Chevron Reviews

Pros

balance time and i can feel atmosphere of work and life

Cons

information for access intranet from personal computer limited

Advice to Senior Management

must bring chevron more as an elegant, prestige, high class company both in USA or outside USA

Pros

The ability to self determine work/life balance is great. I don't think everywhere in the company is the same but at Corp. headquarters most managers are very supportive of work/life balance. How, when and where I get my job done is up to me as long aslong as it is high quality and on time. Management is very supportive of continued professional growth in your given field. Some operating companies even require 40 hrs per year of continued education. The company is fully committed to safety and high ethical standards. This is not seen in many other energy companies.

Cons

If you are not an engineer it can be a challenge to move from position to position or across operating companies. The engineers are the most visible and given opportunities (structured and non-structured) to grow and expand skill sets that other carreer tracks are not given.

Advice to Senior Management

Maintain and enhance the "People Strategy." Good mid-career employees are leaving because they are not seeing the growth opportunities that their peers in the engineering fields are seeing.

Pros

Benefits- healthcare that is. Large corporation.

Cons

No assistance in PMP processes. Managers- Supervisors don't really care if your happy with company or not. All their concerned with is getting the job done or worse case scenario a warm body in place.

Advice to Senior Management

None. Won't really matter

Pros

lost weight from running around so much, ok pay

Cons

homeless people using the bathroom, difficult and drunk customers

Advice to Senior Management

could have been more sympathetic

Pros

Excellent safety culture, large corporation with many job opportunities, management encourages work/life balance, global company that embraces diversity, Chevron Way - documented company philosophy for how to conduct business and work with others

Cons

Too many processes and procedures, knowledge transfer skills are lacking, resources can be difficult to acquire at times (do more with less mentality), training could be improved

Advice to Senior Management

With an aging work force, it is going to be important for Chevron to invest in strategic hiring, transfer of knowledge, and onboarding/training of new employees.

Pros

Salary
Focus on people
Every other Friday off

Cons

Too many processes, politics. Too many people doing the same job. No accountability for upper management in how they lead their employees

Advice to Senior Management

Control the politics that drive decisions as much as possible. Ensure management is accountable for the development of their people.

Pros

training & career ladder is a strong part of chevron's belief

Cons

Pay is not truly competitive

Pros

- Benefits are great including health, wellness, work/life balance, and flexible schedules
- Salaries are comparable and the bonus structure is fair
- People are fantastic, friendly, and helpful
- Invest in their people and truly care about what they say

Cons

- Slow moving to change as in any big company
- Technology is a bit behind and could use some investment
- Could use some work in recycling at the offices
- Managers move around quite frequently so lessons learned seem to get "re-learned" frequently

Advice to Senior Management

- Improve the new hire process to better incorporate the employees into the company
- Continue the open communication and visibility of management

Pros

Great value! Liked their Chevron Way to get people to treat each other in respectful way and people DO it that way.

Cons

Too many processes and procedures. Still different business unit has different processes. Information system is not standardized. Too much decentralization.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to centralize some processes and procedures. Need to be a little bit more hard on non performing employees even I value how you treat employees well.

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!