Who are they and why would they want to meet??
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They investigate allegations of misconduct. If evidence supports substantiated misconduct, for example, evidence supporting that a manager took negative employment action against their employee BECAUSE the employee raised concerns (retaliation), then action is taken against whoever engaged in the misconduct.
Unfortunately, entitled people throw out the buzz words and provide no evidence to support their accusations and because they feel entitled, they expect the accused to be punished on their word/assumption alone.
I’m sure if you were in the position of a manager accused of retaliation, you would appreciate an objective and fair investigation that is not substantiated without evidence supporting your wrongdoing.
Good luck with that! HR only protects the company from
lawsuits
They could also contact you if you sent a text message to someone with a WF owned phone which could be what they think is “business related.”
It could be about you. It’s hard to say. Once they evidence gather they interview the complaint target. Go in guarded….
I agree not much has changed. My manager retaliated against me because I spoke up and identified some gaps in our process.
Whenever an employee files a report against managers' or executives' unethical behaviors, Conduct Management interviews people and documents the conversations just for formality, nothing more. They have to do it in order to improve the corporate image after the fake account scandal. It was part of the plea bargain MRA with the regulators so that WF's financial penalty could be reduced. By the way, they don't need to go through your manager to reach out to you as the communication is strictly confidential. But this ethics line is a total joke. Executives and managers continue to retaliate staff employees and nothing has improved since the fake account scandal.
Most likely, someone submitted a complaint and you share the connection. Either your manager or coworker submitted it or they are they are the alleged.
They are like a special subset of HR. It could be about code of ethics, retaliation, etc. They could want to meet to interview you about someone else’s complaint that you may be a witness. I don’t think they come to you directly if it’s about you, they go thru senior manager. So likely about someone else.