Got laid off from GOM this morning. Taking it as a blessing in disguise. I will cherish the extra time I get to spend with my kids now. Good luck to all affected by this.

-------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- I got axed in the 2010 Downstream ROM. Yes, there is life after Chevron, yes, today's job market is rough, but keep trying and striving. I hope that your next... — read more 

Just so everyone is aware it looks as if this layoff will be at 3%. When the new org chart is filled and the other are left standing you will be looking at 25%. I just want folks to understand this a not the reorg layoffs. Every BU is having these... — read more 

What is withheld from Severance? We very short-timers may want to adjust our 401k savings rate & Income Tax W-4 allowances ahead of time. Is it all withheld at the normal rate? No forward medical, dental, health savings, and life insurance withheld... — read more 

Any news? Thinking of all you peeps, and miss you

Seemed to be led by incompetent CVX kool-aid drinkers and a junta of semi-retarded baboons. Has anyone been run out of there?

I'm about 20 minutes from the office. How are things looking there on the ground? A lot of cars in the circle drive in front of 1500 and on the side of 1400 waiting to take people home?

You all should be ashamed of yourselfs for talking the way your are!! Don't any of you know the meaning of respect???

But we will wait two to four weeks before we make the call. We hope in some small way you will get a first hand feeling of what it feels like to employees that your attitudes, policys, and actions affect...C'est la vie !!

I'm a mid-career Chevron new hire and I'm still hoping to retire from Chevron. But I started with another big company that ultimately went down and had to find my own way for a few years. It's not the end of the world. I learned a lot and had some... — read more 

Get ready; that's what that big building is for

I just want to say good luck to all of you that received letters of your possible layoff tomorrow. Though I feel there are some that may deserve the action I hate the thought of anyone losing their job in these trying times. Its going to be a hard... — read more 

Did HR or management say it would be Wed? There any many posts indicating Wednesday. How do people know that?

Does any one know what day CVX is announcing our last day here at SJVBU? I only know it's this week.

I'm wondering if you get the severance in addition to them keeping you on payroll for six weeks?

I been working less then two years. I started in Sept. and was ranked to new. My Boss left in Dec. and I did not get another until Oct. This year would have been my first PMP. I don't understand how I could be in scope other than I am a woman??? I... — read more 

I strongly believe that Chevron will have to reduce the dividend. It will be very hard to come to terms with and will result in Watson having to step down. But it will take place if oil prices drag on at sub $50 levels for the rest of this year... — read more 

Does anyone have any idea of how things are going down tomorrow? My BU might be the only one where we have yet to receive any direct communication or updates. All we were told is that we would know within two weeks which is today. I assumed we would... — read more 

Don't know how he will make ends meet if his performance was to lead to his job loss. How is he going to put food on the table or pay the mortgage if he were to go? That $26 million/yr salary of his can only go so far to paying the basic staples... — read more 

Notifications of employees in-scope for the RAE (Resource adjustment Exercise) were sent via email on Thursday. Many females relative to males are a included in of this exercise. CVX intends to pay out for 60 days as if employees are still workers on... — read more 

Made sure to take full advantage of the fit break and excercise classes at the fitness center offered during working hours. Visited SBUX twice. Made sure I was up to date on BBS observations and CSOC feedback. I want to go out on a high note so I... — read more 

A wise Texaco manager once told me "we've worked through bad management before, and we can do it again". This was during Project "Compete". The project responsible for getting us into cubicles and many other brilliant decisions. Say, where is 'ole... — read more 

I am sure I will be gone this Wednesday, 22 years here, it's time to go. I have mixed feelings about this but the company changed so much and I really not enjoying working here any more. Do not get me wrong, Chevron has amazing people, it's just... — read more 

This stock will hit below 70. Divest your 401K as this little ray of hope will soon vanish on wall street.

Our HR rep will be in a meeting with management this afternoon. Beyond that, we'll see what happens

I think we all understand the leadership behaviors here are beyond funky. It has gotten much worse and will continue to do so because fear has set in! If the board receives several hundred letters from Chevron employees it will open eyes that... — read more 

So I see the list for layoffs for Wednesday. I see the name of an employee that will be a senior manager somewhere. He is that good! Now he is a polite ball buster. He has taken me to task on several issues when I was wrong. His approach is... — read more 

Poor performance starts with Leadership and procurement forcing us to use the current piss poor service providers were using now.. Bad attitude is our response when their is nothing we can do about it. Meanwhile our issues cannot be raised, or your... — read more 

Tomorrow is supposed to be D Day in GOMBU and I was wondering what we all should expect?

Everyone in Houston office is must-move. Is next year spring PDC better than this September ROM?

Wake up people, you didn't do your jobs. Poor performance and bad attitudes finally caught up with you. You poor idiots can't run to another business unit or keep your job as a must hire. You desrve what you get and if I were Chevron I would forfeit... — read more 

I was wondering if anyone has their 401k invested in CVX, and how do you feel about it? Would you dump it at this point? Keep it, knowing the shizzle is only going to get worse and the stock will be dropping even more?

An oil and gas analyst says Gorgon will go down as one of the worst. He goes on to say If Harvard Business School wanted to put a case study together of not what to do....that would be Gorgon....then Watson comes on and says blah blah blah... — read more 

The root cause of the fiasco that is Chevron is the piss poor management. The management has created this Chevron Way, the right way culture, of behavior based (be nice, avoid confrontation or present disagreement the "right way") bullshit. Build a... — read more 

How will the RAE layoffs be handled? Will we all be asked to report to HR? Will we be walked to our cars accompanied by security guards? How publically humiliating and disrespectful will this be?