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Watching MW on the news as the opening act is silly
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I expected them to be halfway decent at public speaking, not point their thumbs at the teleprompter and um, ugh, and err their way through rambling answers.
What did everyone expect to happen? MW or MN or any of the rest of them to stand up and tell us that they made these bad decisions which created this mess. Their solution was to resign in disgrace. Does anyone really think that we will be able to hold them accountable. Just try it. That stuff is just like the line, "my door is always open". They hold all the cards and they know it. It may be bad for awhile but they know that those left will plug away no matter what. In the meantime, they will reward themselves for all the grand strategic thinking they had to do to get the place back on track. Those that dodged the layoff bullet will get a few crumbs for being loyal employees. Good luck to all.
Wonder what XOM is thinking right about now….
In the previous round, we emphasized empowering employees to make decisions and holding everyone accountable. However, it seems this led to confusion. Now, they’re questioning why the accountability model isn’t working. Honestly, it’s ridiculous.
Be the Best is the new thing. It’s funny.
Where was CPP on the organization?
You copied and pasted that from another thread.
Where was Balaji.. is he in list ?
Read the news releases. I think they were very thoughtful when internally the 2025 map was shown but externally it’s mentioned layoffs thru end of 2026.. Year 1 of 2 just beginning
this is the reason why i stopped playing this game long time ago… this is why we do not lead and our leaders su-k
“ The company rewards those who play internal political games rather than those who contribute meaningfully”
Mw and MN are best buddies. Apparently, they told the elt members and a few board members that chevron messed around with opg and leading performance too long with no results, while competitors made real changes. As a result, NH was let go.
MN loves EB , because she is d-mb as f..k. MN is hoping to become the next ceo even though his age doesn't allow it. He is hoping for an exception, the same way mw got it. This is the reason why the elt is full of id--ts, because MN advises mw with staffing decisions.
When mw decided to stay another term, it was the last straw for pb. Jg was supposed to be the cfo but he is jg (another staffing mistake). So they had no choice but to turn to eb.
Eb is really bad and she surrounds herself with gossipy, dramatic people. As a result her office is in perpetual crisis and that's how she operates. Plus , she is not very smart and afraid of public speaking. So MN thinks he can be the next ceo, because the board is seeing ebs incompetence.
Good luck guys. I don't think this company will survive this disastrous elt.
What is SETH!
Folks - yeah mgmt needs be held accountable and they’re overpaid.
But we all benefitted for years from the people first culture. All of us. We’re all quite highly compensated let’s face it.
I thought the SETH was good and welcome the culture change. We have to grow and change and adapt.
Chevron is being very try generous with people with the EOI and severance. My partner was laid off by his badge not working one day no notice no severance and that’s what most of the world does.
Grow up folks! Chin up and let’s make some change and do good things
I don’t know anything about her, but the RBU - VP was tough on the leadership today and I like that.
Best thing about this SETH is the moderator asking questions we want asked. They must have loved when she said we’re looking to leadership to BE accountable.
Watching unglued and triggered chevroid snowflakes comment on this site is way more silly and entertaining than anything MW can do, lol
The fact that no one knows who the decision-maker is isn’t a sign of complexity—it’s a direct failure of upper management. They frame it as an unavoidable challenge of a large organization, but in reality, it’s a consequence of managers not doing their jobs. By definition, a manager’s role is to either make decisions or clearly delegate decision-making authority. They are responsible for defining roles and ensuring accountability.
They are also compensated so highly because, in theory, they assume responsibility and risk for the decisions they make. Meanwhile, technical employees—despite doing critical work—aren’t paid as much because they don’t bear that responsibility. But Chevron seems to have this entirely backward.
That senior management is oblivious to this isn’t just concerning—it’s disturbing. It’s an admission that they not only fail to do their jobs but don’t even understand what their jobs are in the first place. They neither have the technical expertise and have found a way to also not make any real decisions and take accountability for it. What is it that they do?
The people on stage seemed completely unable to process that the question was about why "accountability" becomes empty buzzword when it comes to actual consequences for the people on stage failing to deliver results.
This response is very telling of Chevron’s culture. The question was about how leaders plan to demonstrate their own accountability, yet their answer either shifted the focus to how employees should be accountable or suggested that employees should "hold" leadership accountable. That deflection makes no sense.
For managers at Chevron, the top priority seems to be ensuring they have channels to say, "It wasn’t me, it was them." Instead of taking responsibility, they distance themselves from outcomes, claiming their role was merely to "oversee and support" while shifting blame for poor performance onto employees. They need to do better. True leadership would acknowledge that the failure may have resulted from their own decisions—or lack thereof.
Chevron’s culture incentivizes people to take as little risk as possible. That’s why no one is willing to make a decision alone; all decisions must be made collectively so that no single person can be blamed if things go wrong. If a decision does have to be made, it often falls to someone lower in the hierarchy, making them a scapegoat in case of failure while allowing leadership to take partial credit if it succeeds.
It's also telling that Chevron is offshoring jobs and cutting tech staff while consolidating power among corporate "politicians" who prioritize risk mitigation and maximizing personal gains over innovation or progress. The company rewards those who play internal political games rather than those who contribute meaningfully. This approach stifles accountability, decision-making, and long-term success.
Make your self bullet proof
https://youtu.be/LRHvMJsoJKw?si=8HgqYFsbHsCT17ys
“When the chips are down, the people of chevron delivered”
Except the ones youre firing in favor of Indians and AI, MW.
"I believe in our people...I believe in you...I believe we have the courage...I need each and everyone of you..." BTW, you get the axe, you get the axe and you get the axe.
KH! What a champ
@bh+1jkxe4khb The DEI question was asked by an under performer who is riding their “protected” status.
The offer letters will be different? I've heard that there will be wording around must move to Houston for those still in San Ramon.
EB keeps looking to MW for approval and not getting anything out of it, guess she wasted her time with those BJ's
It’ll be two weeks.
Nothing about an "enhanced" severance package (ie 3 weeks per year of employment); I heard that this would never happen again since a lot of institutional knowledge walked out the door when this was offered in the past.
MW: you followed the processes but you didn’t deliver results. Tie your hands and then ding you for not delivering.
Mike is getting pressed and got saved
Who cares why he called it GOA. Domestic Deepwater is a money pit. Our elephant hunt strategy is the mistake. We are awful at MCP delivery. Defund it whatever it is called and spend the money elsewhere….
The low carbon argument is BS.
These questions suuuuuuck. Whoever curated these has no interest in the broader audience’s questions.
MW might look in the mirror and measure his performance against those accountability behaviors. Self reflection please.
@c4+1jkxe4khb They have not announced if it's 2 or 3 weeks.
Incredible selection of fake questions curated for this TH.
A question on GoA? Are you kidding me?
20% layoffs and everyone’s wondering GOABU or GOMBU, lmao these questions are a joke
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April/May
Um uh um um uh I um don’t know um how to uh beat xom
It’s a circus here. All these people on the stage are incompetent and should be taking the package first. We landed where we are because your poor vision and greed. What a joke!
Why did we not do engine during the last transformation? Everybody else did it many years ago and were able to absorb the employee offsets gradually through natural attrition. Now chevron will run to catch up and the offsets will come through lay offs.
Because the elt is incompetent.
Why are our best assets not competitive? Tco (eb), abu, company operated permian? Because our elt is incompetent.
Why can't we execute projects on schedule and on budget? Because project management philosophy and accountability model are flawed. Why? Because our elt is incompetent.
Why is our central overhead so high? Because central groups can't effectively support bu's due to substandard ctc-bu support model (eb). Why is that? Because our elt is incompetent.
Why can't we grow the company organically? Because we cut exploration to the bones. Why is that? Because elt is incompetent.
Now the elt is in panic, they are trying to appear calm, but they will now resort to human primal instinct of beating up the weaker ones (employees) instead of being true leaders and leading us out of this mess they created. But they won't do it, will they? Mw and EB already said we need to work harder. MN is obsessed with office attendance. They tell us they are doing great, the strategy is sound... no it is not, MW, EB and MN need to go. We need real leaders from outside of cvx.