I realize the job market is garbage right now, but my job is making me hate life. Contracting gigs sound really good right now. Area of focus would be data, reporting, etc. What contracting companies do banks use? I haven't worked with contractors... — read more
This is the bed they made
They laid off most of the experienced veterans in my department last year and replaced them with employees "with low operating costs" in India according to a manager. Now the work India sends us isn't even half assed. They document that they check... — read more
CL Town Hall
This chuckler just said prices are coming down. Is he living on another planet?
Hey, entitled older employee
Please upskill and progress past doing your entire job in Excel and PowerPoint. Signed, nearly 50-year-old employee who isn't afraid of new tech.
Tracking activity and tying it to performance ?
Does WF monitor employee activity on computer, such as number of clicks per day, keystrokes, number of emails, number of calls etc. Then use those metrics to determine performance when deciding which employee to let go ? Any insights ?
So glad he didn't hurt anyone.
Scary.. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/gunman-threatens-ki-l-carrollton-wells-fargo-bank-police-say
Lead software engineer title
Lead Software Engineer what level is this role? What is the grade M1 , M2 etc. will there be people reporting for this role , in other words is this a managerial role? who this role reports to, Director or Manager? what is package /... — read more
Let's math out how much this spreadsheet fiasco is costing the shareholders
I'm not just an affected person, I'm a shareholder too, and I resent the amount of waste involved here. Immediate displacement of any director or executive that saw this as a legitimate business approach would be a good start to reducing waste. .. — read more
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Another JPM hire at CIO position Heather Blair
https://www.ciodive.com/news/wells-fargo-cio-branch-atm-division-jpmorgan-chase/742333/ Sorry she had 3 years at Discover but before that 17 years at JPM. You need some leadership to spend the 900 million allocated this year to Wells Fargo IT. Here... — read more
Jamie Dimon Faces Mutiny
Jamie Dimon faces mutiny at JPMorgan as work from home mob form secret group https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14501431/Jamie-Dimon-faces-mutiny-JPMorgan-work-home-mob-form-secret-group.html
Why can't Empower deliver tax docs on time?
Every hear Empower files and extension with the IRS and our 1099-Bs don't come out until mid to late March. Much larger brokerages don't seem to have a problem. I would have loved to have finished my taxes and get my refund weeks ago, but can't... — read more
F Wellsfargo Engineering
F u hypocrites
St. Louis campus safety- be alert
Last month, a woman was robbed at 6am (at gunpoint) in the WFA parking lot. She had just arrived for work. Please be careful and alert. Security is unarmed and will not help you.
Oh cr-p
Oh no, y’all! My manager rescheduled our one on one meeting to before the team meeting on Tuesday. Required: in person meeting (we always meet in person, but there’s that option to do it over teams, not this time). Looks like my time here is... — read more
LAYOFFS NEXT WEEK
Spoiler alert
Voluntary severance when job duties change?
A couple years ago I saw something in either the handbook or policy library about the employee having the option of voluntary severance if they're job duties significantly change. Now I can't find it so I contacted HR. Was put on hold for a long... — read more
CIB Markets - what a mess
Why is this place so dysfunctional. There is no focus on a unified strategy, this place is full of battles between the charlotte vs nyc management and they keeping changing plans or don’t have a focused strategy. With the new CIB CEO coming in, is... — read more
CTO Townhall
Brady starting the meeting by thanking the employees. Wonder why they lay off so many state side employees then despite all the work and record profits every Q
Citigroup plans to slash IT contractors, hire staff to improve controls
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/citigroup-plans-slash-it-contractors-hire-staff-improve-controls-2025-03-13/ Could this provide some job opportunities for our beleaguered, constantly “effected” tech brethren I always hear about on here? — read more
Life Lesson: Don’t stay where you are not appreciated.
Whether it be your job or a relationship. We’ve got one life. We all owe it to ourselves to strive for happiness, health, and respect. If you allow disrespect long enough, you start to think it’s okay. You are the only person who can protect... — read more
Boise, Idaho, March 12, 2025
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article301833594.html
April 5, 2025 Bay area layoffs
https://www.threads.net/@whatlayoff/post/DG3eIhAur-9/-layoff-alert-california-wells-fargo-will-lay-off-56-employees-at-333-market-st-
Virtual Job Interview From Home
I have been told that some managers don't like to see their candidates overdressed on a virtual job interview. I am not sure if it's true or not. Which combination would you use for your virtual job interview? Please pick one from these options: ... — read more
Being in the office makes me realize people are annoying
Things I’ve seen in the office: people taking phone calls at top volume on speakerphone (seriously why do people do this??) someone taking off their socks and clipping their toenails people still leaving their personal sh-t or hiding... — read more
Can you work from a different floor in your building?
If you’re assigned to floor 4 in your building can you work from a different floor in the same building? The location tracking is only at building level right?
AI to replace Tech workers
Sorry, better luck next time.
Head of Responsible / Ethical AI
See the job posted in workday. New position or one the needs to be re-filled? How about we just not use AI and avoid accelerating the doom of the human race /s
CS downsizing American workforce
The CISO and Entourage are in India right now talking about how they are going to lead the way for cyber security as they downsize the American workforce to analyst level positions. The thought is to save the bank money while keeping the best... — read more
A fitting snapshot of the bank’s current state
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1e382tv/jacksonville_florida/
Don't Hate the Player Hate the Game
So much hate and racism on here towards our Indian colleagues. Don't take it out on them, they are just doing their job trying to eke our a living like the rest of us. If you want to blame someone blame our executives for pushing jobs overseas and... — read more
7.5 hours in office
Hearing hours going to be tracked and requirement of 7.5 hours onsite. True? if so when?
WF’s Dev S--tshow Meets JPM’s AI Exodus
Ex-WF here—laid off after a cloud migration flop. WF’s apps are a customer fail—legacy sludge, no cloud game. My gig: 2-page web app, TFS to GitHub, three EF libraries—cr-ppy LINQ, SQL, and a Windows cache that tanked in the cloud. Redis kludged it... — read more
SF WF Layoffs hitting 4/5/25 per WARN
Any ideas which buildings/departments? With the museum being torn down, makes sense that building, but is it everyone going..?
Wells Fargo sues JPMorgan over troubled $481 million real estate loan
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wells-fargo-sues-jpmorgan-over-174511407.html
Rate Your Engineering Manager
0 > No clue technically, toxic to staff 1 > No clue technically, somewhat respectful to staff 2 > Some technical skills, somewhat respectful to staff 3 > Technically capable, somewhat respectful to staff 4 > Fill in the blanks...
BofA getting rid of Investment bankers, how long until Wells follows their lead?
Get ready for Investment banking layoffs due to executive FOMO. We know they're a herd and follow each other's lead. BofA eliminates some investment banking roles, including in New... — read more
The bigger picture
TLDR, then don’t! Layoffs will not stop for white collar workers… unless Moehdi pi---s off CTrump. Corruption is winning in Washington. Why else would consent orders randomly be removed. WF has only become less competent and more of a foreign... — read more