Mostly miserable after 3 years - Anonymous employee Chevron Employee Review

1.0
May 15, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some training in advanced navigation skills and piloting tank ships. However, training received was not acceptable to any international standards and needed to be repeated.

Cons

Tasks not within job description. Over hours and unpaid for it because of salary. Company is afraid to fire incompetent sailors, from the top down, in fear of legal retribution. Pollution regulations not understood. Redundant paperwork. Redundant corporate redundancy. When I quit, for very valid reasons, exit interview was a mess, just going through the motions. Cut medical, retirement, and vacation I had earned without a phone call. Required to sail when they call you or they cut your benefits the day your vacation ends without overlap!

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Pros

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Cons

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