Chevron Reviews

Pros

- If you want to coast along and are a "yes" person, definitely the place for you
- If you don't mind being treated as a child it is a good place to work
- Chevron is best in class at ignoring prior work experience and wanting to continue to do things the way they have always been done
- Broad range of international location if expat role is in your plans
- Salaries are competitive

Cons

- Prior work experience almost a negative because makes your re-programming even more difficult. If one is not a Chevron "lifer", then it is tough to get respect or elevation into the "club" and certainly never obtain a leadership role in the organization
- Worst/subjective employee appraisal system on the planet. All it takes is one person with mildly negative feedback and your rating will disproportionately suffer
- Getting the job done well, on time/budget counts far, far less than how the job is done. The balance is extremely twisted
- Middle and senior management rarely have experience outside of Chevron and this myopia will be frustrating
- They have turned their project management process into a lethargic beast that does little other than significantly increase project costs and time
- Chevron seems to be incapable of executing their projects whether major capital or small IT projects on a budget or timescale that most people would consider reasonable
- High commodity prices let CVX get away with many mistakes

Advice to Senior Management

- John Watson is too new to rate but a corporate 24% reserve replacement rate would be an "F" in anyones books
- Bridge the enormous gap bewteen the Cxx level and Middle Management. Every year the Cxx message asks staff to fucus on execution and delivery (faster, more often). That meassge does not get throgh to middle management who are paralyzed by the consensus driven culture and fear to make a decision in which others may disagree

Pros

Compensation is generally competitive with a salary + bonus structure that applies to even lower pay grades. At higher pay grades, the bonus structure ramps up and can become significant. Option to work alternative work schedules such 80 hours over 9 days is a big bonus. People are generally of a very high competence level.

Cons

Review process for salary and bonus determination has become a bit of a joke in recent years - expect something pretty arbitrary. Opportunities for advancement in non-HQ locations are extremely limited. Downstream is the red-headed stepchild in relation to its big brother Upstream. When Chevron talks about using technology as a competitive advantage they mean in Upstream - Downstreamers can expect to claw mightily for resources with little likelihood of success.

Advice to Senior Management

Extend the lip service of people development beyond Upstream. Invest in technology so that management has information to make the right decisions.

Pros

Depending on the people, you may have the luck of finding a good department to work for......but the problem with Chevron is that it tries to project an image of a good company but it really has a lot of skeletons within the company that could ruin careers.

Cons

Management may be of really poor quality at a technical level and with terrible supervision skills.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't think the people within Chevron are not aware of how the company fakes the image of being a good company...................people are not willing to talk because they are scared of loosing there jobs.

Pros

Company is very much invested in the growth and development of their employees. Strong safety focus. Lots of social activities to participate in if you wish to do so. Working at Chevron was a fantastic experience overall, but with the downsize I would not consider it as a viable place to work if you are career focused, especially in Downstream operations. Fantastic compensation package including both salary and benefits.

Cons

Very limited opportunity for a long career as the Vancouver office has been downsized as of Oct. 2010 by approx. 30%. Being promoted is now very limited as there are not a lot of different career paths open to an employee as the organization is very flat. Best chance for any sort of promotions would be to move to California to the head office in San Ramon.

Pros

Total compensation and interesting work.

Cons

Very flat organizational structure makes it difficult to advance.

Pros

Chevron's work life balance and flexible schedules are a few of the reasons that I like working for them. I was also satisfied with my peers.

Cons

I don't really have any except for a few management personnel decisions.

Pros

Chevron is a great company to work. It has great training and education opportunity so you learn a lot very quickly.

Cons

If you are not an engineer or a geologist it's very difficult to move up in the company and you don't get very much respect for having an equally difficult degree.

Pros

Great benefits package, good people trying to do the right thing, flexibility in career path and work locations. If you are one who can't stand doing the same thing day in day out, this is the place

Cons

Nepotism, unlevel carrying of workloads by team members, lack of management support to do the right thing.

Advice to Senior Management

Start with the current future leaders and work with them to avoid the any downfalls of the current management.

Pros

Nice Company to work for

Cons

I have no concerns right now..

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

Good work, friendly employees, good benefits. I enjoyed my time there. Good work, friendly employees, good benefits. I enjoyed my time there.

Cons

Heavy competition that places a lot of burden on the employees and creates a bad work atmosphere, however I cannot speak for everyone.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing what you're doing. Even though my time is over, I had a great experience I am now retired.