Chevron Reviews

Pros

SAFETY IS NO. 1 PRIORITY and employees can have a perfect balanced life. If the company is to lose $1,000,000 but to keep one single individual safe, they will lose/spend it without hesiation. Regard for life, environment and communities are also top priorities for the company.

Company tenets and values are for real. Individual performance indicators are linked and customized to these values and goals, in a fashion that employees know exactly what to do to achieve them regardless of their position in the company.

Good salary and benefits plans, specially expat plans. International travel and mobility is a fact.

Employees are heard and their ideas and thoughts are always considered. Everyone felt like they had a voice. Critical thinking is fostered. Great work environment and workload is manageable. Diversity as well as cultural differences are very well respected.

Company goals, opportunities, training, career growth and professional development are available and communicated clearly to every one.

Cons

Some mid-level managers (and even a few higher-ups) need extensive interpersonal skills training. They are technical and good professionals overall, but have absolutely no idea how to deal with people and conflicts.

In addition, protecting poor-performance employees won't help them learn and move on, and in the end of the day will make the good ones look average or even worst, they won't get the proper recognition.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the great work!

Pros

Great place to stay for the long term
Very family friendly
People are very smart and good to work with..rare exceptions
Raises have been great
Bonuses are fantastic!
Great opportunities for your career
Large company but if feels small

Cons

Things can move a little slow
Oil company NOT a technology company (behind a little in the technology department but that is slowly changing for the better)

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing what you are doing!!

Pros

a solid company with a long and successful history; it offers good learning opportunities; it is diverse and dynamic; it offers good career growth opportunities.

Cons

Too many processes when it comes to decisions; there are many layers in management so exposure can be an issue for youngsters.

Advice to Senior Management

streamline processes to speed up decisions; create more oppotunities for younger and lower ranking employees by reduce the layers in management heirachy.

Pros

Decent pay, the job was a piece of cake actually because I was overqualified.

Cons

Refinery is so spread out you have to borrow the company car to get to other parts of the plant if you need to for meetings or wait on the company cab. Micromanage employees

Advice to Senior Management

Stop micromanaging, some people really are smart

Pros

9/80 work weeks allow for every-other Friday off. Flexible work hours. Generous compensation and 401(k) matching.

Cons

Very slow-moving company. Offices often in undesirable locations.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to focus on allowing employees room to take chances and make mistakes. Increase the pace of change.

Pros

Flexible sch, holiday when you want, sick day paid, disability benefits, great health insurance, good work culture.

Cons

company forcing employees to move or to stay in midland, tx due to shortage of employees. high cost of living in Midland, Tx.

Advice to Senior Management

chevron should be more competitive or give location premium for Midland,Tx. cost of living is also high. Nothing to do for couples in some of the locations. they can possibly also move the production engineering work location to Houston.

Pros

Company vision and values; 9/80 work schedule; very process oriented; team decision-making; well respected company that lends credibility to professional experience

Cons

Not an easy environment to navigate a career outside of your current division or job role; sometimes too bureaucratic to make quick decisions.

Advice to Senior Management

Work on improving career development opportunities throughout the entire organization; provide timely and honest feedback consistently; CPDEP is not always the most efficient path to a good, timely decision.

Pros

Overall the company strives to be competitive, but maintains safety as its number one concern. They try to provide many incentives, and most management strives to ensure employees are happy and productive.

Cons

The quality of work life is truly represented by the supervisor you immediately report to. If you get unlucky, you're pretty much trapped. Many times, it was "who you know" not "what you know" to squeak by. You will see many people lacking ambition, and these people are dismissed in light of relatives in higher places. Others work extensively over 40 hr/week and are just asked to do more and more. There is definitely discrepancies in workload, that seem to be based on luck of the draw.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your employees. Notice the hard work that people put in. I know many that absolutely love their jobs, and they are excellent at it, but they push themselves so much more than others. Truly, people do like to feel appreciated once in a while, instead of feeling like everything is just expected of them because they are talented at what they do...

Pros

opportunities are great, they are very progressive

Cons

career development more of a priority for engineering or geology career paths, but other career paths seem less valued.

Advice to Senior Management

more attention to those NOT in an engineering or geology role (i.e. IT, finance, etc.).

Pros

Employees are treated with respect
Generous benefits, strong committment to work life balance
Opportunities for long term growth
Quality work environment
Quality technology and IT support

Cons

Not a place to fast track your career, its a big company with established processes
Must be open to relocation to get the most out of the opportunities within a global energy company

Advice to Senior Management

Balance delivering shareholder value with the long-term needs of employees.
Maintain your focus on a safe and reliable workplace
Better understand how to incorporate experienced hires into the culture.