Turning the reins over to a contractor to function as a team lead with the ability to interview, hire and fire other contractors has been shown to be a huge mistake. There are people in positions of leadership who do not see a problem with a contractor functioning as an actual employee. Now, the company as suffered a significant financial loss because of the lack of oversight. As a full time employee with years of service I object to all of the ethics training while contractors rob the company blind. Leadership should be held accountable for situations of this nature.
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I heard Covington is mostly empty these days. True? Any work going on there or just typical teeth gnashing over impending doom? I don't expect any answer tonight since it is Friday and everyone is up to their eyebrows in crawdads and moonshine.
Have to laugh at all the clowns on here in dead end jobs earning peanuts. Do yourself a favor and ask to be kicked out.
More and more empty cubicles in COV100, people tight lipped like the whole place is bugged. What the hell is going on?
When did you “learn the truth”, umwq? Let me guess. When you found out you were expendable too.
@oylt - You just coined a new phrase “Chevron is a slow motion Titanic. Sinking over decades.” - #SolidGold
Let's be honest, so long as we hit TSR and can pay Dividends, does it really matter if we're corrupt?
OYLT Great comparison, the tragedy is in the legacy left behind by the bad actors and the tolerance for them. That kind of dirt on your reputation is hard to scrub clean. Chevron could learn a lesson or two from their own teachings in reliability.
Chevron’s mission is to coast and keep paying high dividends. A new ROM will hit to show tight management, but the bullies and good old boys and gals always keep their jobs. Chevron is a slow motion Titanic. Sinking over decades.
Most Business Partners will tell you that some corruption of the Pay to Play genre, exits with all majors. But will also tell you that Chevron is by far the worst.
Got you beat, nxbg. Many others have you beat as well. Hired on Chevron at 18 years old. Put in 38 years and retired five years ago at 56. No debts, no mortgage on main and vacation homes, and enough money to live on until I’m 95+. And that’s not counting on Social Security. Who’s the pathetic one now?
No -njib. I’m no snoflake. My Daddy is a top manager in Upstream and he got me this job right out of college last year. I’m pulling down $128,000 for starters and have total immunity to do as I please. Don’t complain because that’s the way of the world. Some have it and some don’t.
-nvjp, You sound like a jealous child who complains because his Daddy is not a manager at Chevron. What? Can’t move ahead on your own?
I consider myself very lucky. Been with Chevron for 34 years. Got out 5 years ago when things were already bad. Happily retired with the wife and in great health and mental sanity. Life is good. Best to the rest of you.
Non relatives do not stand a chance for employment in GOMs SCM group. The Houston office three sisters in the same group which is a picture of blatant nepotism. It is supported by past and current management. Being a current employee in Covington who is aware of the nepotism here, but in Houston they do not even make an effort to hide it. Management does not embrace the behaviors that they hold over employees heads.
MCGA? Make Chevron Great Again? Drain the Payolla Purveyors.
Welcome to corporate America msto
Just an opinion on ethics. Chevron is in general a corrupt company. Managers often breed Supervisors from their own mold, and Supervisors and Managers as a common practice levy a tariff on any who want to do work for their groups. It's a joke the degree of nepotism that goes on, a manager's job is a virtual guarantee that a wayward son or daughter will end up with a great job with Chevron and that contractor ranks will be littered with sons, daughters, cousins, and friends. I've been around the world and it exists in every BU, though my experience is that GOM is by far the worst, where it's blatant, runs rampant, and no one seems to care. There are a few honest people, but they are far outnumbered by those who aren't honest, and the dishonesty thread runs deep and high in the org
@kiex, glad you like your own post.
Spot on @jzpg. #SolidGold.
I was a TL for years as a green badge before I made the huge mistake of trading it for a blue one. I've seen it multiple times and it usually turns out to run better. Fact is, a contractor in that position can't hire staff people and can't sign for many things, including timesheets. The Manager would have to do all of that. A contractor can't function as a staff employee at CVX, not possible. Best part though, no waste of time with the popularity contest / a$$ kissing awards known as PMPs as a contractor.
Ethics? Seriously. Nader wrote “Unsafe at Any Speed.” One day somone will write “CVX, Unethical at any Location.”
This is the type of situation that could benefit from a Lean Sigma review. The scope of the study has already been defined by looking at what could go wrong. The result is a contractor having hiring and firing authority which lead to a financial benefit other than salary for the contractor from the contractor’s staffing agency.
Yea, many people post here are Chevroids who have no idea what life is like outside of their little safe space. It would do them some good to have to go out and find a job in the real world and actually have to work for a living, lol!
Its Chevron - if you worked there at any time, you would know they have no ethics. Why do you think they keep having fatalities, incompetent business decisions, EPA violations and workplace bullying with the stupid belief there will be no consequence.
Its Chevron!
2qwe = troll. Probably shouts fake news from the rooftops as well. You can’t handle the truth! Oh wait , should have put that in all caps. LOL
Now we know who is really a CVX employee since this was a real ethnics alert in the past few days. And it is relevant as employees are replaced by contractors in the name of reduced costs and outsourcing. One can have all the ethics training in the world but it doesn’t fix corruption by those out to do so. Good for CVX to catch the fraud but will they learn an employee is more likely to protect the company? Doubtful based on my experience.
The practice of allowing contractors to hire personnel is absurd and likely not exactly as the OP describes. Even if the hiring is limited to a single project goes against all sane business practices. If this has been allowed to happen and you know it for a fact, contact the company’s hotline and report it, even if you feel you must do so anonymously. Just do it.
AT, NH, DP fully support contractors having full time card approval without oversight by valid CVX employees. It is time for senior leadership to step up and enforce all of the training that we have to take regarding ethics. I provided strong input on the home page regarding the alert. Management do your jobs. I want to continue to add more years to my career if contractors are not allowed to sink the ship.
This is so true in the project world and it continues to boggle my mind how they can get away with it. In my project contractors over hire all their buddies without even bothering for an interview. Then they authorize overtime without question and sign time sheets!