Work-Life Balance Minimal, Low Pay in High Cost of Living Area - Design Engineer Chevron Employee Review

2.0
Oct 26, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

People here are friendly and generally easy to work with. Your job is typically very safe short of company wide layoffs or selling of assets.

Cons

Very little work-life balance - recent cuts and loss of experienced employees has led to massive increases in workload with no end in sight. 12 to 14 hour days common, 8 or 9 hour days exceedingly rare. Pay is barely enough to cover rent with first paycheck, pay increases lag behind inflation, and morale is at rock bottom.

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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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