Culture stinks now - Anonymous Chevron Employee Review

1.0
Apr 1, 2026
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Pros

The only good thing is the pay and benefits

Cons

After the layoffs last year, the culture totally stinks. Lack of role clarity is rampant and a culture of overwork pervades the company now. The return to 4 days in the office is an absolute joke because people have long commutes in the horrible Houston traffic just to attend a bunch of meetings on microsoft teams. On top of that, there are many meetings with overseas coworkers at both ends of the day and there is no way that "in-person collaboration" can happen with those people by spending an hour in traffic commuting to the office. The way things are going right now, many will quit from burnout, which is probably the intention since they seem to want people to leave so that they can replace US based employees with those in India, Argentina, and the Phillipines.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Feb 24, 2026
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Pros

The paycheck still clears (for now, until your role is moved to Bangalore or Manila). ​The 9/80 schedule used to be a perk, but it’s hard to enjoy a Friday off when you spent the previous four days hunting for a desk like a game of musical chairs.

Cons

The RTO Charade: Leadership loves to talk about "collaboration," but the 4-day Return to Office (RTO) is clearly a quiet layoff tactic. They want people to quit so they don’t have to pay severance. The "Invisible" Office: It’s impressive how Mike Wirth can demand everyone be in the building while simultaneously removing the basic infrastructure of a workplace. No assigned desks, no storage, and literally no trash cans. Apparently, "Human Energy" includes carrying your own garbage home and spending 30 minutes every morning wandering the floor looking for a monitor that actually works. Leadership Vacuum: Les Copland is the definition of a CIO "yes man." Instead of standing up for the integrity of the tech stack or the US workforce, he’s overseen the systematic gutting of IT. It’s a race to the bottom to find the cheapest labor possible outside of the US, leaving the remaining domestic staff to clean up the inevitable mess. The War on American Workers: There is a blatant, aggressive push to minimize the American footprint. We are being phased out in favor of massive outsourcing hubs. You aren't a valued engineer here; you’re an overhead cost that Mike Wirth is looking to delete.

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