Good company, but a few bad apples - Senior Counsel Chevron Employee Review

1.0
25 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting work with very smart colleagues, Many opportunities to travel and/or take expat assignments. Stellar benefits including 401k match of 8% + pension + RSUs. Better DEI than most companies due to international workforce.

Cons

Most jobs are high workload and high stress, leading to poor health and zero work/life balance. 90% of managers are superb, but the other 10% make life hellish. Few opportunities to advance and layoffs occur every few years when oil prices tank. Base comp and cliff vesting for RSUs is not competitive.

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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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