Chemist - Chemist Chevron Employee Review

2.0
Jun 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Ok starting salary but nothing compared to engineers and union workers Good 401K matching (2% contribution to 8% match) Pension after 5 years

Cons

Extremely poor management Office politics are ever present and management will hold you back to ensure you don't succeed Union workers (operators and mechanics) will easily out earn you and be offered more career advancement opportunities Further education needs to be approved by management, that is it needs to be a business need, although the company says they'll reimburse you for 75% tuition Company is definitely more engineer friendly Poor career opportunities unless you are an engineer

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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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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