Chevron Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Chevron?

"Chevron is a very influence-based organization, so much work involves a broad group of stakeholders."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Chevron is a company for people persons. You need to be a team player to do well here."

What don't you like about working at Chevron?

"Progress moves slowly at Chevron because it's a big company with a lot of processes, layers, and governance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would bring in more top down leadership where economies of scale held opportunity."

What do you like about working at Chevron?

"Flexibility in schedules. I can start working when I want so I can go home when I want."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Hard work is generally rewarded by management if you are proactive."

What don't you like about working at Chevron?

"IT isn't generally valued as an important part of the business."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't know what I would do differently if I were in charge."

"Learned communication skills and how to handle various situations with people."

What do you like about working at Chevron?

"The ability to interact with a mass variety of people and learn new ways to approach an obstacle."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Chevron Stations is a great place to start and even continue to make it a career."

What don't you like about working at Chevron?

"A few of the workers spread too much gossip and lacked a professional attitude."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Gossip and the place of business do not make a good combination."

What do you like about working at Chevron?

"It's fast paced, every day is different with different issues I have to deal with."

What don't you like about working at Chevron?

"Some of my coworkers don't have the same work ethics as I do."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work with me and back me up when I am trying to help my coworkers."

"Great place to work."

What do you like about working at Chevron?

"Great atmosphere to work; great team work; people are helpful."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be confident and work hard. Perseverance, honesty, willing to put extra effort will help."

What don't you like about working at Chevron?

"I liked everything about the company. It is a very nice place. Nothing to complain."

What do you like about working at Chevron?

"It's a dangerous job, where blame is important. The schedules are unrealistic and you are on call 24/7 and not paid for it. If you make a mistake you will be investigated and blamed and Chevron will be exonerated. Engineers rule at CPL. Operations people are the lowest form of life in Chevron culture. Stay away from operations and you may be ok. Oh, by the way it is easy to get fired - watch out!"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The future is for young engineers. If you're not an engineer, go someplace else and don't take your time, run! The probationary period is 1 full year. My father died when I was less than 6 months with Chevron, I went out of town to his funeral anyway, after told I could NOT go. I got in trouble and had to beg for my job."

What don't you like about working at Chevron?

"Dangerous, high pressure, no future, everything is monitored, your work truck records everything and talks to you when it thinks you do wrong. Everything is documented, if you overlook something - it's your ass! But you will never do anything right. The management must keep control of you at all cost. If you talk back to the boss you're fired! And don't expect to get weekends off."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would add more people. Provide training so people can be safe. I would end managements corruption and either make the union ethical or dump them all together. I would end the company culture that non engineer types and non management people are the scum of the earth."

"Best work-space/company culture (technology) vision."

"Chevron was a great company to work for, just not the right fit for me."

"I had best experience working for Project One."

What do you like about working at Chevron?

"Cleanliness and newness of buildings. Nothing much else I can think of."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This is my personal testimony and of those who are too afraid to convey it. I took a hit for you. Please learn from my mistakes. You will regret hiring on with Chevron. Stay Away! Work for Chevron's competitors"

What don't you like about working at Chevron?

"Chevron has this mentality of giving their employees the lowest level of anything. If the person accepts, then they don't have to work any harder."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They do not practice what they preach, i.e. Operational Excellence, Stop Program, 10 Tenet's of Operation is all lip service to appease the investor's and San Ramon."