Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

What it’s gunna take for IT to work in ENGINE

I’ve been here for 10+ years, and the problem Chevron has is too many leaders who don’t know enough to hold employees accountable. It’s night and day from my last gig where leaders knew more than almost anyone on their team and could step in and do any job if needed. Too many leaders at Chevron who just accept whatever their direct reports tell them because they’re not smart or experienced enough to know they’re being lied to. When you add in the distance, language, and cultural barriers of a manager in the US and workers in Manila or India, you end up with weak, clueless leaders accepting whatever excuses they’re told and not holding MSPs or employees accountable for su-king at their jobs.

The only way ENGINE will work is if LC and friends can actually manage to keep the smart, experienced, knowledgeable technical leaders who will hold them accountable and not fall for the bullsh-t excuses that will flow from Bengaluru. There’s about a 2% chance of that happening tho and it will be the same gutless spineless clueless leaders kept around that we’ve had since 2020 who will gladly accept the smoke that ENGINE will be pumping up their as--s.

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@kr+1jjy9yktt
AI/ML (data science) is another area at risk as it is a hot field and with many early to mid career employees who don’t lose much by leaving. There’s nobody in the org over 20-30 years of experience worth keeping. With LC wanting to do innovation in ENGINE and with most platform managers not knowing what to do with their data science product teams, the writing is on the wall for where we are headed and it’s not a place with a lot of growth for people in the future.

The fact that our executives are valuing digital scholars (no offense to them cuz some are quite good) to do the same work over data scientists who have been trained for years just shows how insanely out of touch the executives are.

The good ones will go to companies where they aren’t trying to convince Chevron IT managers that PI planning and writing ADO features and stories for AI/ML work is a gigantic waste of time.

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you are right, CL resignation announced today. I do not know him well but I believe he was a contributor to CVX. He was an outsider and probably saw the writing on the wall because most of the outside hires are never allowed into the "original swamp". He probably knew he was smarter than "the insiders". I wish him the best!
LC stated he had "mixed emotions" about CL leaving which is a bit weird but probably because LC knows he needs CL and cyber security at CVX will experience a setback without a solid leader at the helm.

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Post ID: @rn+1jjy9yktt

It’s not a rumor. It is true. He wasn’t forced out. He’s going to go be a CIO elsewhere instead of working for a guy who isn’t as qualified for the job as he is.

MW and BK are scrambling because more of these are coming.

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Post ID: @nr+1jjy9yktt

If CL leaving cvx is true, this is some great inside information. There has not been any indication of this on the streets inside cvx. If he was forced out then this is more evidence of the group think mindset within cvx IT. He is one of of the only people that is not a 30 year employee. The IT leaders are so inbred there are no new ideas of leadership and change. Very sad state we are in.

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Post ID: @kr+1jjy9yktt

The rumor is true. Our head of cyber is leaving. What a disaster LC is in. His own anointed data GM and the only respectable incumbent cyber GM are gone.

CL won’t be the last key IT leader to go. MN and EB better wake up and realize that they picked the wrong dude. The people you want to keep are leaving.

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Post ID: @h5+1jjy9yktt

Why would AG (or RS, KB, TK) quit when there’s an EOI soon. This has to be false.

I think the rumor that you’re starting can only be either somebody confusing with that contractor advisor who supposed to be on the FLT for data and insights but was fired. Or CL found another job. Because there’s no other FLT member who has got any marketable skill outside of Chevron to get paid what they get paid today.

Cyber is hot. Cyber won’t be going to ENGINE. Cyber is America 🇺🇸

If he left, we’ll be back to having a geologist like the previous one running cyber, which is par for the course.. given that this company has a CFO who doesn’t have a finance degree because we are so good at developing people

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Post ID: @er+1jjy9yktt

Heard that one of the FLT members already quit. Hope it’s AG?

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Post ID: @d0+1jjy9yktt

That talent drain is coming. Book it.

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Post ID: @cw+1jjy9yktt

I love the comment on “ powerpoint engineers”… pick any high visible engineers who like to train people on cool stuff like AI and other buzzwords and tell them to solve a complex legit IT problem themselves in 6 months without any help of contractors - they will say… oh… don't code anymore i only do presentations

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Post ID: @be+1jjy9yktt

You are absolutely right. The few good people that are doing real work get no recognition and those power point engineers who are great at spinning stories get all the promotions and credits. Chevron’s management is messed up. There is no future in this sinking boat.

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Post ID: @ak+1jjy9yktt

Engine will go the way of MCP performance- vastly over budget, well behind schedule, and will under deliver.

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Post ID: @ac+1jjy9yktt

Nope, it will be another Chevron money pit. $1 billion "investment" down the drain

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Post ID: @ab+1jjy9yktt

The Indian contractors we currently have are so bad it's embarrassing to work with them. They cause constant problems for our team, do terrible work, can't think critically, and often as soon as they come up to any problem they stop work and wait until we login. I hope we hire better than them at least

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Post ID: @a9+1jjy9yktt

The key phrase is "weak, clueless leaders", they are not held accountable and have never been in the 15+ years I have worked here. The PO and PM leadership is only accepted by the LT above them if they are "Yes" people. New ideas are not accepted and the "grow mindset" training Chevron sent us to has not been adopted by the LT. Fixed mindset thinking will more than likely continue to be rewarded as the employees are laid off with little improvement but lower costs obtained. Customer service to the BU's will continue to decline as the new operating model is adopted.

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Post ID: @a6+1jjy9yktt

You are so right. But what’s worse is that, the few leaders that do know what they are doing and challenge their team to do better come under scrutiny from _their_ leaders for being the only ones not towing the line about how wonderful everything is and get told they’re naysayers and over complicating things

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