A good place to work if you're satisfied with slow, steady growth - Anonymous employee Chevron Employee Review

4.0
Dec 22, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I've been with Chevron for 20 years. Never thought I'd stay anywhere that long, but the benefits/pay/9-80 work schedule are hard to beat. Senior management really seems to listen to the concerns and/or wishes of employees and positive changes are made as a result, e.g., a "bonus" program was implemented a few years back. As oil companies go, Chevron really does care about its people and the communities where we do business.

Cons

If you're not an engineer or MBA, your career ascent may not go as quickly as you'd like. As with any huge company, nothing ever happens quickly. There is always a lot of churn and review processes are cumbersome, to say the least. Many of the middle managers I've encountered in my career are not well equipped to be supervisors. It's frustrating that so many people have spent their entire careers at Corporate and still have no idea what a platform is, what a refinery does, etc.

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Pros

The people at Chevron are great and overall it's a pretty good company - decent benefits and company culture. The 9/80 work schedule is a great perk. It has struggled to stay competitive with other big employers in California though.

Cons

Leadership has become increasingly out of touch, with regular re-organizations, lay-offs, and offshoring of support/operation functions disrupting day-to-day work and making processes even more slow and bureaucratic. Overall most employees are still wonderful to work with, but the constant leadership mantra of "do more with less" and removal of flexible/hybrid work has definitely reduced morale and made Chevron just another job, whereas it used to be a genuinely enjoyable place to work.

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