Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

@ch The days of the old Chevron are over and the new employees will never reap the benefits that were a given in the old days. The new Chevron is about hiring workers in low cost countries and outsourcing to MSP contractors. If you are an early career employee, <5 years up to 10 years. Learn as much as you can and someday you may be laid off. They can take away your job but they can never take away your skills. Jobs in the USA are not being moved overseas faster and faster. I am not a Trump hater but he talks about bringing jobs back to the USA and he is not doing doing anything to keep the knowledge worker jobs in the USA. Even the new H1B visas are expected to cost 100K, how does that support American job growth. It does not, the visa cost encourages companies to employee people in India and not move then to the USA.

If EEs and promotions are being restricted going forward, over time those that would have gotten the EEs and promotions in the old system will find better opportunities outside. It won't happen right away, but it will eventually if hard work and results are not rewarded.

Every reorg comes with a reduction in middle management, and trimming fat in higher pay grades. Very common to have a fewer higher level roles, particularly in management or hyper specialized positions.

But this is something totally different. They’ve: 1) reduced the total number of higher psg roles; 2) reduced the psg range of current roles; 3) have throttled promotions generally (I heard the # of promotions allowed was cut in half last year); 4) bafflingly made it impossible to achieve top marks in our own system. They’re squeezing from all sides.

Don’t take it from me. Look at your own roles, and watch the PDCs. Promotions will be rare. Lateral moves to nowhere will be sold as “growth”. Wherever you’re at now is more or less where your going to be psg/pay wise the next 4-5 years.

@ch curious as well. 2 year employee here.

@c9 what were the after effects of previous layoffs? Were promotions and raises restricted after those layoffs as well? Genuinely curious since I wasn't apart of Chevron during that time. How is this time different?

My supervisor admitted that 2 EEs are impossible to get. I cannot be promoted a psg in my current role, and promotions generally are being restricted. Not to mention I’ve already been warned I probably cannot enter the PDC any time soon. I cannot imagine a situation that is more apathy inducing, or more encouraging of the bare minimum.