After going through this ROM process, I have concluded that this musical chair ROM process is flawed as well. Prefer the traditional way of letting people go that most other companies do, instead of having everyone apply for the job. Everyone who was in the ESP was tensed with unnecessary stress. With the traditional method only a few are affected. I waited all day, till 3 pm until they told me I have retained my job.
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HR is monitoring this site, and when you are busy getting all asshurt and bent out of shape and outraged at these posts, or just blowing off steam on this site, I heard they know that, and some of them will sneak into your house and pork your wife in the butt while you are being distracted!
HR people are the cold blooded, unskilled, suck ups with no empathy. I'm sure they are monitoring this site. What a waste of money. 90% of their function can be automated, the people interaction should be with managers.
If HR is monitoring this thread and board then this message is for you guys. Keep reading.
Job openings should reflect jobs that are truly open and if there is a strong incumbent in that position their job should have been closed to begin with. This ESP process was all smoke and mirrors to make it look like you have a chance to land a job when in fact a majority of the job selections were made even before the selection event. Having people waste one or more of their job selections for roles that they have zero chance of being selected is dishonest and not the Chevron Way.
Come on Chevron, be upfront with people. If there are only 100 or 1000 actual truly open jobs state that. No need to open 50% of the jobs to make it seem like there are plenty of openings. Giving people false hopes is far worse then telling them the truth. We are all big boys and girls.
"HR is bringing it in the replies to this thread." ooooooooh HR is also hiding under your bed at night and is going to sneak out and bite your pecker off in the middle of the night. They are also hiding all around your house for when you come out to cut your balls off if you have any, that is.
Seriously, people? Get a clue, and a life.
I share your opinion, @1ere. I much more prefer a fair warning of imminent layoffs over surprise dismissals. Chevron gave fair warning and it was appreciated by many, including me. Chevron could have improved the process and the anxiety felt by everyone if itveas wrapped up faster. A 45-60 day period (from layoff announcement to notification of "left standing") would have been sufficient for the folks to be prepared. Hopefully, if HR is monitoring this site, they take notice.
As long as it took, I'm not sure I prefer the other way. I went through layoffs at other companies. They announce on an Tuesday that layoffs were coming (if they were "kind" enough), then Friday they just cut people (or give their WARN notifications).
This ESP was pretty long and drawn out, but it at least gave people a chance to look for another internal position, should they desire, or wait it out and take EOI while they search for an outside job. Seems win-win, get paid to leave and get a better job.
Only bad thing was it took too long. Squeeze it to like 1 month from announcement to selection.
ESP ROM. No more f---ed up than the PMP process.
I think most corporations similar to Chevron would be offering as good a separation package, but drawing the process out over a period of months was not good for morale, stress levels, or productivity. I think it was a lose / lose situation, for most workers and for the company. From what I can determine most incumbents kept their jobs and few "must moves" found another position. The negatives of the way Chevron did this certainly outweigh any positives in my opinion.
Yes, Douche bags, because EVERY COMPANY GIVES YOU ALL THAT SEVERANCE (NOT)
EVERY COMPANY GIVES YOU PAY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER LAYOFF (NOT)
BECAUSE EVERY COMPANY GIVES YOU 6 MONTHS FULLY PAID COBRA (NOT)
God, I hope that you entitled brat losers go somewhere where you have to actually work for a living and take your strikes and blows upside your sissy little entitled heads and learn what the real world is like outside of the coddling, nursing, pampering life that Chevron provides you. It will do many of you some good.
Chevron is a great company, blah, blah, blah, whatever. Yeah, they cut you off at the knees and you would gladly go back. Probably because no other sane person would hire you. Are you with corporate PR?
HR is bringing it in the replies to this thread.
Chevron is a great company t work for! Although i was laid off, it was a good ride and they really try to help you through their process. I would gladly work for chevron again
"Prefer the traditional way of letting people go that most other companies" ???? What are you talking about? Most other (non OG) companies do not have a visible process with this much communication and heads up lead time (so that you can plan your life and financials). You would just get a pink slip out of the blue. Get real, almost all the things Chevron does and gives us they don't have to do. You will see that when you start working at another company. Good Luck.
This way is much better because it gives people a chance to volunteer to be laid off and attempts to be fair and filling the remaining positions.