Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

OP, you got the right idea. Take it from someone who EOI'd in 2020, once you get past 50, Chevron does nothing for you anyways, so why do something for them? No promotions, no raises (always some excuse...), so why work hard? Down-voters here are either HR flunkies or youngins jealous of your situation.

@m4 yeah I'm in a similar situation right now. In this context, I define quiet quitting as doing the job and nothing more - no initiatives to improve or document processes, minimal participation in team discussions and projects, general disengagement from the work itself etc. Having nothing to do is really bad as it makes you constantly fear the possibility of being laid off. I at least know there is a valid business justification for my role. I'm sorry you're in that situation.

@kf I apologize once more for disappointing you with my poor attempt at ascii art. I hope you can one day forgive me.

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We don’t have the quite quit in our team because our managers are so bad there is nothing to do. So we do what they ask in our team and meet expectations. They don’t want us to do more. We are punished if we contribute more than they expect.

@kd at least with all that talent maybe a convenience mart will hire you. You really got it going on better than us, bro!

Oops I guess ascii doesn't work here. Sorry @kb didn't mean to be a tease

Quiet quitting is for untalented losers. You get paid to do a job, do it and quit whining about how unfair life is.

@fa I can entirely relate to that perspective. On the other hand, net productivity grew 59.7% from 1979-2019 while a typical worker’s compensation grew by 15.8%, according to EPI data. So no, I'm not ok submitting myself to the dictates of productivity as long as us workers do not proportionally benefit from said productivity increases. We all observe the increasing and shocking concentration of wealth in America and around the world, we would have to blind not to. So willfully and enthusiastically participating in a system built on and ensuring our exploitation seems, paradoxically, utterly counter-productive.

I would be bored doing the bare minimum. There is always so much that can be done to improve efficiency. I know I am likely a fool for trying.

I would be bored doing the bare minimum. There is always so much that can be done to improve efficiency. I know I am likely a fool for trying.

I think its fine to feel frustrated by the process but just remember its nothing personal the industry has alot of ultra competitive companies.

Just think about your legacy - do you want to be remembered as the person that didn't chip in when needed by the team or do you want to be remembered as the 50 year old that still had more in the tank tried to be better today than they were yesterday the person that bought energy and ideas to the table - mentored others and bought their best self to the office even when not all the days were easy?

@c0 where

Funny... i've been w CVX for over 15 years. Before that worked in a couple of mid-size companies. I've seen "busy PMP focused gamifying workers" and quiet quitters since I started - these people will be fired in a month if they did this type of effort in a small company. At first I wanted to leave but it was the recession that time so eventually I did the same as I used my extra time outside of work and did the minimum too. If the project or role is fun then I go back and put a bit more decent effort.

More power you OP... but that tactic has been around for decades - the culture made it so

I guess I disagree with this take because of my own personal ethics. They are not dependent on how others act. I personally can’t work in a job where I’m not trying my best. It isn’t in my nature. If that’s the way you get down, more power to you. And if I feel that way about a job. I’ll just leave and find something I can be passionate about.

@OP There will be a 3-5% annual culling of underperformers. You will not survive!

Just come out of the closet and become a full time slacker. Slackers Anonymous are here to assist you. Slacker is a synonym for a quiet quitter.

@c5, you might as well throw in - "full of themselves Gen-Xer who is useless and doesn't have a clue" for good measure just to cover all the bases!

@OP why does every boomer and underpaid millennial feel the need to announce “quiet quitting” on this forum like it’s some vision-changing revolution in work culture.

The truth is you are too scared to quit now to look for a different job, because you know no other company will pay you the inflated CVX salary that you think you’re worth.

@bb willing to “claim to it online” lmao this is an anonymous message board, not the New York Times. Get over yourself - the reorg should have taught you by now that you are completely replaceable.

i mean...the next layoff round will be more like in the next 18 months anyway.

Couple of quiet quitting SCM managers got golden farewells. Decade plus of promoting the obsequious and tame then taking the money and running. Sad and obvious to all.

I need to hustle to survive two more. Then I’ll be in your camp. Glad you are there now.

I’m also just coasting but I have 10 years to go.

100% with the OP. I plan on aligning and inspiring with minimal effort until the next inevitable round of layoffs and then finally heading out of this sh*t show.

OP I think many people have been doing this "qq" and will continue to do this after the selections. You are one of the only people willing to claim it online. I wish you the best in the selection process and I agree with you.

I'm (half) surprised by all the people criticizing OP and seem to be completely fine with corporate practices which consist of using and abusing employees without any concern for loyalty or tenure. Everyone working for a corporation should quiet quit, they treat us as disposable assets (aka human resources) and layoff / fire workers regardless of performance or anything else. Is outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries not enough evidence of this? Working for a corporation is a purely transactional relationship 99% of the time, of which the only purpose is to increase shareholder value. Are you a major shareholder? If not, stop fooling yourselves into thinking corporations care about you in the slightest. Although they are legally people, corporations are morally dead.

@aa The slack will be picked up by contractors, my coworkers are in the same situation. The phrase "more cost effective geography's" is the mantra. This reorg is to make more money, not to improve efficiency.

I agree with the poster. I have received excellent reviews every year; many exceeds expectations. What did it get me? My job was sent to India and I got a 6 month extension to baby sit the contractors that took my job.

It makes no difference, whether you work or don't work. Your ESIP will be manipulated by your supervisor as a cost savings measure. Meaning, they will purposely rate your performance that should be "Exceeding Expectation" to "Meeting Expectation", so they don't have to pay out. That was my experience during the last two years as well as them making sht up, so that your rated even lower i.e. "Not Meeting Expectations". F em. Find another job, where such childish and unethical behavior from the top is not the norm.

@OP, you should have just EOI’d. Your coworkers will loathe being around you, and hopefully you don’t get a PSG bump but rather a demotion / PIP.

So, you mean no difference from the amount of work that you do now but you have latched on to a new buzz-word for it. Sure, let's see how that works out for you, your boss and your fellow employees who have to pick up your slack. lol.

Why is it childish to “quiet quitting”. I’ll prioritize other things in my life, live better. I know my career is going nowhere, maybe 1 PSG increase before the end? Is it worth it to ki-l your self for that?

My life is worth too much to me to waste it behaving like a rebellious child. I would find something else instead of sitting there pouting because I disagree with something that every major corporation does and has been doing for decades. Get over yourself. Layoffs and restructuring is not new.

If you make it to next round there will be too much work to quite quit. It will be very obvious you are not working and you will be fired. Better plan is to do your job while looking for another job.

You won’t make it 3-4 years, as quiet quitters and under performers will simply be let go. The company is changing, starting with our individual performance metrics.

…I applaud you for doing the bare minimum for a six figure gig? Round of applause?

Look, I don’t like this either. I’m up for selection for phase 2. If I get selected to continue with the Company, great. My LinkedIn profile will still be active to recruiters.

But “quiet quitting” for the next 3-4 years? I don’t think I can morally do that. But to each their own.