Will new hires in their first year be exempt from the selection events? If not, safe to say we’ll be the first to be laid off as it will be hard to compete with more experienced folks.
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New hires are safe because you're cheap af.
Chevron still wants to maintain its reputation at university career centers. If it lays off people it just hired, people won’t be lining up for interviews next year. So in my experience, new hires are usually safe.
I am part of one of the lower level groups that is giving input. I don't know much but I do know if you have had less than a year, horizons and part of the MBA Program, you have a bit more protection around you. You are not 100% safe as you could have done something that a senior leader did not like and this is the excuse to get you out but overall, you are in a safe harbor.
Exxon had no mercy on new hires when they did their layoffs. In fact they were more not less aggressive with new hire firings.
Gotta have someone to lay off in five years...
Didn’t you hear MW? The rules that used to apply don’t apply anymore. There are no boundary conditions for this reorg.
You’re on the chopping block just like the rest of us. Buckle up.
My experience (fourth reorg) is that newer hires don't tend to get the chop any more than experienced workers. You are cheaper and less grumpy than crusty old people like myself. They'll expect you to do your work, plus the work of the more expereinced guys, for cheaper, but with no expereinced guys to learn from.
Last in, first out.
First year you’re so cheap they’ll keep you but you’ll have to step up and replace people with much more experience
Hamroic W. is in with the good ole boys, untouchable and with a soft bo--y!!!
~6-7 months was the cutoff in 2020.
My advice if you are new - find a new opportunity and get out while you can.
In the previous two rounds of ROM, there was an effort to save all the horizon and junior folks. However, some had to move and depending on your networks, some of them got picked to places they absolutely hated and ended up leaving anyway.
OP, i look at it like this...compared to a seasoned vet of 20, even 30 years, we obviously don't have the same skills, internal network, or domain knowledge they do. But what ive noticed is that some, not all, have survived previous layoffs/reorgs and have been allocated to a new role that wasnt their original line of work. You'll be surprised how small the skill gap is sometimes. As a horizons, alot of the times it feels like we're all in the same learning boat..The one thing we have to our advantage is that from a financial lens, their salary alone accounts for our total compensation as a horizons.
If you are at junior level.. at lower spectrum of PSG.. you might be safe. You are one of those who would replace some of fatty salary guys. If you were experienced hire at higher PSG than you are same boat as everyone else.
Chevron wants to maintain a pipeline of talent at all levels. The newest hires are usually exempt from layoffs and there won't be a wholesale replacement of lesser experienced employees with more experienced ones. This was the case in 2020.
My experience with these ROMS is that new hires and Horizon tend to be safe, unless you’re an absolute fu-k up or boss doesn’t like you.