And so is Chevron. Happy days will be here again soon?

It is so so sad to see where the company is heading. Over the last few months, we have seen incredibly productive and experienced employees being let go, and at the same time, the company bringing in new inexperienced workers to replace them. In one... — read more 

Are we really doing enough drug testing....inking pink slips in an attempt to make corporate ends meet and signing big sponsorship deals w an NFL team located in Florida with the same pen. I have to ask.....WTF?... — read more 

Every day, a small Ant arrived at work early and started work immediately, she produced a lot and she was happy. The boss, a lion, was surprised to see that the ant was working without supervision. He thought if the ant can produce so much without... — read more 

At my terminal I sat typing, trying hard to fight off napping. When there came a slight, soft rapping. Rapping on my office door, only that and nothing more. Then I sat up, startled, freaking, just to hear a voice a-speaking "Your presence now I am... — read more 

We have transitioned from employee-friendly global PDC meetings, where one had the option to try from a smorgasbord of wonderful jobs in desirable locations, to a tighter set of PDC offerings in less glamourous places, to the current musical-chairs... — read more 

Re-post from another company undergoing layoffs ++++ After 35 years of strong, productive, respectful employment . . . It has all come down to this. If they had actually wanted a good chunk of employees to retire early "for the good of the company,"... — read more 

The ROM 2 selection process took place this past week. Trying to cram 600 facilities engineers into 350 jobs, most of those roles having incumbents camped out on the desks. We were given some (likely false) hope that there might be calls or updates... — read more 

Any updates?

Divest 10s of billions worth of shelf and deepwater assets. Layoff around 50% of combined field and office personnel. And do another round of performance cuts. Oops I meant resource assessment exercise. But thanks. You met and exceeded every OE... — read more 

Where does it stop?

The "free food" offered at meetings are a thing of the past (for at least 9 months now), perhaps with some exceptions for high-level executive meetings. However, there used to be many times that breakfast, lunch and snacks will be served in... — read more 

First of all, the labor law restricts what kind of information can be provided to other companies. Chevron adheres to the law in the strictest manner. Chevron will only divulge that you were an employee of Chevron and the last position you held. They... — read more 

Here's a recap of the previous quarterly results for CVX Quarterly Ending Stock Price, Net Income and EPS Deluted. Do you see the downward trend? Put the results in a chart to really appreciate where we are heading. Dec 31 2014 $112.18 $3,471B $1.85... — read more 

This is the email address where the biggest rat in Chevron wants us to send him questions. Then he will answer a few of them a video. I encourage everyone to be bold and send this a**hole some of your thoughts

Its sad but very true. Politics do play into who's being laid off. Recently I have seen many good people getting moved into roles that are clearly a backwards step in their careers and others who have no experience nor demonstrated they are capable... — read more 

There's so much negativity and company bashing on this forum lately. As a change of pace, tell us what keeps you working at Chevron. Why have you not quit and gone elsewhere to work?

. Everryone knows that whatever reduction of the workforce won't solve the Company's cash flow problem. The company needs a major overhaul in upper management who led us into this mess, and we don't see any changes in management coming yet. They can... — read more 

Read on this board sometime ago about upcoming layoffs in October -- 25% or whatever. What is the latest info on that?

Nepotism, Racism, Sexism, Favortism, you can see it all on any given day in GOM. Not only tolerated, but encouraged and laughed at by the good ole boys running the show. Sad state of affairs for a once proud BU in a once proud company.

What is it like to work for Chevron? That's an easy one. Your first day on the job, your supervisor will gently slice off your balls with a very sharp ceramic knife, the same kind of knife used in sushi restaurants, lock them up in a small... — read more 

Let's be honest, folks, SJV was already on the chopping block to be sold back in the 90s, before a combination of factors barely saved their asses. Now, when it comes to cutting opex, which is what they are desperately looking to do right now, the... — read more 

Could people in different parts of the globe update us fellow Chevroids? Angola, Venezuela, Nigeria, thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Kazakstan, Kuwait, UK, Norway, Russia, China, Canada, Singapore? My apologies if I have left out any... Share with us... — read more 

Any truth in the rumor?

REPOST: C-Level International Executive Experience and The Lack of Thereof - Our current CEO and his predecessor have NO international experience, a situation unheard of among our peers. Existing solely within the ivory towers of San Ramon does not... — read more 

ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING MORE ABOUT CUTS AT MCKITTRICK, CA

First, does anyone even have a clue in there own little world Chevron's net income, P&L, cash flow. Nobody understands the basic financials....including Chevron. 120 bucks a barrel can smooth over the roughest spots. You do realize that if oil went... — read more 

We also are at work during holidays and miss many family events.But yet we (GOMBU) have a target on our back for layoffs and sales. The leadership should be runoff for putting this company in the shape that we are in now! Oh not till after hunting... — read more 

I think we should leave Oil and Gas and head to the Auto Industry. All the Auto Companies are looking for Engineers Right now. Volkswagen his Hiring, Toyota is Hiring, Nissan is hiring, FORD, GM, and Chrysler-Fiat.

It's quite dangerous when uninformed speculators continue to post hear-say. What gets posted on this board percolates through the organization and is perceived to be fact - creating unneeded anxiety for those of us who are grateful for the generous... — read more 

With the market's perceived risk of default across the energy space at record highs, it should be no surprise that willingness to lend (even for the greater-fool reach-for-yielders) is collapsing. As Bloomberg reports, oil services companies are... — read more 

Is there any talk of sending the DWEP expats back to their home country? I am concerned as there are not very many jobs back in my home country

Latest news through the grapevine is that SJVBU is getting rid of all it's expats while it recently hired new PEs (fresh from college). ROMS expected to start in October. John Watson visited KR two weeks ago to check on the BU.

Major changes at the 11th hour of any project usually results in major clusters, delays, and incidents. So, let's take a company whose future is completely leveraged against a handful of very large projects scattered around the world, and start... — read more 

So chevron is donating $100k for wildfires... Chevron humankind is trash. Y'all involved are just acting like the military in the US. Go everywhere they can to "help" yet no one is asking for your help. Why don't you start fixing the problem inside... — read more 

Everryone knows that whatever reduction of the workforce won't solve the Company's cash flow problem. The company needs a major overhaul in upper management who led us into this mess, and we don't see any changes in management coming yet. They can... — read more