Company was fantastic, however my supervisor should have have been a manager due to her lack of social skills. - Planning Assistant Chevron Employee Review

4.0
May 30, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation is fantastic, people are superb, travel opportunities are available, lots of room for growth within the organization, many opportunities for learning. There was a free gym at our building. Petrotechs (Engineers, Geologists & Geophysicists) have it the best.

Cons

Personal experience with my supervisor were not good. She lacked the finesse to deal with people and therefore dragged down the morale of our group. She was smart, but not people savvy. Deadlines are strict and many hours were spent working in the evening and weekends in the summer of all times. Perfection is expected with little room for error. I found the executive management gave a lot of lip service when it came to OH&S without walking the talk. Found the organization to be very very conservative, little freedom to express yourself as an individual. To prove my point about conservative workplace, during the Obama and McCain race, Chevron backed McCain on his bid. Enough said.

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5.0
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Pros

great pay, decent schedule, work is overall rewarding

Cons

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4.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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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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