I’ve never worked with anyone in that office but might have to depending on the role I land. I’m curious to hear people’s experiences, good and bad.
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I love it how CVX employees on this site criticize others for not being able to do the types of things that there's no way in He11 they would be able to do themselves. Too funny!
They can do anything that has a process flow. But throw any exception or something that requires critical thinking and you’re sc--wed. I thought this was just with my CSA but I hear it with others as well. The good news, I will get new one soon and I look forward to my next incompetent BA employee to help train while I get 20% more work in my day to
Day. . . . Sticking around will be fun
Well, LdS just got the big job there. She hasn’t accomplished a thing in the past three years. Promoted for zero effort.
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The employee turnover is a result of high inflation. The have to quit and start a new job at another company just to get a raise for them to keep up with the massive inflation. They don't want to quit, they just want to keep up with inflation. Several years ago Chevron gave them 30% cost of living increases but the inflation was >50% that years, so Chevron still lost a lot of good employees. Some leave Chevron and return 2 to 3 years later at significantly higher wages.
Wonderful people and a wonderful country that is hard to live in. Great restaurants around the office.
Is benos ares where the Brazilian but lift was invented?
Used Venezuela, Argentina and China for design engineering services at E/C company to reduce costs ("Low Cost Engineering").
China could do work effectively with written instructions on straight forward stuff, esp. gathering data . Late night team meetings were useless - communication issues w/ zero resolution. Managers often didn't show up until 10AM their time and two week holidays like Chinese New Year were total shutdowns.
Venezuelans - productivity was so low on process work we looked for ways to send a trusted guy to see if they were even in the office. We think our go-between was paid off by them. The work product was cr-p and we aborted after a couple of screaming matches.
Argentina - I would give productivity a B, engineering quality a B-. Don't expect them to catch any problems, and defend bad choices until you agree to pay them twice to fix it.
My buddy used India for piping, electrical, and civil. It took years off his life and he wound up quitting. I don't remember the details, but it was really stupid stuff done by people that couldn't think.
Smart and more adaptable than Manila. Too much turnover though
They are enthusiastic to learn, but often proceed unguided and incorrectly so if given decision rights such as Product Owner. They go off ranch because they don't know whom to talk to in the US, and will just go.
For many routine functions, BA folks are above average and better than those from anywhere and for others, not so much. It's just like anything, you need to put the right people in the right positions, which is often not implemented properly at CVX.
Agree with most of these posts. The people are nice but skill level is lacking.
Eh, BA is ok. The people are nice for the most part, but the skill gap between them and the US is large. They’re just checking boxes and lack the analytical ability to take over much of what is done here. Like others mentioned, expect things to break…
Better than USA procurement by far
Are the girls hot? Do they put out for “favors” at work?
Similarly, nice folks, and not without energy or ambition, but they are very disconnected from the business they support. In a 24/7 operation, the support function doesn’t dictate the schedule, the business does. BA tends to not be flexible in their work hours (even if it means they can’t get the business on a call) and they are never ON call, which in my function is part of the job. So far we’ve actually had work returned to us because it was too much. They’ve overloaded too, and not compensated in a way that makes they stay put for long. We had 4 BA analysts in like 12 months. Makes it super hectic for the onsite team. It’s an issue of leadership incompetence and lack of understanding of the work than it is BA though. Leadership thinks everything is done at a computer screen, not the case, but it is what it is at this point.
Talent is better than Manila, especially for IT.
@a4 wait and see what happens when the payroll process breaks.
Nice enough folks but NOWHERE near the experience level needed to replace the U.S. resources. As a manager whose team is being eliminated told me, “be prepared for things to break.” That is the sad state of affairs we face.
Better than the USA based finance professionals by a wide margin
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