Less innovation more fast following - Anonymous employee Chevron Employee Review

4.0
25 Jun 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Wonderful people, good work/life balance, reasonable pay, good benefits. If you want to work in the Oil business and feel good doing it, Chevron is for you! A great company for anyone who wants to rotate through a variety of opportunities. If you are process (and safety) oriented, like to travel and are self-motivated, the sky quite literally is the limit if you are willing to relocate to Texas and overseas. Great decisions made at the C level on both traditional and unconventional energy sectors.

Cons

For those folks who don't feel comfortable living in Houston - Chevron is not for you. If you detest seemingly petty protocols along the lines of the airline pre-flight safety lectures - Chevron is not for you. It can be a little too "care bear" at time, there is a myriad of compliance requirements but I cannot disagree with the need for absolute safety drilled into all employees. Unloading many of the alternate energy solutions today through shareholder pressure may stymie long-term viability.

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5.0
19 Jun 2026
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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
26 Jun 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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