Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

Thank you moderator for resetting the votes on this thread and allowing people to focus on the content instead of other's spin and agendas.

@vm These trolls are a joke. They down vote anything that might be vaguely critical of management, then they reply to their own comments as if to agree with themselves and up vote all their own comments. Just look at this thread as a case in point. The only thing they can do is skew the votes in an attempt to smear other's opinions, however, read the comments for the actual truth. It's a shame that Chevron has to hire these people to put lipstick on the pig as most other companies demonstrate their values and earn themselves a good reputation. Instead, Chevron attempts to whitewash and buy their image because they no longer have any character just like the people they hire to troll these forums. Their performance makes the company behind them look a clown act. Pretty obvious when you look at the postings from other companies on this site. LOL, you people are putting the 'K' back into 'kwality'.

@e7 I agree, I don't know who's pathetic work life the OP is experiencing but it's not even close to mine. I have also been at several companies for comparison and this is by far not the worst and I am in Houston.

The down voting power of the trolls on this site is yours to have if you turn off your cookies for this site in the IE settings. Vote early, vote often.

I just appreciate the fact that the OP continues to visit this thread, comment on it, and praise his/her own work. That's the kind of narcissistic self-aggrandizing personnel that epitomizes the current CVX workforce and makes it the company that it is today.

I agree that the piece is well written (or you would not be approaching 6,000 views), but I don’t believe the key issue is whether AI assisted in writing it. If the original poster drafted the content and then used AI to refine the language, improve clarity, or make it more professional, that is not fundamentally different from using any other editing tool.

This type of AI assistance is widely used in professional environments. At Chevron, for example, it is common practice for employees to use AI or similar tools to help organize thoughts, improve readability, and ensure clear communication. The substance, judgment, and accountability still rest with the author; AI is simply a productivity and editing aid.

Framing this kind of assistance as problematic implies that using tools to improve communication is inherently wrong, which would call into question standard professional practices across many large organizations, not just at Chevron. The focus should be on the accuracy, integrity, and intent of the content, not on whether a tool was used to help express it more effectively.

Looks like HR TROLLS have a downvote app.

So we'll written I can almost guarantee it's AI.

For this to get 5399 views and 1263 reactions, it must be hitting some nerves. Have you looked at the employee feedback lately? Not a good company to work for anymore.

Love the HR Trolls downvoting. F U

I’m in HSE, and the dysfunction is alive and thriving. It kicked into overdrive the minute they slapped a new name on HES and and called it “HSE,” like that fixed anything.

This place used to be great. What they did to it in 2019 was disgraceful. I survived probably because I was too low on the food chain to bother eliminating. Off the radar. Lucky me.

I remember my managers back then. They actually cared. About culture. About developing people. About you as a human being. That’s gone.

I saw the cracks in 2008. Again in 2015. Then the full collapse in 2019. And now here we are in 2025, and whatever OEMS, HES, “outstanding culture” we spent years building? Completely erased.

We all know who to blame and they are all still here as GMs and VPs. They are great examples of the Peter Principle. The push for accelerated diversity also helped play a role. I remember being in SJV and a news reporter was talking about the strong safety culture at Chevron and that was around the year 2004. You never hear that now. I think you hear what safety culture.

Let’s not kid ourselves anymore. Around here, it’s never been about what you know. It’s about who you’re willing to **.

Wow, HR trolls on full display on this thread, just look at those fake vote tallies. They must be feeling threatened!

You really did nail the Chevron culture. I’ve been gone 10 years, and the culture whispers and manipulation upward was alive and well back then. It sounds like this backstabbing culture has become more pervasive.

I was a good 10 years into my time at Chevron before I became aware of the whisper campaign. Was facilitating a team meeting with our VP present. Everyone was giving updates on their individual projects. I stayed behind to finish the meeting minutes and got to watch the whisper campaign in action. Two people stayed behind to share their concerns about “Joe’s” and “Karen’s” project making it quite clear the projects were being mismanaged.

I was waiting for the VP to tell the gossip brigade to go share their concerns with the project managers. He didn’t. That’s when I knew management relied on the gossipers to stay properly informed. They valued the toxic behavior. Both gossipers were gifted promotions within 12 months.

It is sad really, because once this was a friendly place to work with lots of exciting opportunities to excel. The last decade of experimental social engineering from woke networks to the agile focus on building up incompetent bean counter micromanagers has changed the environment for the worse. Unfortunately, we probably can never reclaim the Communities of Practice culture that focused on long-term technical advancement and slow deliberate progressive career development toward becoming a SME or Sr. manager. A decade of focus on rewarding brown nosing, building up know-nothing managers focused on process rather than results, and assuming technical folks are interchangeable cogs have destroyed our competitive advance. When real competency is no longer the metric for advancement, there is little left but for infighting to get the brownest nose and sorest bottom.

Spot on, sadly. Put yourself and your mental health first and go where you are truly appreciated and valued.

@OP not my experience, but then I am lucky not to be in Houston.

@OP
SPOT ON!!! I can tell you have really worked here and seen this happen. I have experienced many of the items you disclose. I am proud of you for calling the kettle black.... especially the good ideas being stolen. I have watched ideas I created and shared be disregarded only to be resurfaced later as someone else's idea, usually a direct boss or higher manager.

@OP
The gossip starts at the cliques and similar groups. Nepotism provides promotion and preferential treatment for less talented employees while ignoring true talent. Harassment is common since it’s become acceptable to exhibit narcissistic behaviors. I’m glad to be out of that toxic environment. It’s top down for sure, but it spread like a contagion. Don’t get involved in the politics, they will try to drag you in don’t fall for it.

The degradation in culture has been shocking.... It's really an "us vs them" mentality...(executives vs employees)

Quiet quit, do as little as you can and keep looking externally.

The seating situation downtown is beyond laughable.

I'm waiting for the next package.... or trying to.

@OP Chevron has cancer. I have posted this before and it was taken down. It is CYA cancer and yes it starts at the top.

Very well written and everything you said is true and encapsulates the current state here.

The gossip is terrible at this company. People willfully spread it unprompted, and often it's deliberate and malicious. It literally consumes a portion of the day for some people here. Inescapable.

You missed a critical word: hypocrisy. It starts at the top and now infects every layer.

Its all about the Money, Money, Money. You are paid well because the environment is so bad.

Chevron’s culture has become overwhelmingly driven by money. Compensation is high largely because the work environment is deeply challenging (difficult people to work for and with, no work-life balance). I don't think the Chevron Way even exist anymore.

The decline in Chevron’s workplace culture appears to have begun between 2015 and 2017 and has continued steadily since. While history will likely recognize Chevron as one of the most financially rewarding companies to work for, it may also remember it as one of the most damaging to employee mental well-being.

Strong salaries come at a cost: persistent job insecurity, an environment marked by gossip, cruelty and internal politics, and a significant erosion, if any, of work-life balance.

Well said. I have nothing to add, except to confirm all of it.