Downstream Townhall answered nothing of real relevance for employees. Also, is AW on something? He was red and sweaty and overly hyper. Not the look you want from someone that is as high a PSG and supposedly in charge.
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Why was the Investment to centralize Engine in India and not the USA / Houston? We have plenty of talent in the US. CVX essentially circumvented the H1B process and outsourced American Jobs to India over Shareholder Greed.. that's why.
None of Andy’s behavior should be surprising. Any one who ever worked with him knows he’s like that, he reminds me of one of those old school NY pastrami guys that yells at youse!
@c7+1jmz53nx0 Sadly that is the new behavior. Top down decisions that shall not be questioned. The consensus building culture is gone, for better or worse.
"this is not up for debate, it's already decided so don't question it" ... says someone who signed a job offer on behavior change. What exactly are our leaders changing here?
"....in the interest of being direct..."
Honestly everything about what Andy said wasn't a good look. That whole comment before the org chart about "this is not up for debate, it's already decided so don't question it" was ridiculous.
Not to mention him dodging the question about how lean we already are compared to competitors and his comment about Oronite needing to sell 50% to Chevron. All of these really betray a gross misunderstanding of the downstream business and the employee base's concerns
My favorite was the fact that downstream performance has basically been terrible for 20 years…but this time we have the answer!!
At least the Upstream one was professional and tone was better than the Downstream “we don’t give a f*** About you”
Change but let’s keep it the same message.
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Balaji did not display honest body language when he answered the question on the status of the ENGINE. His words said it was on schedule but his body language displayed it is not on schedule. I love it....
The upstream one is the exact same script. OE moment and everything.
They congratulated each other how great job they did to find out a way to layoff people.
I can’t listen to Balaji. His voice is instant tune-out. Reading his body language when he says “Engine is on track” let me know that it’s a typical Chevron cluster.
The closest thing to information of any importance was a slide showing which groups will be in which selection event (1H or 2H). They didn't define these groups well enough to know with certainty if you are part if it, but it's something. The rest was worthless.
Yeah, nothing new and Andy looked sloppy. Also, congratulating other execs was not a good look.