Chevron Reviews in Houston, TX Area

Pros

Employee-focused corporate culture; terrific senior business management team; technologically advanced compared to competitors

Cons

Non-petrotechnical functions not as highly valued as petrotechs.

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize the value of support organizations by growing resources allocated to them and placing strong leaders in management roles.

Pros

Large corporation with competitive compensation. Shared IT support on global platform, seamless to all. Safety is always considered first and foremost.

Cons

Ineffective performance evaluations; timliness was not aligned with activities. Upstream won't consider Downstream personnel and Downstream won't look at Chemical's personnel. They don't lidsten enough to their own managers and have to hire consultants to tell them the answer they already know. Too much consensus building required for decisions.

Advice to Senior Management

Cross fertilize your groups and ensure that opportunities are clearly available.

Pros

Good pay, lots of opportunities

Cons

Lots of bureaucracy, huge company/inflexible

Advice to Senior Management

i have none

Pros

Good opportunities for global exposure
Salaries are market competitive
Good access to knowledge, standards, and other reference material

Cons

Employee performance evaluation is Forced Ranking, Chevron's version of the system "accomodates" those close to management preference with a good performance facade. Benchmark used is not clear, camouflaged by a subjective comparison "among peers". The system is a deterrent of teamwork and does not promote innovation.

Advice to Senior Management

Even though 360-feedbacks are in place, performance rewards (salary, career development) are too attached to Forced Ranking, better measures should be put in place to address pitfalls of the system.

Pros

Great benefits and salary package

Cons

The commute to downtown is long from outside areas such as Sugar Land & Katy

Advice to Senior Management

When I was there management seemed to be doing everything to keep employees update on the goals of the company

Pros

Chevron is one of the best companies to work for. They truly follow Chevron Way behaviors and everyone is willing to help everyone else out.

Cons

Some decisions take longer than they should.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work. Continue developing people and the partnerships in the community.

Pros

Good benefits
good pay
the chevron way
good offices

Cons

the red line tape
managers can be rude

Advice to Senior Management

be prepared for interns

Pros

There's a a great team environment and people really care about working there. You're treated well and the work life balance is excellent.

Cons

It's very slow to move on things - lots of processes to go through to get new things established which can be frustrating sometimes.

Advice to Senior Management

Streamline the processes and encourage more innovation.

Pros

Overall benefits package including salary. Multiple job and career opportunities - I've changed careers several times in my 20 years at Chevron. Love the people, the culture and the Chevron Way. Very flexible work hours - I have a great work/life balance. I have travelled the world and worked on some great projects.

Cons

Large corporations can take time to change. Sometimes you need to wait until the time is right for a proposal to gain traction and get implemented.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good job.

Pros

Best reasons to work for Chevron include:

Good work/life balance, competitive pay, good benefits (medical and retirement), pleasant personalities to work with, safety oriented culture, support for ongoing education

Cons

Some of the Cons for working with Chevron include:

Since Chevron is such a large company, it takes a long time to move up the career ladder. Younger, highly motivated and high performing individuals could be discouraged by how long it takes to move into a substantial management and leadership position within the company. Some decisions also take a long time to make due to the conservative nature of the company.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on developing the leaders of tomorrow and providing attractive career opportunities to high-performing employees. While time worked for the company is an important factor, performance and results should be the driving factors for promotions and career opportunities.