Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

Well, I got my selections in. My boss told me not to hold my breath. We have known each other for 30 years and he said that he is fairly confident that this is both of our last rodeos based on the conversations he had with his VP. I have flooded linkedin with resumes over the weekend. Just like more of the posters on here, I have a mortgage and kids in private school. We are already making changes here at our house in Livermore. I just kept praying this would not happen and it has.

Well fu-k. I just had my convo with my boss. She said that most of us here in SR that have not got a job offer but are still on special assignment will be out of a job. If we have not moved to Houston by end of summer 2026, the train will have left the station. This does not mean flying back and forth with an apartment in Houston and a House in San Ramon as you will be expected to be in the Houston office every week.

There is one person here that talks down to me all of the time named OM in finance. I am trying to figure out what day I am going to call him an a--hole and walk out. Most of you know who I am talking about.

@14m I appreciate your point of view. What I am questioning is why not TELL US THE FREAKING TIMING, then we can make a decision. Simple as that. It just feel really shady that they have the info now but choose to withhold it. That feels very manipulative and certainly erodes trust. As a result of what I have observed over the past year I have completely lost faith in leadership. I simply do not trust these people.

@14m any insight if the annual layoff would still have severance and EOI?

Californian who moved to Houston here - I think the angst is well understood but also has been a long time coming. The fact that the move isn’t required immediately upon acceptance of the position is already somewhat of an accommodation.

That said I wouldn’t move here with Chevron at this point unless there’s some kind of guarantee of employment for the next 5 years. With layoffs becoming a yearly activity moving to Houston and then getting laid off in 2027 would be terrible.

I empathize with all who have to make the hard decision of moving to Houston.

I understand that this is business, and we are all professionals who conduct ourselves as such.

What I don’t understand and find truly shameful and inexcusable is being treated in such a disrespectful manner by leadership, from MW on down the line.

These are major, life-altering decisions with significant implications, and they have refused to provide us the timing of SR to Houston moves. This is a CRITICAL piece of information, and it is simply absurd that we are expected to make half-assed choices due to their ridiculous stance on providing this detail.

Just taking an informal poll here: those of you who discussed with your friends, family, neighbors, former coworkers, etc., how this move is being handled, what were the reactions? I have gotten nothing but surprised reactions, disbelief, “no way! How can they not tell you the move timing?” The word “insane” had come up a few times. All this to say that this, what the company is putting us through right now, is NOT NORMAL. It might not be illegal, but is sure is a sh---y way to treat loyal employees.

Now a message for my Houston peeps. I know this doesn’t affect you, but put yourself in our shoes and ask yourself — honestly — how you would feel, if CVX backed you into a decision-making corner but refused to give you a key piece of info to make that decision. It wouldn’t feel very good, would it? Think of the deep anxiety that SR folks are experiencing, literally not knowing what choice to make because we lack the necessary facts to make an INFORMED decision. This is just plain wrong. It’s not about a CEO showing that he’s now a “tough guy.”

Well, I move from California to Texas and back to California. My wife said she would never go back. I have tried to replace my salary in California but nothing is paying like Chevron in the area. I thought we could put off moving to Houston until my kids got out of High School but my boss told me to either move by year end or exit. Similar to the OP, I have a meeting with my boss on Tuesday. I had planned to get an apartment in Houston and stay 1 or 2 weeks there and then fly home and work from there for 2 weeks or so but my boss told me that would not work as I am expected in the Houston office every week. My boss want me to tell her my plan by the end of this week.

For those in California still contemplating the relocation, the grass is not green in Houston. They are planning to continue the blood letting and retiring from Chevron is no longer the corporate plan. Stay in California and start over at another company.
Unless you have a personal reason to move to Texas, stay in California.
Also, the governor is destroying the public education system. If you have children under 10, you won’t like it here.

ID: @fs+1k3n10g8a
I thought you could rollover your pension into an ira and there was no tax implications. If you have other information please post because I live in California and thought the pension rollover was tax free until retirement.
Thanks

I think we all got the confirmation that if you haven't got a permanent job notification and you are on a special assignment and you are still in San Ramon, you career with Chevron is over. My finance buddy still thinks he is ok and is looking to get an apartment in Houston but that is not going to meet the return to office requirement when he is back here in San Ramon.

Thank you Dave for driving me home last night. I know I was an a--hole. You are the best of the best. I just need to learn to keep my mouth shut. So sorry for the things I said.

I agree with OP we are done in SR by the summer of 2026. This same timeline has been informed to me by many of my high psg buddies.

I sent my supervisor a link to this post this morning. He sent me a note back saying we will talk on Tuesday. I said I am free now. He responded back that we will talk on Tuesday. I said I am freaking out and he replied back in bold, WE WILL TALK ON TUESDAY, I AM FREAKING OUT AS WELL. I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF I FIND SOMETHING OUT.

I am heading to the Danville Brewing Co. to get wasted. Anyone want to join me. Leaving now.

@sf I am very sorry for what you are experiencing and can only imagine how you are feeling.

If there is one thing I have learned in the past couple of years working at CVX it is that people lie. To your face. Without flinching. Without giving a damn that they may be ruining someone’s life. THEY. DO. NOT. CARE.

Please take care of yourself and BE SELFISH. That word has negative connotations, but not in this context. I mean, put yourself first. None of these a--holes (including your manager; he’s set with retirement, so good luck to you, chump!) has your best interests at heart.

The true leaders are few and far between. If you can identify any around you, engage with them and see if they can at least offer some frank, unbiased advice to help you figure out what to do.

As for me, I am leaning in 99% EOI to 1% try for a role. I have no desire to move to that cesspool of Houston, but I am lying to everyone saying how exciting it will be to get a house with a pool for the kiddos. Do I feel guilty? He-l, no! These motherf----rs have royally sc--wed up my prime working years, so I’m not revealing my cards to any of them, especially since I do not trust these je-ks.

If MW already thinks that he has what he needs in Houston, good for him. That POS is jumping ship with a great big fat package anyway, and he sure won’t be around to watch this company and this piece of cr-p reorg self-implode in a few months. I think the Houston environment is gonna be even more toxic than MW’s crusade to punish California employees. So, I’m out and deleting process steps as I go. Will that solve anything? No, but fu-k then. I am not gonna make it easy for them to replace me.

Good luck to everyone and remember that someday we’re all gonna kick the bucket. Will any of this bullsh-t matter then? Think of GK (Upstream). He had a huge a-s mansion in Alamo, I think, and millions and millions of dollars. How long did he last in retirement before he died? Money means nothing if you don’t have your health to stick around to enjoy it.

My boss and I had dinner last night. He told me he will be retiring and wanted to give me a heads up.

I am on a special assignment, and I was told by one of the managers, OM, that I would be safe. That I would be ok.

But last night my boss told me the words that keep echoing in my head.
If I am not offered a permanent position by October 2025, I will not have a place in this company.
When my assignment ends, I will be out.

I am still in shock.
This is not what I was told before.
This is not what was promised.

He admitted that MW did not want a panic. That the real reason was they wanted the transition work finished before the truth leaked out.
And the truth is this.
Houston already has all the people they need.
The Hess merger filled the gaps.
And me? I will most likely be left standing with nothing.

I will try to get more answers on Tuesday.
But right now I cannot shake this feeling of betrayal.
I cannot believe how casually he said it, like my future was just a footnote in his retirement speech.

I have given everything. I trusted the words I was told.

I am lost. Sorry for the grammar and misspelling but I just did not sleep last night.
I am not sure what comes next for my career. I keep thinking mortgage, car payment, college.

@OP Any word on what happens if you don’t start relocation by end of year? Do you have to commit by EOY? My family is still thinking about moving.

Oh the children! Might as well get them used to being je-ked around by our betters in the elite caste.

Over the last couple decades hundreds of people have faced the same issue. Some embraced the huge cost of living cut, moved to Houston and upgraded to a fabulous home compared to California. Others rented a one bedroom apartment downtown, walked to work, and left the family in CA with bi-weekly flights home and WFH when possible. Others moved and rented out the CA house, then moved back as soon as feasible but timed it so they got their pension lump sum as tax-free Texans before returning to tax-happy CA.

All you can do is EOI and hold you head up high and not worry about having to uproot your family for a company that has shown they no longer care about its employees

@bw OR could it be taking families into consideration and not placing extra stress on them being thrust into a new school in the middle of the year. No one is discriminating against you. Stop whining. You’re not a victim. Stop it.

@bx Exactly! This is so wrong on so many levels. Also heard from more than one manager that they know the move timing details but are purposefully not telling us before the Wave 2 process completes. That’s truly fu---d up. I can only imagine that this is a form of payback from MW to those of us who refused to move back in 2022, when the offer was voluntary (though we obviously are seeing just how vindictive this man really is).

You cannot discriminate against people with children and people without. this seems like fake news sorry.

How could they ask most to move this year without at least a 6 month notice like they have promised?

Isn’t allowing parents to stay until mid-2026 and requiring non-parent to move “asap” a form of discrimination?

Great feedback demonstrating “Accountability “ and “Role Clarity”, now we just need to get all the LT to demonstrate the same level of commitment so the employees can move on with their lives and accomplish their goals.