They keep calling it a "transformation," but from where I sit, it feels more like disarray with a shiny label. We've been through wave after wave of reorgs - and still no real change. Just new names, new charts, same confusion. The transformation teams operate in their bubble, while the rest of us, the ones doing the actual work, are still waiting to find out if we even have a place in this new structure. There’s no engagement, no explanation, just a slow bleed of morale. How many times can you shuffle the deck before people stop trusting the game entirely?
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@jj are you new here? Its the chevron hr way. Lack of competence+excess arrogance = hr leadership material. Bonus points if you are an avid botox user.
I don’t understand why LD is leading the transformation when there are other capable leaders in HR with international and Upstream experience. Empathy is not part of her vocabulary.
In the same manner, I don’t understand why JL was picked to lead HR Shared Services. Aside from his limited work experience, he is so full of himself. Oh well, he has mastered the art of managing up.
Good luck to all of us.
ABU IT was hijacked by LTI years ago, and while they provided horrendous quality work their leadership was able to put on a show and convince ABU IT Leaders that their quality was actually fantastic.
@cm is on the money — Chevron as a company isn’t terrible, but I’ve never experienced mediocrity like I’ve seen in ABU. No function wears such inconceivable mediocrity with such inconceivably immense pride as ABU IT.
Actually, mediocrity is probably overstating it when it comes to ABU IT — downright incompetence is more apt.
The epitome of this is the ABU. The thick cancer producing middle layer of blubber never thins as so many managers and their acolytes know they're on too good a wicket to bring in substantial change. I.e. institutionalised mediocrity rots the body from the top down. As this is patently obvious to all and sundry the complete atrophy of morale should be of no surprise.
Flying monkeys for real! Hehehehe
Really, what did you expect when LD and her flying monkeys are leading the whole thing again?
I think the sooner we realize the old, people-focused Chevron is dead and the new Chevron is where we work and change our expectations, the calmer people will be. Say goodbye to your old expectations and the old Chevron. It's a new company now. If you keep living in teh past you will keep being frustrated. Adjust expectations and accept reality.
@ah I second this. I did 26 years and maximized the 401K and opened another brokerage account. Cheers to you for completing the many years and coming here to offer sound GREAT advice.
@a9. Absolutely correct. Advice for those <10 years: unless you've been anointed as a high-pot (you'll know by year 10), your career will float around like a cork in water, for however you should stay with Chevron. PSG 25 is the highest you'll ever reach, at that point your assignments and salary will grind to a halt. If money is your driver rather than professional advancement, do as @ah has said: put up with the nonsense and keep banking as much as you can for retirement. That's also the advice if you're 45+. If professional advancement is your driver, attach yourself to as many high-visibility projects as possible, and remember that in the real world all that matters on your resume is dollars and barrels. Being the "chapter lead" or "subject matter expert" or "senior advisor" mean nothing in the real world, unless, of course, you can back those up with... dollars and barrels. Skip all the networks and volunteer work, those add nothing to your career. Leave those for the high-pots who are posturing for vapid managerial positions.
I don't ever post on here, but I understand what you are all feeling. Change is difficult and often comes with great discomfort. I did a few decades with Chevron and loved it. Over my career I had good bosses and I had bad bosses, but the company was always worth working for.
I elected to leave this time and raised my hand to EOI. Whatever else Chevron is to you, let it be the vehicle to your individual wealth. The company may be a lot of things, and its management may not be what you would want through this change, but the benefits are awesome. Take advantage of all the benefits Chevron provides.
For those still with the company, please maximize your 401K contributions and make sure you take advantage of the BrokerageLink services. You can invest half your portfolio in ETFs and other mutual funds through BrokerageLink not in the standard slate allowed by Fidelity inside the ESIP. You don't have to be an accomplished investor to do this. Simply call Fidelity and ask them about it. You can get better performance than "BTC Equity Index C" for example or one of the "LIFEPATH" followed by the year you hope to retire.
::eyeroll::
During a time when you control so little, focus your energy on what you can control.
Most people work so they can one day retire. Why not retire faster? Buy a cheaper house. Drive an older vehicle. Vacation in Odessa. Whatever you have to do, but put away as much money as you can into your 401K. Get better returns on your money in the BrokerageLink account.
Then just work hard, endure whatever comes, and take hope as you watch your portfolio increase with a stronger trajectory... I tell you this because so many of my coworkers I have talked to do not know about this and it has been life changing for me.
Good luck to all of you. I will pray for you all.
@a9 This is so true -- well said. So pleased to be gone.
Those that remain seem miserable, at least in my department.
Today's Chevron views "loyalty" as foolish and child-like. Technical excellence and performance mean nothing - we'll just buy another oil company when we need reserves. Take a look around, the people who are "valued" are the charlatans, buzz-word masters, have no tenure or experience in the jobs they do (tip-off: switch jobs every two years). These are your high-pots: early career anointed ones, friends, family, favored schools, and, increasingly, diversity placements. Everyone else are just cogs who can be overworked, then laid off.
That’s definitely where I am. After all my years at Chevron, I finally feel unstable here, like the Chevron Way doesn’t matter anymore and like this is not the company that I committed to. I don’t feel loyal anymore because it wasn’t loyal.