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increased in price over the years. I rolled over my Chevron pension into
an IRA. For the next ten years, we lived on the proceeds from the Ar-
amco pension plan and the Chevron stock plan. I invested the proceeds
of the Chevron pension plan in a self directed IRA. Taking the “cash
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decisions I ever made. We invested successfully. The resultant success
made numerous trips possible, provided help for our children’s home
purchase/remodeling, etc. Sometimes stock market investing requires
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If you were to design an illustration of jobs in Chevron, the de-
sign would be shaped like a diamond – few jobs in the bottom, most in
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tained a job level in the top 3 percent of all Chevron jobs. I went through
years of personal hell in not having the opportunity to show what I could
do, but from Chevron Research days onward there was a steady rise to
close to the top of the corporate ladder.

Before I retired from Chevron I had worked hard – arriving
at 7:30, pushing myself all day long and usually leaving around 5:30,
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ed operating in the early 1970s, I could leave my house at ten minutes
to seven. Before that, I commuted by Greyhound bus, which was much
longer and unreliable. Ironically, when I retired, my job was split – and
two managers replaced me! I have kidded with friends by saying: “one
of the highest compliments a company can give you is to replace you,
upon your retirement, with two managers to perform the same work.”

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