There is a lot of survival politics at play all around in Chevron now -- a significant symptom of the underlying fear. examples: bosses trying to portray themselves smarter than their subordinates or trying to downplay the achievements of subordinates in the PMP process, team members playing the one-up-manship game with each other, trying to prove that "I am better than you", and so on. If you know that 25% of a 12 member team is likely to lose their jobs come 2016, then no one wants to be Part of that 3 that are going to be fired, including the sad boss with an inferiority complex who might just be a paper pusher or a highly paid MS Office jock masquerading as a "facilitator". Yes, the boss is scheming on ways to justify very low ratings for his subordinates so that his own a-- can be saved.. Look for situations where boss finds ways to deny opportunities that will make the subordinate shine -- it may be a presentation opportunity that may showcase the employee's competence or it may be a project opportunity that will bring out the full talent and strength of the employee. I have seen this in companies on the verge of layoffs all the time. Now Chevron has become rife with these kinds of situations. I am noticing this all around. It tells you what is in store when you come back after holidays. I am sure many of you will notice these not-so-subtle situations and clues when you just look around yourself. It is ugly, it is unproductive and it is unprofessional and mean. But it is the dirty reality of survival politics. If you are oblivious to it, you will be taken by surprise. If you notice it, you still may not be able to do much about what may happen, but may be you could be prepared for it and not be surprised.
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Who the hell is Brittney and who cares????
@P0FUhQ3-1lns = Troll who repeats the same post on every thread.
"Leave Brittney ALONE!!!!"
When you get back to the office after a tense weekend of worrying and nail biting, don't be too fast to sit in your office chair on Monday morning. Check under the rug your chair is on to make sure the boss of your coworkers didn't bore a large hole for you to fall through to your death. The plotting and backstabbing can take its toll.
I like the bullying and persecution politics of certain supervisors and staff. Like they can target people and cost them their careers as if nothing will come back on them for it. Its a stunningly naive lack of foresight and consideration of consequence.
The notion that you need to be obsequious to stay afloat or to get ahead will only stunt the endeavour of anyone. If management endorse this then everyone loses. Management failure.
OP - nothing has changed.
This post states the year "2016", it must have been copied and reposted. very lame if this is a repost