Sitting by the phone the get my wave 2 call…and it occurs to me how little I’m going to get done the next…week? month?…as I negotiate this theatre. Do they even realize what they’ve done here?
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@fx this was my experience too. It was so awful I was relieved to not get a position. I haven’t looked back, no regrets.
It wasn’t just the increasingly toxic culture, but the sheer ineptitude that allowed such a culture to breed unchecked. This is why you don’t do layoffs over a twelve to eighteen month period. Swift and decisive - two things Chevron is not.
Not a single leader has taken accountability for the mess this has been. Not a single leader has offered an explanation for the excessively protracted timeline.
Multiple companies have announced and executed layoffs - some companies more than once! - in the time it’s taken Chevron to complete a single round. Chevron, your leadership is a total joke.
@dx Morale went from anxiety in January to outright toxic. People are short with each other. Getting someone to help out on an activity, they say I don't know try central this or central that, but hey I need that info you have. You get in a team meeting and people ramble trying to impress. It is now toxic, back biting, snide remarks organization - and you don't dare speak up as you will be shot. You mentioned the contractors, it is sad how they treat professional people who are contractors - like they are low educated, disposable creations. Sad that they are setting up for more cost cutting. Can find reserves, buy it, merge it and fire everyone.
MW, MN and the rest know exactly what they are doing. They can wait this out until the dust settles. As long as the dividend is paid and the stock price is steady, it has been a success in their mind's. Those that still have a job will pick up the pieces to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. It's like this after every re-org I've been in where people have proclaimed that the last one was the worst one ever. And just when you think it's all back together they break it again.
You do realize, at the end of the day, its all about dollars and cents. All these other "initiatives" are all smoke and mirrors. The company cares about how to make the most money, without catastrophic consequences.
@dx a few months?! It was just u der five years since ImagineIT and things never felt right again!
Morale is going to continue to be low after selections have finished. We're now 1.5 months after round 1 org was stood up and there is still a lot of chaos. Contractors are not being treated as real team members, managers have too many direct reports, people got jobs they didn't want, people are being hyper aggressive due to a lot of confusion on who does what, and people are just very frustrated in general. I expect the round 2 orgs to be similar. Just try to make the best of things until the dust settles. It's going to be a few months before things feel easy again.
They don’t care about morale. They don’t care about finding the right people for the roles. They care about making sure their buddies land they want you to quit
Is Morale the latest bolt on system that doesn't quite work?
dont worry, wave 1 here. I have been drowning in work post announcements. Do more with less and if your good at your job, you still get to do others work because a 'friend of a friend' was picked for a job they have no clue about!
Well, some jobs have to keep moving forward, like all operations. Business continuity is the name of the game.
Does it look like they give a fu-k?
Chevron doesn't care. They are in a holding pattern, if that.