The leadership is asleep at the wheel...
CPChem is doing this thing where they act surprised the company’s struggling... and then their big brain solution screams: “eureka - let’s lay off 300 people, let's hit IT, Finance, and Commercial.” OK, let's do it how about Q3. It's not a fu--ing joke - IT is getting hit first and everyone knows it and yeah, they’re outsourcing most of it. Of course they are. Who doubted it??????
here we have the famous cookie-cutter “spans and layers” model from consultants (you already know which three-letter firm i am talking about herer). It’s basically a way to flatten org charts and save money by gutting people while keeping useless middle managers and fake execs intact.,,,
The CIO is horrendous, should be kept away from any IT department. No experience in IT, no experience in manufacturing, no experience in digital transformation... anyhow, apparently she knew the right ex-CEO, that helped, so here we are. Projects tanked, contractors ran wild, org chart changed every few months based on vibes. she created a new internal office that burned cash and did absolutely nothing useful. And now she’s still there, while her team is on the chopping block. Manufacturing is the same deal. The guy running it has a 6yr streak of declining performance but keeps floating and moving up, help me understand that sh-t... Meanwhile, folks in the plants are left cleaning up the mess while wondering whos next on the list. Mean Girls from HR are reallyplaying the characters but they have worse ethics and no morale... HR acts like their job is to protect leadership at all costs while gaslighting the rest of us with a fake wellnes campaigns and empty emails which are just ai generated slop. the execs re playing favorites, hiring friends, affairs, cover-ups. And whenever real complaints come in? They get “independently reviewed” by law firms paid by the company. Totally legit, cool 100%?
And just to sprinkle some extra absurdity on top: they built freaking pickleball courts at HQ... can’t afford to keep staff, but got budget for designer paddleball while people are getting walked out the door.No one’s talking. People are updating resumes, refreshing inboxes, staring at each other in silence. Some folks already know they’re gone, but leadership’s been stringing this out for 6 months. Everyone’s on edge (pretty much everyone), and it’s all completely avoidable if someone up top had a plan. It su-ks big time...
that’s life at CPChem right now,... A slow-motion implosion, fueled by bad decisions and crazy expensive consultants. If Chevron ever buys us out, rumor is we’ll lose another 2k jobs minimum. mark my words. mark it... Nobody knows. nobody's saying anything. We just keep showing up, hoping the axe doesn’t swing our way this week.
End rant.