It's nice of MB to gaslight people for the failures of VDI. It's your fault you didn't do enough training and you didn't use the two week user testing period properly. No MB. The VDI implementation sucks.

Anybody's commute messed up by the roadway collapse on I-95 near Philly? Are you still being forced to drive in to downtown Philly?

Heard some chatter - is this a thing?

Anyone still in the Workforce Share program? Any ideas when it ends?

So now that you can see on Workday who is classified as remote, I see that when I travel a few managers up the chain, almost 2/3 of my IT group is classified as remote. This surprised me as my boss made sure to tell me repeatedly I had to come into... — read more 

Any idea what time a lay off begins? I want to say 10am or 11am EST. Any ideas

I plan on doing about 2 hours of real work today and the rest working hard to get out of here while I monitor teams just in case I get an IM. Who’s with me?

I really don’t want to go back to work tomorrow.

Including tech! Don’t worry, the grass is absolutely greener on the other side.

https://www.globest.com/2023/06/07/wells-fargo-sells-san-francisco-office-tower-at-60m-loss/ Quite a vote of no confidence! https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wells-fargo-insiders-sold-us-110017000.html

This one decision would save 50% to 60% of the most extravagant salaries at Wells Fargo. What makes more sense? Sending Susie’s $35,000/year job to India to save $21,000, or sending Charlie’s job to India to save $15,000,000? Our C-Suite and BOD... — read more 

Is it Charlie? The HR woman from China? I can’t stand this duo!

Time for Charlie to admit he made a huge mistake on the mortgage hubs. Worst disaster ever! Ki-l these hubs and bring back your talent Charlotte was the biggest flub up ever. Ax what you were forced to keep and call back our processors in Atlanta... — read more 

I believe that trust is a fundamental pillar of successful tech development and app maintenance. It is crucial for managers to have unwavering confidence in their team members' abilities to accomplish their tasks effectively. This sense of trust... — read more 

Next week CIB in the Bay Area is going to see heads chopped. It is not a surprise Prime Services got advanced notice the rest of us learn our fate Tuesday the 13th..

Mortgage going through the next round. Stack rankings going on by leaders. Everyone get ready and tuck your heads and kiss your bu-t goodbye. All the favorites will be protected and the smart ones released. WF HR is useless .

Everybody stay home friday , shows that white collar jobs are completely scam. Is the capitalism of this country or some kind modern socialism? Bad example for the future generations. No wonder AI will replace all these jobs.

You know what will make me perform? Offering me a retention bonus like some peers in my area did.

What do zx. , zy. , and zz. mean on email addresses? Do they all mean no longer at Wells?

I embrace a diverse workplace that hires for MERIT and EXPERIENCE from a broad base of talent from throughout the U.S. I also believe that it should reflect the U.S. demographics as long as those hire meet the criteria of MERIT and EXPERINCE. With... — read more 

Just shoot me already with this 2 min incarceration with virtual desktop. I hate this with a passion. Nothing about this is better for the end user in my opinion

We don’t even get tater tot’s in our office. Just dim fluorescent lighting.

Occ auditing lockbox next week at Shoreview. Hoping to get the ax

Zesty Ranch Loaded Tots with Orange Fanta Glaze 1 28 ounce bag tater tots 7 strips bacon 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded 1 packet ranch seasoning 2 cups Orange Fanta Follow directions on the tater tot package and pre-heat oven (usually... — read more 

I'm currently on a phone call from my 4-up manager that should have been an email. This manager has spent 8 minutes telling us someone is leaving the "firm" (this term was repeatedly mentioned to try and cement its status in our psyche) and then... — read more 

I will leave this here for us so we can come back next year and see how our employee counts changed... From the 10K: At December 31, 2022, we had approximately 238,000 active employees, with approximately 81% of... — read more 

Let's see how this one goes...

Well, 6/1 came and went and no increase in RTO compliance. Come on Chuckie, do something about it you little b!tc# 😏

2 or 3 days a week in an office is useless. Either make it 5 days a week in the office with up to x weeks of remote or make it full time remote. When an office requires 2 days a week in an office, you get none of the alleged benefits of in person... — read more 

They have a bunch of Indians work during US regular hours now. WFC US is bare bones now. And hearing that they would want to cut more US staff. Not much is left. But it looks like India guys will be primary and SMEs on almost everything. Good luck... — read more 

There's a growing consensus that most people like having an office to go to (more social, separated from kids/partners, etc.) but hate to commute. As a thought experiment, people should ask themselves: if I could walk 5 min to my office, would I... — read more 

And you haven’t been contacted yet, does that pretty much assume you aren’t being considered? Does it normally take a long time to hear back if you are?

I’m at this interesting place in my career where…I’m good where I am? The compensation and work responsibilities are at optimal levels. However, conventional corporate culture says I should keep striving for promotion and seek out stretch... — read more 

Has anyone else noticed that the audit organization is falling apart? I’m in the technology audit team and it seems like we are losing multiple people and leaders each week and they are not backfilling the roles. How is this okay?

It is astounding to me the level of incompetence and idiocy that is allowed to be in positions of power and authority here. When I tell you they have NO clue and don't want to have a clue. The decisions based on feelings and thoughts vs information... — read more 

It’s so toxic in every way and it’s getting worse. Is it sad I reminisce about working in branch banking in the Tolstedt era? God that was horrible, but this is so much worse. I can’t get out of here fast enough! Please lord let those connections... — read more 

Just refreshed to see any new comments on the LinkedIn post and I see its deleted. I've had a couple removed also. Why?

https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2023/06/06/wells-fargo-to-take-a-60m-loss-on-13-story-office-tower-in-sf/

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"It is our expectation that U.S. home prices, as an aggregate, will decline by single digits in 2023 and single digits again in 2024." "The problem is, there are a ton of investors sitting in money market funds passively. The answer is making our... — read more