Some very good people are being left standing well some marginal folks landed their jobs.
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@cd it is really staggering that the list includes a sizeable number of utterly incompetent folks, who su-k at core technical skills and communication, yet find themselves at 26 or higher. Hardly any of them were responsible for devising or delivering or deploying a single valuable technology to the workforce in their entire careers. The only common factor I could find among some of them, is that they traveled around a lot, and offered a bunch of training classes. That is it. Some of them are even proven deserters, who bailed on their own work, desperate to move to something else because their work was getting too technically challenging, so they left the heavy lifting to the lower PSG minions in their team to actually do their jobs. Yet they find themselves in the 26-27. Is this unique to Chevron or is this a common theme across O&G sector?
What’s not to understand about the good ol boy syndrome. Reward failure and punish success. It’s been going on for a long long time.
Same old Chevron... strategizing to lose.
@OP yep just look at who was selected in the Offshore and Subsurface orgs. This was the time for us to cut overpaid losers and instead we promoted them!
Competency doesn't matter when there is no strategy. We don't know where we are going so what does it matter what you know? Just go along to get along until we retire.
As long as the strategy, if there is one, is not clearly communicated below middle management we will continue to see ROMs and more good people leaving or being left behind.
@ay ???
that's what I see in my area. they kept the Milktoast people who just follow orders.
At Chevron it’s always been not what you know, but who you know.
I think we have reached a point in society where being a dedicated employee and great at your job doesn't necessarily translate into guaranteed employment. It was pretty much the same when the bo-m went bust in the 80's. We had a layoff one time where any individual contributor earning over a certain amount was laid off, no questions asked and no one protected them. But if the price of oil were to turn around and start going up, then watch management change their tune and tell you how wonderful you are.
It's the MW Way!
@OP must have just seen the announcement from last week’s HR selections.
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It has happened on the last restructures as well. Thats why Chevron is #5 now vs #1. Play stupid games, Win stupid prizes.
The good people are paid too much and the marginal folks are willing to put up
With this BS for a lower PSG . . . Or they know a guy