Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

Yes, unfortunately there's a reason why cops have to focus on the demographic who commit the most crime. They commit the most crime. If little old grey-haired ladies were holding up, robbing and carjacking people left and right, I suppose they would have to focus on little old grey-haired ladies. That's just not the case.

I found most of the people that I encountered while in Texas rude, and many are uneducated and did not even try to speak English. I did not find it at all that way in Louisiana. The people in Louisiana were exceedingly more hospitable, warm, welcoming and friendly, and on an average seemed to be much better educated. I am from neither state but had to work at both offices for long assignments. I can assure you, I would not choose Houston as a place to reside permanently if I had any say so at all in the matter.

I come to this site for some daily humor while I ride the bus home (here in Houston mass transit isn't that bad, not great but oh well) Who gives a sh-- which office stays open or what region is perceived as superior? Keeping a job should be priority. If CVX wants you to live in BFE, you should be happy you aren't left standing like the rest of the folks in about 6 months from now. I know I will gladly move to China as long as it keeps me employed. Too many petulant infants working here these days. The only thing I hate about my job.

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Have worked in Houston, Covington, San Ramon, and Bakersfield. Houston is the only place that it is acceptable for some males to gawk, gesture and make obvious sexist comments at women passing by. Not saying that it does not happen elsewhere, but it is not a daily occurrence anywhere else but Houston.

Yea but...........the hot, flirty women in HOU make it tolerable!

Been in Covington, San Ramon, Houston and The Township. Covington is the only place that it is acceptable for some males to gawk, gesture and make obvious sexist comments at women passing by. Not saying that it does not happen elsewhere, but it is not a daily occurrence anywhere else but Covington.

Fact - Houston doesn't want more New Orleans refugees

What is a "display of sexism"? And from which sex? male, female, transgender, LGBT? If you mean that they are inviting sexist comments perhaps you are just living in the dark ages and need to catch up with modern society. If you mean that a person was making a rude comment, why should you hold the entire office accountable? No one make rude comments in Houston? The hell they don't - I worked there for many years!!!!!!

A person born and raised in Texas wrote a whole book below about how he prefers Texas over anywhere else? Now THAT's surprising........

Covington needs to be shut down. You can witness displays of sexism in the café most every day which is apparently not only tolerated, but encouraged. I would never have expected to see such juvenile behavior in a Chevron office building,

You couldn't wait to get back to Louisiana because you are not smart. There is no other explanation.

Hopefully none of the Louisiana people come to Houston. We don't want the building to smell like corn dogs full time.

To each their own, wizard.

To the OP

Your note is typical of Texan stupidity and arrogance. When a bunch of them came to Texaco in New Orleans in 89-90, all they did was bitch and whine about the place. I used to tell the," go homer if you are so miserable.". As far as Midland, Fort Stockton, etc. ....PFFT!

Yes, I was born in and lived in SE Louisiana for 40+ years. Lived and worked in Houston for 20+ and retired from CVX. If Houston is so effing great, why is it that we couldn't wait to get back to Louisiana?

All of the things you cited as being good in Houston were the reasons we couldn't stand the place.

I don’t work at Chevron but rather one of the other employers in the New Orleans area, and I must say that no way is New Orleans better than Houston. I was born and raised in Texas and have lived in El Paso, Austin, and Houston; I would pick any of the three cities over the New Orleans area, heck I would pick Midland or Fort Stockton over New Orleans (seriously).

They say the food in New Orleans is good, but I can only think of one place worth eating at, Drago’s in Metairie. I have tried many restaurants looking for this mythical food, to no avail. I describe it as dog food, and the only thing worse than the food is the service.

As far as taxes go, Louisiana has a state income tax and I pay about 5% in state income tax. That means that for every $100,000 you make, you are out $5000. Sales tax just increased and depending on where you live you will pay about 10%. I live in an unincorporated part of the parish so my sales tax is a mere 9.75%; this tax is charged on everything including food, medications, and autos. In Texas the sales tax on autos is 6.25%; in Louisiana you pay the whole 9.75%. In Texas there is no sales tax on medications and most food items. The only tax that is high in Texas is the property tax, but I will offer you a solution: buy a smaller house.

Racism is real in Louisiana. In 2009 and 2010 the state police was clearly targeting minorities on I-10 at the Basin Bridge (I was pulled over three times), particularly those with out of state license plates. On one occasion I was pulled over by a trooper for no good reason and within a blink of an eye I had three troopers trying to get me to confess that I was part of organized crime transporting stolen autos and that my driver’ license was fake, all of which was absurd. I never understood how people could confess to crimes that they didn’t commit, but now I know and it can be scary. This incident forced me to get a dash cam and a hidden cam (something that would never have occurred to me in Texas). In Texas I don’t really look at law enforcement as bad guys, but here in Louisiana I just assume that police officers are just felons that just haven’t been caught. I am not one to feel sorry for myself, but you clearly have an advantage if you are a white male. But it is not just about being white, social class is a big thing here: where you live (uptown people think they are better than everyone else), what you drive, what high school you went to (you are always asked that and this is used to see how you “measure up”). It’s funny because I always tell them I went to public school (thus creating a very awkward situation, as opposed to one of the private schools here). At night you are not safe throwing out your trash or walking your dog without a handgun ready to go. I guess to some degree I have just accepted that Louisiana is just a different world.

As far as dating goes, there are very few interracial couples, something that is very common in Texas. Not being white or black myself makes dating a real challenge. As a previous post also mentioned, people in Louisiana are poorly educated and rude (thus further reducing the pool of possible available dates). I think the two go together. When you are poorly educated, you have few opportunities in life. This in turn leads to hatred, something that is all too common here in New Orleans. I miss talking to educated people; I remember in Austin it seemed that everyone you talked to had a graduate degree, here in New Orleans few people you talk to have a high school diploma (once again it’s a different world).

So when people say that New Orleans is better that Houston or that Houston is better than New Orleans, I wonder if these people have live at both. I think the answer is clear and Houston is way better, but maybe it’s just me.

Covington office is great! Living in the area sucks!!! I have lived in various places around the USA and Louisiana is by far the worst place I have lived in the USA. The people are poorly educated, rude, and in general poor. St. Tammany parish is supposedly the paradise of Louisiana and the poverty rate is >65% of the population. I don't have a problem with poor people, but the uneducated can make life difficult. I cannot wait to move away from the area.

@2slr, believe it or not, we here in the Houston offices order King Cakes from bakeries in New Orleans before and during Mardi Gras. But also, here in the Houston/Galveston area, we celebrate Mardi Gras as well. King Cakes are made and sold here in local bakeries and supermarkets. They're not bad either. In any case, we only kid about you guys in Cajun country. We all appreciate your hard work ethic and fun loving ways. We are brothers and sisters. Come to Houston when you get transferred. New Orleans is only 6 hours away on the I-10.

Look, if the Cajuns want to stay in Louisiana because you all refuse to move to Houston to work at chevron then stay in Louisiana and leave the jobs open for the Houston folks. We might actually have more open jobs.

Wait a tick. Does this mean no more King Cake shipped over from Covington? Tragedy.

So the repeat "butthurt" and "deadwood" poster is one of the Houston-cube semi-literate Chevroids who thinks that the end of the world is at the edge of Houston and believes that "Tex-Mex" is a type of fine cuisine. Go figure.

"your bigoted assis" - That's funny, If you were a second grader learning how to use English. On this site it's just pathetic.

The poster that said he might consider Austin over Covington is a real piece of butt hurt deadwood. Only a moron that has never left St. Tammany Parish would be that stupid.

@1tns and the like are just scared of people that don't look like them. It's ok, your bigoted assis about to be canned anyway.

If you are in Houston you are probably reading this on your 45 minute van pool commute. Houston is the worst sh*thole in US. A collection of traffic jams, parking lots and rundown neighborhoods surrounded on 3 sides by a vast wasteland. Want to lose some money? Buy a house there in a trendy area before the bubble pops. The North Shore much better living. Love my 10 minute commute to office. If oil price doesnt cooperate and we dont hit opex reduction metrics, GOMBU probably will go to Houston. But that will take a few years.

Yes Houston was the easiest place to find an O& G job. When the price of oil was higher. Not anymore. Now it's the opposite. That's the reason there are so many fly-by-nights in Houston who jump around. No real dedicated personnel. That's what they expect, so basically it breeds an employee market of non-dedicated incompetence. Too bad it's such a $hit-Hole to live in also. That doesn't help.

I couldn't agree with the poster more. If Chevron closes the Covington office then you move with them to Houston or go find a job at Shell in New Orleans assuming they do not continue to relocate people to Houston.

Remember that Houston is the best city in the world to find a job in the oil and gas industry. I know now it is hard to believe that but when things turn around hopefully soon the jobs will come back. I pray for that.

"worse then" ??? They hired you? I wouldn't.

Hey, just face what's coming... You either get transferred to Houston or you get laid off. Either way, I'm going to Houston gladly. Do what you want.

A poster below wrote "Fact- no good tex mex" as a detriment to the Louisiana area! How is that a bad thing when you are talking about a state that is known worldwide for it's food? And I'm not from Louisiana. Are you guys even reading what you post? LMAO!!

I noticed that a person ( An Idiot Texan Birdbrain) responded to my post below (@-1ldt) with "stay in the New Orleans area" . Well, I don't live in the South. But I would rather live in New Orleans than the Houston Cesspool of bigots. Are you guys all illiterate or just the ones posting on this site? I hope that all of the people from Houston are not accurately represented by the single-celled brainless organisms posting here, for the sake of the few people down there who are not obnoxious idiots like the "dead wood" people on this site who are obviously going to be left standing soon.

Will ask the Louisiana natives to bring their Saints jerseys, LSU camo hats and Mardi Gras beads with them when they move to Houston. They can still go hunting and instead of fishing in the swamps they can fish in the lovely bayous around Houston.

They will fit right at home with the same heat and humidity in the summer.

Yep I agree both New Orleans and Houston suck. They are both in the same suck category as all other large cities. That is why i dont live or work in or near a large city. Yall have fun relocating to suck city. Stay positive about that tex mex food. It sure is worth moving a family for stale tortilla chips. Buy a texans or astros jersey. That will make it really worthwhile.

Fact- crime in New Orleans is even worse then Houston.

Fact- cubicle farms in Covington office as well

Fact- unless you live in Covington, spend 45 min to a hour driving across the causeway daily.

Fact- no good tex mex

Fact- Louisiana is corrupt.

Houston sucks and yes I am a simpleton. The Woodlands suck. Katy sucks. Pearland sucks. Magnolia sucks. Cypress sucks. Kema sucks.

Fact - you like everyone else will be working downtown in a cube farm.

Fact - You can get an extra layer added to your cube wall so that the midgets can't see you.

Fact - You will spend 3 hours a day in traffic if you have a family.

Fact - The worst paths to work are free, you have to pay for the bad paths, and the good paths don't exist and never will exist.

Fiction - Houston is great

Fiction - High rise, matrix cube farms are fun and encourage collaboration and ingenuity.

Fiction - I love Houston.

You are in the 5% number, @1ldt, so why don't you just stay in the New Orleans area if it pleases you? Stay happy and leave it to the rest of us in Covington to look forward to a nicer place to live. Houston, I can't wait.

@H6Vq8x3-1tzi Houston? To live in the Houston area vs the New Orleans areas? Seriously? Are you a Steer or a Queer, @H6Vq8x3-1tzi? You are definitely a Simpleton and an Idiot, as well as a bigoted - stuck-up A$$hole. No, I would not rather live in the Houston Area than the New Orleans/Covington area and neither would 95+% of the people that I know and we are not from the South at all. We would 99% pick the New Orleans Area, or Austin TX. MAYBE. But Houston? You are the biggest idiot that Chevron has ever hired if you believe that. I cannot believe that Chevron hires people who are so ignorant of the outlook that people have of the petulant cesspool of illegal muck with no redeeming qualities at all that Houston is. How pathetic can you get? You have no idea? Wake up and smell the coffee, before you make yourself look like even more of an idiot than you have already!!

What the simpleton (@1tns) purposefully ignores is the discussion is about moving from Covington/New Orleans to the Houston area. Nowhere else. 95 out of 100 people would agree Houston is, hands down, the better choice by far. Surely the simpleton prefers his home area. He's in the 5% pool. You can keep it.

"I agree, @vdm. If you get relocated to Houston, you and your family will never regret it and will be thankful to Chevron."

SERIOUSLY!!!!!?????

Thankful that Chevron moved you to a cesspool of foreigners, gang members, homeless people, illegal aliens, and the worst f'ing traffic in the US? I've lived there, and it SUCKS. Anyone who says Houston or any of its so called suburbs are a great place to raise a family have absolutely no concept of what true living is all about. Houston is a $hithole. The only good thing that ever came out of Houston was I-10. Keep your high rise, homeless, crips, bloods, and illegal day laborers on the west side of the river.

Why should it take years? Call a moving company and do it over a weekend.

It sounds like some little liberal babies have come out of the woodwork to protest the potential influx of hard-working Louisiana employees, who have led Chevron with some of the most productive and profitable fields for many many years. It's no wonder that the less productive children of Chevron hold animosity against the most productive office in the entire Gulf South, the New Orleans/Covington office. But the made-up lies about bigotry coming from the area who invented the gay Easter parade and Decadence fest is a bit of a stretch. Seriously, People? More like simple hatred, jealousy and envy of the success of a diverse multi-ethnic and LGBT friendly group of SERIOUSLY hard-working people who know the business that they have been in and pioneered in many areas for the last 50-75 years. It's OK, Houstonians. You don't need to be ashamed. Just don't lie and cry like like little adolescent children simply because you have to put out a bit more of a effort to keep up with the most knowledgeable oil field personnel in the world.