Something about us has changed but I can't put a finger on it. Not so long ago we were among the best in preventing fatal accidents, and it seemed like we had a good feel for moves to make. Now it appears that we are among the worst and have lost our way. As a mid range career guy with runway left, I'm curious on where we went wrong.
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I guess 0 is not attainable. Management finally realized this
It’s a ploy to keep the corporate factor low …
Executive management is the issue. They have destroyed the morale of the company with massive layoffs all while increasing dividends and buybacks. Everything has gone to h ell since the last one. The obsession with pleasing Wallstreet is destroying the main street of this company. New leadership is needed!
When is the last time you’ve heard anyone talk about the Chevron Way? It’s been a while!
What’s the problem? Cramer loves Mike. Money pipeline.
Guess that go woke, go broke completely explains the record $36.5 billion profit for 2022.
What are some factors that contribute to higher injuries and fatality incidents at Chevron? Several come to mind. 1) Chevron has lowered their guard on safety by preferring to hire contractors who are either minority and women-owned rather than contractors with a proven safety practices and procedures track record. 2) Lack of oversight and accountability by our own Safety Specialist employees. 3) A culture of more talk than substance.
You go woke, you go broke. (And unsafe practices and incompetent personnel take over)
It's an irony that CVX would try to follow in BPs footsteps in safety when not so long ago BP was actively trying to poach the people from CVX who had stepped up our Safety Performance in contractor safety and fatality reduction.
Bizarre that CVX would try and follow BP, who is notorious for ki-ling people 10 or 15 at a time.
@1oiu, @1exs, @1ycj all hit it on the nose. MW came in and changed the culture of the company, he picked up on the (then) BP model of cutting corners and saving money at all costs (even human lives). Before that we were concerned with operations and success (and the integrity that came with those), now we're only interested in cutting costs, quotas, cutting costs, appearances, and cutting costs. Our 'energy transition' greenwashing (is it deliberate or just ineptitude?) is the next chapter of this mis-guided management.
someone mentioned honesty? that's a laugher at cvx today. we've seen it in that past and had a few who would swim against the current being honest. today that is career su----e.
Hmm .. guess same thing happened to Process Safety and Wellsafe. All part of bringing D/S into U/S. Things have changed for the worse.
Well, where do you want me to start... MARC, D&I, Elevate, many useless townhalls from CEO level to GM level with no real value, constant talk about lower carbon and higher returns along with lack of accountability in the operations in the field. Bragging all the time in TV I terriers instead of investing in. Safety culture [not talking but actually putting actions in place were accidents happen], and the list goes on and on and on...
Mike Wirth happened. Safety became secondary the day he took control. It's that clear cut.
For a while grass roots efforts from within made CVX real and honest, and it became global, with fatalities dropping to almost none. People retired, we fad surfed and hired consultants who took our money, and we got worse. The bad news is that those declines are hard to turn around.
Our safety culture used to come from the top down, sadly that all changed once our focus changed starting around 2016 IMHO.
Poor safety is a function of a sloppy and poorly managed operation. You reap what you sow.
Completely agree with @vjn+1lnNoBep. Get back to basics and get rid of unnecessary BS.
Also, hire QUALIFIED personnel. Stop the nonsense of meeting certain quotas.
Too many distractions in the company now. Every function DOING ITS OWN THING, ROLLING OUT THEIR OWN INITIAITVES AND PRIORITIES WITHOUT ANY COORDINATION……which results in lots of glop from the top. And 2/3rds of it is not needed - maybe nice to have, but doesn’t really impact the bottom line or drive true shareholder returns. We got lost along the way and watered down the real focus on what is most important and thus you see the outcomes……..higher returns can not be maintained over a long period of time if your safety is not good. It is all playing out.