A real conversation I had recently: Manager: "The bank is continuing to seek out ways to cut costs. You are very valuable to the team and would like to know if you'd consider moving to a hub location to increase chances of keeping your job." Me:... — read more
New Program Analysts
Just got a new crop of Program Analysts hired in to be trained and replace the outgoing folks. Zero skills seems to be ok if you fit the bill.
DSRI Listening Tour
With all the performance issues Wells Fargo has, management believes it is a good idea to take 2000+ away from their actual jobs to discuss the nonsense that is DE&I. Not to mention they have allocated a person and I assume staff to 'work" on this... — read more
Wells Pays Again!
For those of you who own stock, here’s another one! I’ve received at least 4 checks from scandals and settlements in the last year. Easy money for the mess Chuckie won’t clean up! http://www.wellsfargo2018securitieslitigation.com/ — read more
WF & understanding your role
WF executive leadership is always making business decisions for the stakeholders. What the ground floor personnel never put together is the primary stakeholders is the executive board themselves (CEO, CTO, CIO,etc ) meaning they need to make money... — read more
RTO and open seating is becoming BS
When I first started going back in my floor was largely empty and it was easy for my team to sit near other. Now more people are coming in and cubes are filling up. Ok fine just look for another. But the problem is some people are leaving stuff in... — read more
Credit tightening and excess liquidity
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/jpmorgan-investor-day-2023-key-takeaways-from-presentation?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy
Woops - this site overwrote the link in last post - lets try this one - PRO-UNION video
For Wells Fargo or any other corporation https://vo.la/emhnm
Wells Fargo RTO Policy
Hi All - I am not with Wells Fargo but I am trying to build a list of different approaches to RTO. I am focusing on large companies that have presence here on layoffs.com (I am assuming I can get employees to speak up here). Anyhow, if you feel... — read more
RTO coaching/reprimand
By now mgrs should be seeing the badge swipe reports ---anyone been in trouble or heard any second hand stories of mgr/direct conversations?
Union Busting and Worker Intimidation
Looks like the cat is out of the bag. Viva la revolution!✊🏼 https://news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/wells-fargo-faces-third-claim-of-intimidating-union-organizers
Wells Fargo India??
Sounds like they want 90+% of the staff to work from India. more layoffs coming in the US. the constant mind F for US folks is to encourage as many to quit as possible so they can run the whole operation from India
Check Workday: Almost all RCSA/control positions are in India.
This happened practically overnight. What's going on?
Consumer Lending Control - T.Randall leaving WF
Another leadership casualty under N8 Herman.
Mass Layoffs in Des Moines while Ohana parties in Bangalore - Protest Friday May 26th & Tuesday May 30th
Guys they're laying off hundreds in Des Monies weekly. At the same time WF India Bangalore employees and their families are invited to Hawaiian style "Ohana" parties, with clown shows, entertainment, the works. If you're American enough is enough... — read more
Raided from the inside
"Employee Counts vs Outstanding Shares of WFC stock - CS is running WFC like a corporate raider - slashing jobs and using the savings to buy back stock: its almost 1:1. Part of CEO compensation package is to "get stock price up" - this is how hes... — read more
Theres some interesting stuff going on about the bank happening on reddit....
sort by new https://www.reddit.com/r/WellsFargoUnited
heard JPM will be the 1 bank for all America
100% state owned and controlled, with 100% of deposits. Everyone will soon work there.
Please just go ahead and lay us all off
Get the agony over with. Working here is a mind fu-k. It’s a horrible abusive relationship where we are treated like d-mb children, gaslit about everything, get no resources to do our jobs, get a pay raise that doesn’t meet inflation, told we can’t... — read more
Des Moines layoffs/office closure
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2023/05/22/wells-fargo-cuts-west-des-moines-jobs-sheds-500-workers-since-2022-mortgage-business-jordan-creek/70243245007/ Recap of what's happen
WFH Exceptions
There are people who get work from home exceptions that live within the 40 miles and did not WFH previous to pandemic. They get a magic email informing them of this. Anyone terminated for cause b/c of RTO has grounds for a class action lawsuit. ... — read more
“America’s Biggest Bank Is Everywhere—and It Isn’t Done Growing”. JP MORGAN
This is the headline in the WSJ this morning. (I don’t have a subscription, or I would have pasted the article.) But, the headline has me thinking…. The Federal Asset Cap limits our growth so why isn’t getting us out from under the Cap Charlie &... — read more
Corporate lawsuit settlement site?
Someone posted a link to view all cases settled by corporations recently. I can't find it. If anyone has it, can you post it here? I'd swear it started with "v".
Hi Charlie and the Board of Directors, please do what you are hired for!
Where is your leadership and commitment? Do you have a clear long term strategy for WFC? Why do you think the asset cap since 2018 ( you’ve been the CEO since 10/2019) has not been lifted and will likely not in the near future? You can’t even be a... — read more
RTO won't save the office
https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/5/15/23721410/return-to-office-remote-work-commercial-real-estate The so-called “return to the office” has been underway for a while now, and it’s a bit of a mess. Sure, more people are going to the office more... — read more
Wellsfargo Managers
Number one issue with wellsfargo a. Many managers are individual contributors and do not have any leadership skills. You need to bring people who can motivate and move things as a team not giving orders or taking the work doing yourself and brag... — read more
Noting that ****Wells Fargo Newsroom News Releases*** is an excellent example of a biased news source
https://newsroom.wf.com/English/news-releases/default.aspx Another case of our C-Suite having their head in the sand. No mention of anything that doesn’t fit in to the PR Spin or doesn’t support their particular view of the bank. No stories about... — read more
Mortgage Processing is dead
I ama mortgage processor in the Charlotte hub. My team was completely laid off due to this insane HUB mentality. So now the few of us left have no one left to ask for help. They laid off all of our seasoned knowledgeable workers just because they... — read more
Wells Fargo Sharholder Suit Claims Company's Misrepresentations Inflated Mortgage, Car Loan Rates
https://www.law.com/therecorder/2023/05/19/wells-fargo-sharholder-suit-claims-companys-misrepresentations-inflated-mortgage-car-loan-rates/
ENOUGH ON THE RTO WHINING N LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE
for purposes of the site…. there is typically Layoffs on last Tuesday of this month(in my opion). Remember, the only tool in the dinosaurs toolbox is to cutt headcount/offshore. Let’s thank our thoughtless leader. Now, onto my rant…. The out... — read more
Good video CBS Money Watch discussing employees and companies battling over RTO policies
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5ZfKGiCmuVA&feature=share An interesting excerpt talks about the 3 main priorities for employees now. They care about: Job security - 👎 at Wells, intentionally destroyed by Charlie Share price - 👎 at Wells... — read more
Former Wells Fargo Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-wells-fargo-executive-agrees-plead-guilty-obstructing-bank-examination This lady can rot in he-l. She ruined people's lives. Anyone who worked in her org who did not play along was fired or blackballed. — read more
If you haven’t quiet quit yet, you should.
Quiet quitting is the future of work at soulless large companies. There is no incentive for going above and beyond.
CIB Prime Services laid off
The entire Bay Area team was let go on Tuesday. Moving jobs to NYC.
RTO
Neckties were an essential business requirement for ages. At some point, people had had enough of the mostly pointless ritual and began rejecting the norm. Even still, stodgy companies required it with the argument that it was necessary for being... — read more
Displacement Tuesday
Another wave of layoffs will hit technology on Tuesday. Survivors will get to attend TKs town hall on Thursday. I expect that will be my last day.
Why are people ashamed of working at WFC?
I see this popping up often in posts. Why? None of us did anything wrong. Every scandal related to the bank is a direct result of our leadership and the rest of the upper management. So why would any rank-and-file employees see working here as a... — read more
Come on Wells Fargo, we can do better!
https://sfstandard.com/housing-development/wi---e-brown-prominent-civil-rights-lawyer-back-lawsuit-accusing-wells-fargo-of-anti-black-discrimination/
Jumbo loans for WIM clients only
I’ve heard rumors about this and so have the FA’s in my office. Any word?