Is Chevron a good company to work for?

Chevron has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 7,512 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 62% of employees would recommend working at Chevron to a friend and 48% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Chevron have been left by employees working as Intern , Petroleum Engineer and Production Operator .

Does Chevron pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Chevron employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Chevron. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Chevron?

62% of Chevron employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Chevron 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Chevron?

Cashier (171) , Intern (154) , Software Engineer (136) , Engineer (131) , Financial Analyst (125) , Facilities Engineer (87) , Manager (84) , Analyst (79) , Project Manager (79) , Business Analyst (78) , Finance Analyst (66) , Petroleum Engineer (65) , Process Engineer (63) , Customer Service Representative (62) , Sales Associate/Cashier (59)

What are the pros of working at Chevron according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and real" ((in 612 reviews)); "Work life balance can be good but it depends entirely on where you work and your manager" ((in 473 reviews)); "Good pay and great to have a 9 day fortnight" ((in 421 reviews)); "The people are great and it is evident that they really care for their employees and workers." ((in 421 reviews)); "Salary and good perks for direct hire" ((in 233 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Chevron according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management and they wanted you to sign up for a credit card instead of getting paid" ((in 153 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs quite common." ((in 118 reviews)); "HR is a sham and designed to protect bad managers" ((in 79 reviews)); "Long hours and very hierarchal (like all big companies)" ((in 57 reviews)); "Company is not the same what it was several years ago due to poor leadership." ((in 46 reviews))

What are employees saying about Chevron layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Chevron layoffs and their outlook for job security at Chevron in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Chevron locations?

Houston , San Ramon , Richmond , Bakersfield , Midland , San Francisco , El Segundo , Covington , Pascagoula , Los Angeles , New Orleans , Salt Lake City , Pittsburgh , Concord , Pasadena , Sacramento , Austin , Greeley , Dallas , Bellaire , Belle Chasse , New York , Washington , San Jose , Portland , Atlanta , Carlsbad , San Diego , Denver , Ames

Chevron reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(5,683 total reviews)

Mike Wirth

54% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Chevron has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,683 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Chevron employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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6K reviews

3.0

Oct 5, 2014

Good experience, based on where in the company you are located

It business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and salaries. There is also opportunities to move around the company and work with different teams and do a variety of work.

Cons

Executive management of the IT function is horrible. Upper management views IT as a money pit, and continually cuts into the budget, sending as much work overseas as they can. Every couple of years the goal seems to be to cut 10%, and no one ever communicates to upper-level executives just how ineffective this strategy is. The remaining workers are expected to 'manage' overseas resources, but they end up just doing the work themselves, since it's virtually impossible to get quality, timely work from overseas team members. Business unit customers complain to IT staff, but those complaints are never communicated higher up - or if they are, it doesn't appear that those complaints make a bit of difference.

5.0

Mar 6, 2014

Great career combined with genuine work life balance (provided you're in upstream)

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good solid company to work for with a lot of opportunity to grow. Pleasant work environment and I get to work with many bright and motivated people. The management style is also very good in their way of engaging employees and always having an open door policy where you can walk in anytime to let them know what's going - and when the news is bad they don't shoot the messenger. Genuine work-life balance. They respect employees right to a personal life and there's seldom a need to have to work on weekends or late at night. The nine day fortnight system is a fantastic benefit. Pay & benefits are good, probably are some higher paying employers around but when you look at the whole deal (esp working hours etc) I think you'd battle to beat Chevron

Cons

All of what I wrote for the pros are about my time working for Upstream. Previously I worked in Downstream at a refinery and it's like working for a different company. Effectively zero career progression and some unpleasant office politics. Probably the worst was the policy of never promoting top level managers from within - always had to be expats or someone recruited from outside of Chevron. Understandably this upset a lot of people who realised there was no chance of ever moving up. Compensation sub par (especially for some technical skills that local management was not aware that they had or even need!) compared to competitors - although in fairness the work life balance was good.

1.0

Feb 19, 2013

It's like high school drama

Plant engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay but not much else. The cafeteria is good but to much gossip.

Cons

It's all about the favorites and its like being in high school drama and gossip all day long

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