If you are in San Ramon, schedule time with your boss. They should have all the information now. Looks like no flying back and forth will be allowed. Houston is now home and the time in office will be monitored and working remotely from San Ramon will not be allowed. Good luck my friends.
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@cdv, If you are a contractor, you have no CVX pension, right and literally no skin in the game and it makes no difference to you or us one way or another. So you just came here to gloat about nothing. All contract positions are like that.
Please move along and get back to whatever podunk contract position you have now, it's not even relevant. And save us the snappy comeback about how great you have it now, we have pretty much heard every tall tale there is at this point.
@OP Certainly glad I moved on 4 years ago. The writing was on the wall. I know some people that relocated to the Houston area, they're not happy.
@ee: would love to!!
Talk to your VP. They have all the answers for your group. If you have not heard anything and you currently work in SR, I can almost guarantee your employment will not continue with Chevron. I don't know who these other posters are but my VP let us know on Monday that our group is finished in SR in the April, May, June time frame of 2026. I don't want to say our group because there is just a handful of us left in SR. Our VP also said there would be a PDC during that time to calibrate who is left and try to fill in some holes. My guess is that we will have some additional consolidation of roles and several Hess personnel will move into more leadership roles. Houston will also be flush with O&G personnel that will be laid off from CP, Shell, Exxon etc.
Is anyone else hearing anything with more detail than what the poster provided?
@ee F ur 3rd world houston
Then why did so many people in San Ramon get jobs in the first round and a lot of us in Houston got laid off.
I saw on the list all the people that are in San Ramon. They got jobs and I know none of them are going to move to Houston.
Such a waste.
I know a guy who was basically able to buy a book of tickets from Southwest for like $250 each. He can use them any time but he had to buy like 25 at once.
MW and LC will be remember for destroying a beautiful company. With MW 2024 compensation at $33M, it’s alarming to think 2025 could bring an even larger payout, potentially including a bonus, despite the company’s decline. The board must scrutinize their actions and compensation to safeguard the company’s future.
I don't know about you guys but I've been given access to the lakeside basement til 2029
@ee Super happy that you love living in Houston, and more than super happy I am not. It’s a win win.
Houston area resident for over 38 years. Do us a favor, please stay in CA and let someone who wants to live in this area a chance to get your job. Please stay in the People’s Republic of CA.
Fake news.
@ad Would you be interested in a retirement review? No strings attached.
That’s exciting and all but most of the people I know/knew in San Ramon have been laid off…including myself. Mostly just special people left there now.
So you mean the people who got to keep their outrageously high-paying cushy jobs with generous benefits now have to show up at work and actually DO their job?
Oh. .. My. .. God.
My the HORROR!!!! The next thing I'm gonna read on here the sky will be falling. I just know it!
I love this phrase, “with a warning: Be careful. Optics at Chevron matter more than reality.”
This is so true and one of the reasons Chevron has so m as my leadership problems. All the LT is sad I focused on the optics the truth is always modified to create green dashboards and PowerPoint slides. Chevron will never make the positive change they are talking about until they get the Leadership Team to tell the truth.
@ar that’s sad, family > job. No job is worth not seeing your family each night. Your kids mental health will pay for it in the long run.
OP, are you saying that your specific group must exit to Houston by summer or did your boss say all lakeside is out by the summer? Come on, give more detail than that! Otherwise I call bs
finally!
I know quite a few people who fly home from Houston to the Bay area on their 9/80s using the Thursday flight around 5pm from Hobby to Oakland. They return on either the Sunday night or early Monday flight. A few guys have done it for years.
I'm not the original poster, but I had the same conversation with my boss last Thursday. I suggested splitting my time, one week in Houston, one week working remotely from Danville. He shut it down immediately: No. You're expected in Houston full-time unless you're on a work trip.
I offered a compromise, three weeks in Houston, one in Danville. Another no. I tried pushing for leaving Friday and returning Monday. That got a maybe, but with a warning: Be careful. Optics at Chevron matter more than reality.
According to him, frequent trips to Danville would make it look like I'm not committed, like I'm trying to line up another job in the Bay Area and just doing the bare minimum to keep my paycheck. He ended with: Do what you want, but don’t expect it to look good. To be honest, I am actually looking for another job in the Bay Area and have no intention of selling my home. My wife and kids love it here and they hate Houston with a passion. I will do what I have to do but nothing more.
It was official a long time ago. hello. You are free to fly home to family every weekend as many have done as long as you pay for it yourself.
Thanks for sharing. Haven’t logged on yet; is this an official email announcement?