A great place to work with typical big company issues - Manager Chevron Employee Review

4.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, good people, team mentality really promotes collaboration and good decision making. Excellent benefits (no you do not get free gasoline) and very generous profit sharing and savings/investment plans. Good work life balance options, flexible work hours and alternative schedules. Aware of some people that are job sharing and telecommuting is allowed. Overall, the people are the real draw here. Competitive, driven workers who are loyal to the company. It's not uncommon to have people with 35+ years with the company and happy to continue working. Management promotes communication and regularly holds events to update on corporate direction and strategy. Most large sites offer fitness facilities and there is a high degree of focus on safety and ergonomic safety. Good focus on diversity and inclusiveness for a company in this industry.

Cons

Typical large corporation red tape, sometimes gets into decision analysis/paralysis, some remnants of an old boy's network but overall a very fair place to work. Some promotions are a little dubious, wonder how some are picked to get a golden light shined on the while others who are very very good languish in middle management. The corporation as a whole is getting a little long in the tooth, they need to hire more young people to get a sustainable base of employees. Still at heart a company with a lot of history -- can be a benefit but also a barrier to innovation and change.

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5.0
Mar 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly and helpful. Good people

Cons

People are very competitive and nervous about their job

4.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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