the name of bench strength had no idea…..all those who expressed concerns were made redundant or did not get any contract extension…………..they were expected to move aside for the “chosen few” and were to be grateful they had jobs even if it meant being reduced to a data entry clerks………..!!!!!!

PS if you expressed your concern, the GM blatantly lied to their faces that he understood their concerns and used their complaints against them, additionally would twist what the concerned employees told him to make them look bad…………… the GM has since moved on to another BU after messing lives!!!!! Trust me it’s not fiction………..some of this managers are ruining innocent people’s lives in the name of nepotism... and the victims are not even aware what hits them in the face!!!!!!

Helps if your last name ends with an x.

I got my wife hired here and I am working on getting my brother in here as well. I hope they don't end up hiring some stranger with no blood relations instead, that would be wrong on so many levels.

"an employee benefit that we are entitled to", Seriously? I did not read that in the Employee Benefits manual. I guess I missed that page...

Isn't this a basic human thing to help your kin?

Imagine a couple in the same meeting trading their own private jokes much to the awkwardness of other employees. This has happened in Chevron. What I have seen is even stranger with a couple reporting to the same boss. This used to put the entire team in an awkward situation. Strange rumors and jokes used to go around.

Nepotism or not, this is an employee benefit that we are entitled to. Every company helps employees with their family members to get jobs in their company. It is not as if we are a Goverment deparment.

There is no law against getting your family members hired. Question is if it denies equal opportunity to other deserved candidates. Chevron has its share of improprieties.

Other than a troll loser like yourself, who really cares if some women hired by Chevron earned their MRS while employed? Jealous?