Do you guys know if a resignation notice is due? or are we in Texas considered At Will employees? Any strategy to get some benefits if I want to go independent/consultant?

Back to the office soon, b!tches. No more dreaming, we’ll all be teaming face to face soon.

One of the lady manager (don't know her name) in the Townhall mentioned that the is bringing the "F" word back this year. Then giggles and says not the word you all are thinking. It's the "FUN" word. Meow..........

I am in CTC (previous ETC) and can’t see much difference from my chair. They changed the names of leadership positions (team leads become chapter heads, etc. etc.), and are resorting out all new multiple levels of overlapping management, but I can’t... — read more 

Anyone getting slow paid on retiree relocation reimbursements?

Looked at posted jobs and was a little surprised to see jobs posted and a PDC ongoing. I never heard any news or mention of PDC. Jobs posted from last reorganization that either were never filled or became or coming vacant already.

I got my raise and bonus and was VERY pleasantly surprised by the amount! With it being such a tough 2020 for Chevron and the entire oil and gas industry, I would have expected something a lot less, including ZERO. Very fortunate...... I am a long... — read more 

Serious question from a retiree... What does the new upstream organization look like? Taking a step back, is it that different from the prior organization? I am curious how groups like Operations, Reservoir Management interact.

I took EOI in Oct 2020, and expected to receive Bonus Just wonder whether Bonus affect unemployment benefits in Texas? How can I handle unemployment benefits claim when you may have bonus coming thanks a lot in advance

In the townhall, CIO is said teams are using data science to identify an underutilized individual in ImagineIT. WOW how successful will the model be??

When we received our salary action reports now it just shows what is the new salary and the %CO is omitted. My manager says he doesn't know why or how I can find out what the CO is. I used this to back calculate and keep track of the pay 100% CO... — read more 

Whomever I talk to they say they can’t wait to get laid off and everyone tells me to give a minimum of myself because when it comes to layoffs, it’s one big mess without any logic. I would like to give only the bare minimum, because I know that... — read more 

Can someone please tell me if they have seen or heard from our SHE GM? There are two people here in Midland that are trying to play the Alpha role and it is not going well. PLEASE PLEASE get your transfer complete and get settled here in... — read more 

Houston could get massively downsized after a call I just attended. Does this have traction. Warrant traction?

75% of the posts on here are whiny posts about HSE and then the same people take up another 10% of the posts about diversity. Last time I checked we are an energy company - trying really hard to make a profit while saddled with a bazillion HSE... — read more 

My heart goes out to all of our CVX employees in Houston as well as Texas as a whole. Stay safe and try to stay warm. On a bright side, you did not have to hear the HSE VP give another I love myself speech. I am just joking. I don't know the... — read more 

Let’s hear your nominations for best BU for 2020. Can be from any business segment. And also the Wooden Spoon for worst. I nominate Canada for best BU. They seem to have controlled costs well. Worst is a crowded field but LABU is a perennial... — read more 

So today, with the diligent analysis by the business press, it was disclosed that Berkshire Hathaway has at 12-31-2020 accumulated 2.5% holding in CVX shares (discovered in a SEC filing). Inquiring minds want to speculate: Did someone know... — read more 

What is the payscale for SJVBU operators?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/shell-hits-its-own-peak-oil-plans-to-reduce-output-11613042962

This is my opinion. I got laid off in R4 in HSE. I had been working with the Talent Manager over the last year on my career and he showed me this HSE Dashboard that the VP requested to be put together for all HSE personnel. He showed me how all of... — read more 

I think we talk so much about HSE is a couple of reasons: VP is always changing his mind. VP issued a team to get feedback from the employees. Feedback was that several of the leader were really bad people. VP keeps the bad people and... — read more 

22-35 yrs old - I am getting my MBA or masters, and out of here. Btw, I have to pretend I agree with “future of oil ” from this company. 35 -45 yrs old - s*t! I am stuck. Got family around, nothing I can do at this point. 45-55 yrs old - I need to... — read more 

I was part of the reorganization in the BUs. One of the recommendations that got ignored was the elimination of all of the HSE Manager/GM positions in the BUs and have the HSE staff report to the Operations GM. This would save a lot of money and if... — read more 

So why does it seem we lost so many technically talented African Americans in Round 4. It seems Chevron prefers to focus on "Diversity" and the hiring of women, Asians and Hispanics in America. It's scary, particularly in IT how little... — read more 

Oilfield service companies making too much profit Shell is looking to slash up to 40% off the cost of producing oil and gas in a major drive to save cash so it can overhaul its business and focus more on renewable energy and power markets, sources... — read more 

Seems to be the layoff season at our competitors, when will it be our turn?

Are Chevron workers back to the office in Houston or are they still working from home?

Completed a score sheet a student on an internship earlier this week. The criteria fields required to be filled out are: student name, supervisor name, degree undertaking and gender. Not sure why gender is of concern, why not include age, ... — read more 

I got an offer from another company. What is the earliest date I can resign without losing CIP?.

Rumor from HR is that since the company is now potentially in terminal decline, they are trying to figure out how to rejigger the exec compensation. Stock related awards won’t work anymore since the stock will go perennially down, even after mergers... — read more 

Anyone have any insight into possible layoffs from the NBLX buyout? What group it will be rolled into, who might be vulnerable to layoffs, etc?

Long story short, with all the mess of reorganization and downsizing, I opted for EOI in round 3 and accepted. I tried to follow the timeline below, but CVX still managed to beat me and paid my severance on Jan 6. Today, I received my pay slip... — read more 

Beyond painful! From MW’s annoying lip smacking to the HR lady presenting her bit about subjects that she obviously has no clue about (shaky, pensive voice does NOT exude confidence or knowledge), this is a staged production of nonsense! Get to the... — read more 

Good read

Have you all noticed reduced trust within your teams? Maybe there are just bad actors but some colleagues are passively not supporting others to exceed. Either by not sharing knowledge or by being possessive. Maybe remote work is enabling these... — read more 

Does anyone know when we’ll receive our new pay determination?

Ok can someone explain how arewewinning when the break even is somewhere between 40 and 50 and have not been able to profit in few quarters in a row? How on earth can you be winning in any environment when your break even for the year has been far... — read more 

75, better or worse than you expected?

Today’s WSJ has an article saying Chevron and Exxon discussed a merger last year. Discussions are not on going but could resume in the future. Regulatory issues would be a b!t€h, but if a deal like that ever went through the layoffs would be... — read more