When I first joined, there was a real sense that people cared about the work and about each other. That's mostly disappeared now. Years of changes have completely stripped away whatever it was that made the place special, and we're now at the point where loyalty and experience don't count for much. It's depressing watching a company lose the culture that made people want to stay.
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We are strictly a business that exists to maximize shareholder value moving toxins around the globe. Get on board or get out. If you want a warm fuzzy family feeling at work maybe move over to a career in daycare or home nursing.
@cw
I am with you! Let's vote to terminate "@b1" off of survivor island
@ba
The survival of the fittest will be in full force when they start the execution of the "PIP's to terminate" plan. People will look like a deer in the headlights when they see other people leave on a "PIP". That is when the train your replacement plan will disintegrate for most US workers. :(
@e2 Thats why this country is doomed. No empathy...
@cw+1kzxyxmb3 Empathy doesn't pay the bills.
@b1 hope you will be first on the list to go....no empathy exactly what the company has lost
I am at 20 years and saw this a long time ago: all the huge projects that were agreed to be failures but no major shake ups. The goof ball attitude. The 95:5 ratio of people who did paperwork vs field work.
Only thing that changed was the family bbqs.
Just wait until the PMP ranking stuff starts and they are forced to reduce people …no one is gonna help anybody out anymore, culture is going to shift even more.
Omfg then LEAVE already!!! You will NOT be missed!!!
Once upon a time this company felt like a family. As you moved between BUs and groups within the central functions it still largely felt supportive. There were always examples of poor supervisors and managers but for the most part the family centric culture kept things together and the delivery centers were extensions of the greater whole.
I watched the recording of LCs live from Engine town hall today and realized only 1 of 6 ppl on the Q&A session had more than 2 years of Chevron experience. It really is “ENGINE or bust” now. Depressing that the entire US employee base are treated as left behinds and that institutional knowledge has been completely devalued.
The culture isn’t about family and loyalty anymore, it’s what have you done for me lately.
ENGINE or bust
Go engine or go home
Train your replacement.
Loyalty to the right person still counts way more than experience or hard work. Also don't speak up, just nod your head and you'll do great.