been with the company 15+ years and have worked at all levels in stores and even some regional. this last week has been devastating personally and professionally, as well as to many people I work(ed) with and care about.
Trust me, if you are a store-level team member, You do not have a seat at the table when the exec leadership make these decisions. They see dollars and hours, not your work life balance, your mortgage, your college debt, your kids, your aspirations. They do not have your best interests in mind. They have an expense line in a spreadsheet they need to hit. They can't miss earnings for wall street. You are not the special sauce anymore. Vanguard and Goldman are.
You have been betrayed and this is the new direction of WF. The company of shared fate and core values is gone, just like my friends who put in 10, 15+ years.
If you stay at WF, organize and have a collective voice. You can bring in a union or start your own with your friends and coworkers. start with those you can trust and stick together. When they play this hunger games crap to pit you against each other, stick together, go down with a fight. The more crap you swallow, the worst it will keep getting. get to a point where you and your coworkers can bargain and negotiate with leadership. when they take your labor down by a point or cut back hours, stand together and say no. if they push back, walk out, shut it down, take the day off. get customers on your side. you are their first line of contact and you are part of the community. let them know how horribly you are being treated, find those willing to support you and keep them in your network.
Trust me this, the leadership teams are well organized and have their party line they will stick to.
get organized, have courage and it will inspire others, there are more of you than them.
blessings