Good work life balance - Petroleum Engineer Chevron Employee Review

4.0
Aug 19, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Stable, easy hours, not many managers, good options, good bonuses, good location, easy commute from anywhere in houston. They care about their employees.

Cons

Too much training, lot of effort to manage your career, not enough vacation, cafeteria charges employee, no free gas, lots of old people

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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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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