Houston-based Chevron will lay off 200 workers — not 800, as the Texas Workforce Commission initially reported — at three facilities in Midland County, West Texas, beginning July 15. The inflated figure resulted from a data entry error, which the commission has since corrected. Chevron notified the agency on May 16 under the WARN Act. Most cuts, 185 positions, will come from the Chevron Midcontinent Headquarters Campus. The company is offering severance pay and transition assistance. Chevron previously announced plans to reduce its global workforce by 15–20% by 2026.
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Houston-based Chevron will layoff 200 workers in West Texas, not the 800 that the Texas Workforce Commission earlier reported.
The layoffs, expected to launch July 15, will affect workers at three Chevron facilities in Midland County, according to the commission.
The state Workforce Commission on Wednesday reported the number of layoffs at 800 through its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act database, the result of a data enattempt issue, according to Sarah Fischer, the agency’s press officer.
“On May 16, Chevron notified the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) of its anticipated workforce reduction of approximately 200 employees in Midland, Texas, in accordance with the WARN Act,” declared Allison Cook with Chevron’s media relations in an email to the Houston Chronicle. “The Texas Workforce Commission mistakenly reported the number of layoffs in Midland as 800 on its website. Chevron aims to place as many employees as possible in other roles and is offering severance pay and transition assistance to those impacted.”
The date of Chevron’s notification was also incorrect; it should have been May 16 instead of May 28. The commission has since corrected the information on its WARN database.
Fischer declared in an email to the Houston Chronicle that WARN layoff numbers are subject to modify.
The majority of the Midland job reductions will come from the Chevron Midcontinent Headquarters Campus with 185 layoffs.
In August, the company announced its headquarters would relocate to Houston from San Ramon, Calif. Chairman and CEO Mike Wirth and Vice Chairman Mark Nelson now reside in Houston as a part of the plan.
In February, the global oil giant announced in an internal town hall that it would lay off 15% to 20% of its global workforce by 2026 to cut costs and simplify its business, as reported by Reuters.
