Chevron was just "okay" - Engineer Chevron Employee Review

3.0
28 Oct 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Overall the company strives to be competitive, but maintains safety as its number one concern. They try to provide many incentives, and most management strives to ensure employees are happy and productive.

Cons

The quality of work life is truly represented by the supervisor you immediately report to. If you get unlucky, you're pretty much trapped. Many times, it was "who you know" not "what you know" to squeak by. You will see many people lacking ambition, and these people are dismissed in light of relatives in higher places. Others work extensively over 40 hr/week and are just asked to do more and more. There is definitely discrepancies in workload, that seem to be based on luck of the draw.

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5.0
19 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
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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