Bureacracy, Politics and Performative Acts Valued Diligent Work - Business Analyst Chevron Employee Review

2.0
May 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work life and relatively high pay compared to the industry to retain employees and price you out of seeking work elsewhere.

Cons

There must have been directives from CEO to upper and middle management to engage with employeees. However, it is clear from middle management rumblings this is strictly a performative exercise and this is being done on a purely superficial level. Rather than taking constructive feedbac, the managers will receive an "exceeds expectations" since they "met" with certain percentage of employees to exceed the hurdle rate. Semi-annual feedback surveys are given and actually made as part of manager PMP which conflicts with the "voluntary" nature of such surveys. When management gets good feedback, they consider they're doing a good job. In areas where they receive poor feedback, they lay blame on the employee for whatever reason (balance needs of several works, employee misinterpreted question, etc.)

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Business Outlook

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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