Will layoff be based on employee performance?
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I left Chevron in 1996 and never looked back.
Until they bought my latest company, Noble
What comes around goes around.
I left Chevron in 2000 when they offered the enhanced severance to those who volunteered. I was nervous about finding a new job after, but I couldn't pass on the one years salary and paid health insurance for me and my family for a year.
Best decision ever! I found a new job within 2 month, at a higher pay.
Chevron looks great on your resume, but honestly, it is so much better once I left. I didn't heave to deal with the BS project politics.
Good luck everyone.
The elephant in the room as key factor for layoffs (which strangely enough nobody mentioned) is your position within your pay range.
I am located at the bottom of my range, 78 percentile. This would make my layoff much less cost effective than the layoff of my colleague/peer located at the 30 percentile.
They are doing these layoff to cut costs and improve free cash flow, not to punish you if you have 2 “expect more” over the last 3 years.
Will be based on age and DEI just like 2020.
My guess:
- First to go are people with 2+ expects more within 2022, 2023, 2024
- Next up are those with skills assessments / competency assessments below the targets
- Then hybrid noncompliance defined as less than 2 badge swipes a week for 6+ weeks
- EOI volunteers
- If the layoff targets still haven’t been met, then it moves to best fit for the remaining people left, with best fit defined as leadership’s perspective of you
Good luck to all.
I hope so, because according to my latest PMP I am useless - and if unqualified middle managers can’t see my value, I am happy to take a package.
ex exec
What's RM?
In 1992 Chevron had a layoff. In one group they laid off employees over 40 who were not interest in being supervisors. Those people were interested in staying in a technical track. But Chevon didn’t have a “technical track”. Good luck people.
No. I have seen high performers left standing. There's alot of factors affecting the selection process.
Regardless, key is don't take it personally. Many times, it's not about you.
@1rh I was actually thinking the exact opposite. Chevron is probably just going to wait until their change of control stipulations expire and lay them off without their hefty severance.
Not another RM s-b story please. Like you, RM is now history, please move on.
I doubt that any LPDCE will be layered off. They just got hired in!
Layoffs almost always come down to your role, perceptions of your performance, and your advocates.
Not all roles are the same. CNE exists, but it is still a small part of Chevron’s business. Petroleum engineers and petrotechs are still the most important roles in the company. Corporate and support functions like PSCM, IT, HR, Finance, etc. are more likely to get cut deeper or outsourced.
All the CVX layoffs I can remember were performance-based. Back in the RAE people that had a 2- or a 3 in the previous three years were slated to be cut. Only a strong supervisor advocate could save you.
I bet this layoff will be similar. Order a list of people by the number of “expects more” ratings they got since 2020 or 2021. Cut X% from the bottom until you achieved your headcount / budget target. Keeps things nice and mechanical. Nothing personal. It’s just the system.
If you really want to shake things up, ignore PSG. Some high ranked people might get cut.
It was RM social agenda that out incompetent non deserving people on these jobs and other leadership positions
Her hands are full of blood of the innocent people who lost their life when she pushed out the truly competent once who can manage this risky business and replaced them with cheerleaders.
Her destruction is beyond any imagination
At the end of the day, your future is largely determined by the role you occupy, the team you belong to, and the country you're in. If you happen to meet the criteria for elimination, it’s likely a done deal. For those fortunate enough to be labeled as 'High-Potential,' different rules may apply, but let’s be clear—this has nothing to do with actual performance ... I mean work performance.
Don’t lose your composure. Your sanity, pride, and self-worth are your greatest assets in navigating whatever outcome lies ahead. If you haven’t been scrambling for approval or pandering to you know who, keep that same level of self-respect. There's no need to start now. Not every sycophant is going to make it. Frankly, if there were any real justice, those are the ones who should be the first to fall. Unfortunately, with the current ELT in place, don’t hold your breath for that to happen. It’s a shame, but reality rarely aligns with what it should be.
Definitely wasn’t the fu-k ups on gorgon, wheatstone, Bigfoot, FGP, Oxy, and Hess - it was definitely RM.
And who measure the performance?
Poor performance :)
RM have destroyed the company. These layoffs has no one competent to manage them anymore so the results are known
Plain and Simple, RM HR have destroyed Chevron for good. It needs a miracle 🙏.