Pros

The pay is great, no lie. The evironment is comfortable and you can't beat having a corporate headquarters in the bay area NOT in downtown SF or San Jose. So that makes getting to work so easy.

Cons

PGPA - two words... political and a downer.

I honestly was a contractor within this group and it was probably one of the worst experiences of my life. I managed a fairly large team of 20 people and the worst performers of that group were the Chevron employees – they were consistently late to/or missed meetings, didn't deliver on-time their responsibilities, were condescending to subordinates, etc. I was shocked at this and it's VERY apparent that the employees of this group within Chevron do not respect contract managers by any means.

For example, I had standing meetings with the Chevron manager I reported to every 2pm on Friday as we agreed that was the best day for HIS schedule. In the 6 months I was there, I met with him perhaps 5 times... all other times he was booking meeting over our meetings OR deciding to just CHAT with his management over weekend plans. This individual made NO efforts to communicate his needs, nor did he care about the welfare or morale of his team. When I suggest we reward the team with lunch or something, his comments were "Why? They are just doing their job."

I have heard good things about Chevron from friends and from other Chevron groups and employees and I was GENUINELY disappointed with the group I was contracted to work for.

I won't lie. I was FIRED from my contract position for offending my immediate manager - or so the official record says. My HR file at Chevron was left blank. And my VERY civil attempts at asking for a reason were met with threats of lawsuits. This was a really hard firing for me as I was going through a separation with my wife. Did it affect my work performance? Not in the least! The 48 hours before my firing, I successful completed a major web launch around the "Climate Change" microsite and earned kudos from the satellite management of Chevron, even the executive branch.

Thank you glassdoor for allowing me to vent about this incredibly frustrating experience in my career.

Advice to Senior Management

If you want to be a good manager and feel you need to fire someone, you sometimes have to look someone in the eye and tell them things aren't working out the way you had envisioned.

Don't hide behind other managers or security if you are the one making the type of decision that could affect someones life.