Walking through the buildings this morning that has become an endless and never ending corn maze of “improvements”, it dawned on me, Chevron is lost. From elevators, escalators, college dorm style offices, orgs that don’t work, consultants ripping us off, workflows in the name of simplicity that accomplish the opposite, lack of accountability, zero clarity and more, we are lost. None of this helps us make more oil, gas and profit and YES, that is what we are supposed to be doing. All this waste and not one thing is improved. Not one. All are worse. No project should be considered without answering the question of how it makes things better for employees so they can help Chevron make more oil, gas and profit.
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@yg Jesus! What the heck dude?
I think some bad luck is about to befall Chevron…
There is nothing fast-paced about Chevron.
@rf+1kv855ct4, So what you have learned after all these years is how to use Chat GPT. Hooray! Hooray! You passed the can't think for yourself Chevroid exam! A+
To the original poster: You made and shared a great observation about the intersection between facilities and the latest revision on the CVX ways of working. Post Covid- administration leadership particularly HR resented any return to office mandates as Pilates and Yoga pants are not office attire. They convinced ELT and the operational management that Work from home did not create cultural or technical challenges and that Teams and a headset was all that was needed.
In fast paced operating environments proximity and collaboration are required for safety and success. The building feeling vacant and reflecting a lack of cohesion was by design. HR and the management consultant cadre have propped this up. This will only change after a purge. What’s needed is low oil price environment, hard well declines with increasing OPC.
Why are CVX employees trying to profile anonymous posters and sling mud at them and post rude and condescending comments? That's pathetic. You would think this is the Reddit 5 year old mommies basement dweller food and p-o flinging site if you didn't know any better.
@m4, but, when these pillars start to crack and they will
has been the situation since the beginning of all of the Oil and Gas Industry companies, large and small, many, many decades ago. No one took their jobs for granted then and neither should you now. Enjoy the ride.
@ep Houston modernization plan (laughable)
@OP how long can this charade last? There is institutional rot and everyone is so enriched that change and improvement is resisted
" I am 52 and if I include lump sum and severance should have about 5.5. That’s about 240k per year with the 4% rule well below my base pay, bonus and stock that I make every year. To maintain the a lower standard of living, tuition for kids for another 8-9 years, health care, property taxes, taking care of extended family, two weddings in the next 5 years at 250k each, vehicles, insurance, taxes on retirement income and have at least 250 k in disposable actual income, I need at least 350k in actual income in a down market . Projected over 20-30 years accounting for inflation long term care, hospice care, assisted living etc. Iwhich will get very expensive over that time period, so it could be quite tricky. So Social security, Medicare would help but only after 64.5 years, so my projection is 8 MM with the 4% rule factoring in all of this. I need 3 MM in the next 5 years or in a shorter timeframe if I am let go sooner than later."
Fourth reorg for me now. Each one promised simplification and more profit and of course we all know it never happened, just cooking the books for a few quarters. All for some new alphabet soup made up by consultants to yet reduce headcount, again.
@by HMP is garbage just give us a regular cube with our name on it and stop wasting all this stupid money
@by what’s HMP?
@by HMP is a stupid waste of money.
Management are considering putting a pause on HMP.
The HMP PM is mad that it's not getting pushed out more.