San Ramon, California-based Chevron appears to be using the pandemic to address its diversity issues by manipulating layoffs to favor non-white senior and mid-level managers. Some managers are being asked to re-apply for their existing positions.
According to a credible news source, "Chevron is said to be reducing the 'dominance of white males' in company management by increasing the percentage of top jobs held by women and
minorities to 44%, up from 38% last year.
Women and non-white men represented nearly half of the oil industry’s workforce as of 2019, but they are still a minority in senior management roles."
It is unknown if this affirmative action will satisfy the minority grievance industry who coerce companies into social engineering at the risk of reputational damage and threatened boycotts.
It is bad enough that the energy industry is in a turmoil that is forcing companies to restructure, downsize, and consolidate business operations.
Unfortunately, many senior executive are not willing to risk their jobs with controversy on their watch so simply roll-over and agree to the grievance industry demands. In a number of cases, the bottom line is to sacrifice competence for color at the expense of the shareholders and displaced employees.
Proof of concerned executives fearful for their jobs can be found in the company's support of the counter-productive Black Lives Matter, an organization led by trained Marxists who support an agenda to eliminate capitalism, destroy the fossil fuel industry, and to replace capitalism with socialism.
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