Great benefits, but hours are very hard on your personal life - Operator Chevron Employee Review

3.0
8 Feb 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Awesome benefits, great pay. The work certainly isn't boring and can be quite fun and challenging at times.

Cons

A large population of boomers that does not seem to mesh well with millenials trying to start a career in the industry. The hours can be very hard on your personal life. You are encouraged to bring up safety observations but the leadership often adopts a punitive attitude when you do. When aging equipment and maintenance issues are brought up, their budget is usually the first thing they bring up, in spite of encouraging safety first.

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5.0
24 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good opportunity but big company

Cons

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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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