It's a boom or bust business - Technician Chevron Employee Review

3.0
Jan 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- 401k match contributions and defined benefit plan - Pay is decent - Most of the people at the lower levels are pretty good people and want to do a good job

Cons

- Too much fluff to sift through to do a good job in a reasonable amount of time - Good people get laid off while other bureaucrats keep theirs - A good portion of required annual training is not very useful in day to day operations

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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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