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Absolutely. Every 5 years they pay you if you want to leave -0 Great company
The culture change has been dramatic.... It's toxic, backstabbing is rampant and ENGINE is a total disaster thus far.
It's just a horrendous place to work.
From all the responses here, if you're only interested in pay, stay with Chevron and put up with the malarkey (yeah, I know - old school term). If you're interested in career development, Chevron is not your answer. Don't believe me? Just look at all the Chevron end-of-career types you've known over the years. How many of them were top-notch in their field?
@fd by saving enough money to never have to work again. I've been saving for several years already. I live on less than 50% of my take home pay because I understood a long time ago that our industry is unstable at best. I also haven't always had a high paying job so my cost of living didn't go up a ton when I got this job a few years ago. Saving money and living below my means has always been important to me.
I left Chevron just before wave 1 to a different industry. Here was my thinking:
If I got a job in a different growing industry I would leave. Otherwise I’d stay and see where I land within Chevron. I wouldn’t leave for another OG related employer, similar micro and macro issues plaguing the industry in general.
I had a great team, great supervisor, and enjoyed my work. Problem was with the reorgs there was no guarantee of continuing to work together or upward career progress. As soon as I got something different, i left.
I feel for my former colleagues mired in this lengthy mess, and still maintain contact with several of my team members and supervisor. Chevron is changing for sure in a bigger way than I experienced in my time.
I found a job at a smaller outfit paying about 30% more. I have a much broader scope of work and more autonomy.
@bq how are you going to take early retirement at 43?
I heard a saying once that you should never work for a company who overpays you because either they are desperate or incompetent. When I heard this, it made me think of Chevron. It’s easy to make a lot of money for essentially showing up in some meeting and voice a couple of opinions and delegating work to 3rd parties.
Some of you softies would not last 2 seconds in the real world. Everyone at chevron office worker is overpaid and has a low stress cush job.
A big part of the decision is on what your function is. I have been here almost 20 year in IT and—most important—never a people manager. There is zero way to maintain total compensation (salary/pension/bonus/401k match) without going into management at another company.
The culture here is dead, and I will complain loudly until the end of my career but I will never not be honest that they are paying me well enough to just sigh and eat what they’re shoveling and hope it’s enough to eventually retire early through saving well.
@OP, Yes, I want to stay. I'm close to retirement and starting over at another major or outside of industry is not appealing, given bias toward younger workers. I realize saying this means that I will face the new organization and all its challenges and hurdles, knowing I could be let go in a future cycle. Still, it's worth it to me to continue padding my pension and 401(k) until it's time to stop working. Chevron pays well and the total compensation is hard to match.
I'm mean be honest. Yes, Chevron is a complete trainwreck but they pay quite well. It is unlikely that you will be finding another company to give a similar compensation. If you did, it would probably be with one of the other majors who are equally as dysfunctional as Chevron.
I have 4.5 years before I can retire early at 43. I was placed in a job that I never thought I'd have to do again. People treat people in that job like absolute sh-t because it's easy for them to point the finger at instead of have a more objective view. I have flip flopped like crazy on how hard I want to look for something else versus just ride it out. However, I'm mostly putting out other people's fires and not learning anything in the process. I feel like I need the stimulation you'd get from learning something new, so I'm willing to see how this road goes until about December/January, and if I don't have serious talks about moving roles, then I plan to be heavily applying elsewhere. I'm not staying in the role I was placed in for 2-3 years. I didn't even put it among the 3 I wanted. Call me ungrateful but that's what I feel.
@OP Chevron still pays well. The local management does a decent job of minimizing bs.
I an concerned about the future like everyone else.
Chevron used to have a good culture. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. They are making it easier to want to leave. The flexibility has been a big driver to stay. They are cutting too deep. Those left are not going to have it easy.
Have another option. Accepted it. I don’t want to move to Houston.
Yes. I may have to work at another company and would may not get the same freedom to manage all my personal business during work hour. Definitely don't want a job that requires additional after hours commitment
Hello no!
If you secure a job in an industry with a promising future and one that is growing, then yes. If you get a job within oil/gas with another company, then no. I would rather stay on and take my chances.
No way in he-l. I’m out this coming round. By my own choice.