As long as they were willing to relocate to Houston we kept them. A few lucky ones got absorbed through the business units. the ones who quit did so on their own terms because they didn't want to leave the country they were working in. From what I've... — read more 

have any of you gone through a ROM as an ex pat and been left standing in your current organization?

As a young employee and lowly 21, I've been curious for some time what the pay scale look like on the mid and upper end (PSG 22+). I know what the industry benchmarks are were I to leave Chevron, but I have no idea what Chevron grades look like and... — read more 

Do you think those that were denied early retirement last year will be the "savings" ITC will claim this year?

Im a PSG19 and joined the company a little over two years ago. I initially got placed in PRC and my first 7 months weren't ideal, I won't bore you with the details but me and my manager didn't get along to say the least. I was just there long enough... — read more 

It is obvious from reading the posts that every here know this place is truly a train wreck. Do you think leadership is blind to it, in denial, does not have the mojo to fix it? I think someone knows something need to change but letting a management... — read more 

Well its been said over and over but it was confirmed to me today. They are stripping away all redundancies. Down Mid and Up.....no longer separate for support functions that are redundant i.e. Staff functions. Only one group. All of the upstreams... — read more 

The people who are in those secret meetings over the past few months are the safe ones in ETC ESD. We all know who they are. Certain special people in HR, finance, planning. Yeah the ones with the smug looks who are in with upper management. When... — read more 

Being a new employee I believed the Chevron Way that was held as the truth. That Chevron puts people and the environment first. There is these glossy pamphlets and management keeps repeating it, Then you start to see cracks in the system. Cracks soon... — read more 

Two years ago, when money was a flush, all of you were singing songs about how great Chevron was. Look at you today, it takes a medium size RIF to turn everything upside down. What happened with the 'best place to work', what happened with each of us... — read more 

My boss just called me to say he is resigning and won't be into work. He let me know I am on the list. I know he was involved in the ROM so he would know. Oh well, I guess it's unemployment time. I have only worked for Chevron for 2 years. I moved to... — read more 

Ladies and Gentlemen keeping up with the flavor of the posts here, the decisions of who they kept and who the fired made no sense. To be honest I should have been let go in my group. Several of the people had much more experience and education than... — read more 

FYI we will get the org charts and start the ROM 23rd or 24th.

This has been the most interesting site in the last two months. Keep it coming. Checking it daily . . does that mean I don't have anything else to do? NO!

MASSIVE ETC LAYOFF IS LIKELY COMING SOON ..

what does mean "using resource optimization management (ROM) to fill open positions."? Will it ask current employees to apply an open position and get interviewed, and salary and others re-determined based on current market? if that is the case, it... — read more 

who has final decision about whose's position will be eliminated, based on what? based on your percentage of billable hours? your skill sets? for individual in a small team, does team lead have some influence on people's fate under him/her? ETC... — read more 

Very few AMBU folks got positions and that was when there were positions in Chevron. THERE WILL BE NO PDC THIS FALL!!!!!!! So that means the eliminated positions will be layoffs. Every part of Chevron is cutting at least 1 in 5 at a minimum. I really... — read more 

Opinion: The story BCG offered me $16,000 not to tell http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N18/dubai.html The city was strange and the society unnerving, but what disturbed me the most about my experience was my job as a business consultant. By Keith Yost STAFF... — read more 

BCG is pushing for the dismantling of ETC. They point to the high cost of getting zero results. They also are questioning core competencies. The theme is why pay a premium for the work of non subject matter experts with no results or worse yet bad... — read more 

Hmmmmm. This is not good. With shale gas in play Virgin will never get back to profit. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/04/business/international/logistics-and-lizards-disrupt-chevrons-project-off-australia.html?referrer=

Is Watson channelling Nero, fiddling while Chevron/Rome burns? How about his Wizard of Oz type minions, hiding behind their corporate curtains? Mr. Laymon, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Geagea, Mr. On and On etc... How long can you hide from the shareholders... — read more 

Anyone hearing anything lately from the ETC side?

Didn't understand. But now cvx is no safer than EPC. Sigh!

How much money did Chevron spend for Bcg and others to tell them how to cut costs? seems like without them it could save dozens of jobs! What a waste. what do we pay upper management for if they can't make decisions?

I know there's life after Chevron but where do you have suggestions? I'm still employed but the oil and gas market is so bad right now. I don't want to jump and get laid off somewhere else, a layoff here would be better. please, do you have... — read more 

Chevron has been screwing you for years. The state of Texas pays Chevron a major subsidy for everyone the company relocates from California. That's the reason for the accelerated move schedule. Just do a search and see what comes up. Now it makes... — read more 

Chevron has been screwing you for years. The state of Texas pays Chevron a major subsidy for everyone the company relocates from California. That's the reason for the accelerated move schedule. Just do a search and see what comes up. Now it makes... — read more 

Updates on alpha?

Is there any news out of Kuwait? Will the oilfield reopen soon?

Chevron: An endless succession of bitch slaps, interrupted by the occasional bonus. So much dead weight, weasel mangers, only good people are field/plant folks. Look into CPChem,... amazing idiots abound.

Come in late leave early every day

If you participated in project Alpha, you helped them decide your screwing date. Get ready to be f**!