opportunities and headaches - Research Engineer Chevron Employee Review

3.0
Sep 19, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

- Significant opportunities to be a part of big projects - The company operates around the world so there were opportunities to work on projects in other locations, including abroad - People made a genuine effort to treat each other with respect within the company

Cons

- A lot of corporate spin inside the company. - I faced a lot of tasks that seemed to be requested because some higher up person wanted them without knowing why the tasks would help the company - Sometimes an inordinate amount of money was spent to solve problems that were better addressed with individual effort.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

great pay, decent schedule, work is overall rewarding

Cons

would like to see 14/14 schedule become the norm

4.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people at Chevron are great and overall it's a pretty good company - decent benefits and company culture. The 9/80 work schedule is a great perk. It has struggled to stay competitive with other big employers in California though.

Cons

Leadership has become increasingly out of touch, with regular re-organizations, lay-offs, and offshoring of support/operation functions disrupting day-to-day work and making processes even more slow and bureaucratic. Overall most employees are still wonderful to work with, but the constant leadership mantra of "do more with less" and removal of flexible/hybrid work has definitely reduced morale and made Chevron just another job, whereas it used to be a genuinely enjoyable place to work.

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