Grass, Sometimes, IS Greener

I left Chevron a few months ago.

I was miserable. I had a similar story to many of you - pi---d off at how my career was handled despite multiple EEs several years in a row with stellar 360 feedback in a high visibility position.

Instead of becoming a miserable morale ki-ler or one of those sh***y people projecting their anger onto their co workers, I decided I would loathe becoming “that person.”

So I did something about it, took a risk and left a place I thought I’d be at for my entire career and made a leap.

I’m now working on an amazing team solving real problems. While I worked with some truly great people at Chevron, it turns out there are phenomenal people in other companies, too!

Yes, there are trade offs. I’m working five days in office over 50 hours a week, but you know what? I haven’t been this happy and fulfilled in my professional life in quite awhile, not to mention too. The pay wasn’t much different either an even better retirement package.

I say this to encourage those who find themselves becoming the walking bag of
Misery they never thought they’d turn into - this is the sign you were looking for. Take the leap and leave. There are growing companies out there. You only need to take the leap.

And to those Gen X’ers and Boomers crapping on people on this message board for expressing their frustration and, God forbid, how they feel. I hope that during the upcoming layoffs, Chevron takes you out back Ol’ Yeller style.

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@e3+1 OP said they left a few months ago.

I'm former CVX and I still poke my head in here from time to time. CVX is the offset operator for several of our assets and you all do things like stop answering emails or refuse to enter into agreements when layoffs/reorgs are on the horizon. I check in to better understand what is going on.

And as the OP said, yes, the grass is greener.

I call BS on the OP because he’s still on this site. CVX living rent free in his head years later? I seriously doubt it. I’m not going be back on message boards of my life years ago if I’ve moved on.

It’s a current Chevron employee trying to project his own thoughts into the future. Even if it’s somebody who hates his job now, I still find it incredulous for someone to come back to this petty site to post about it to encourage other people to be courageous

I got laid off in 2015. I was out of work for 1 year which I enjoyed and don't regret. My wife worked and all the kids were though college. I worked 4 years for companies that were very shady. And then I found my dream job as a consultant working from my house and really enjoying what I do. I just retired..

If you will be supervising workers in India, you will be stepping into a no-win disaster, that will affect your ranking and possibly your health. In that situation, If you have adequate cushioning, take the money and hope for better elsewhere..

“When you are at your new job, don't ever say "The way we did it at Chevron was...."

Other companies want results, not meetings or long Power points.”

@aa
You are absolutely correct, Sir/Ma’am.
While I delivered the results the way Chevron wanted, I still questioned openly why we did things a certain way and pushed back against unnecessary bureaucracy.

Chevron leadership does not like people pushing against the grain, even if it is simply
Raising the question. I am very aware this may have held back career growth.

However, challenging status quo and delivering results is more than welcome at companies that rely on innovation, whereas Chevron would prefer employees to basically shut up and grease the wheels of the machine.

If you have been gone from Chevron for 5 years and you’re still visiting this site, let me clue you in on a secret: you’re not happy.

When you are at your new job, don't ever say "The way we did it at Chevron was...."

Other companies want results, not meetings or long Power points.

I worked for Chevron my entire career and decided to take the package in 2020. It was an extremely tough decision. Things can be greener, I am so happy I left. My only regret is that I waited until 2020, I will I would have taken the package offered in 2016.

Change is scary, but you embraced it and had faith everything would work out exactly as it is meant to, and you have a great mindset and I wish you many years of happiness taking life’s curveballs as they come and just being happy to be you. This moment , just like all moments, will never happen again . Enjoy each moment

The only people up in arms about this restructure are the entitled SOBs that think their caca don’t stink (note: not the DEI folks) and they find it unfathomable that they are not essential irreplaceable people.

Thanks for posting. I need to hear this.

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