I am in Roanoke and after the RTO people are just wearing anything. We have always been kinda casual with jeans being what about 80% of people wear. I am seeing sweatsuits, leggings, track pants daily. Some of the women are wearing butt grazing... — read more
Why do you call yourself a manager when you have no directs?
You are stealing from shareholders and employees. Please enlighten us.
Charlie Scharf Roast (courtesy of ChatGPT)
Charlie Scharf took the reins of Wells Fargo in 2019, supposedly to clean up the mess from the bank’s massive fake accounts scandal. But years later, the bank is still racking up fines like a reckless teenager with a credit card. Under his... — read more
DOGE are on to IRM
IRM are being asked to put down 5 bullets documenting their accomplishments this week. One actual response below: papered over contradictory policies by drafting a new policy that will create 20 jobs in risk function. 150 roles will also be... — read more
Wells Fargo ends diversity policy for senior level recruitment, Bloomberg News reports
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wells-fargo-ends-diversity-policy-224936283.html
Michelle Adams ECR layoffs in March
Rumor has it ECR team will be hit hard on March. Any truth to this?
Head of Sales Practices & Conduct Management cuts and runs
After doing whatever he could to ignore the employees that work under him by laying off hundreds of his employees, after throwing tantrums when employees would give him feedback about working from home, after waging a campaign to toss aside... — read more
BYOD Options
I’ve long resisted any sort of BYOD and have signed that I am not using my personal cell phone for business communication. However, I’m finding that due to some family situations that I may need to be away from my desk, say in a hospital waiting... — read more
Ask to help others
I’m being laid off, but I’m being asked to help other Low Level employees so they can perform better. I’m quietly quitting and nobody knows it.
Location strategy update
Any communication update?
Location Strategy for technology going forward
Anyone know what locations will stay put for technology 2025 and beyond?
Michael Cleary Retiring
Head of Sales Practice & Conduct Management. A bunch of organizational moves to follow including many from COO who will be moved to HR.
SR leaders receiving packages yet claim retirement
I know if 4 Directors who asked to be laid off and communicated it as they are retiring. Yet the peons ask for a package or volunteer and are told NO you can’t do that. What’s up with this???
No more “diverse slates” for senior level roles
“In light of the current environment…” 😂
LHH service
Has anyone used the service? was it helpful?
Enjoy your new pay
Hopefully by now you have all looked at your paystubs and seen your new salary is in effect. Workday may not be updated but you are getting paid the right amount so stop worrying. Workday will probably be updated this weekend.
Relocation
I applied and got a lateral verbal offer for a P5 in charlottee.I have been told that in order to provide the offer letter the relocation assistance offer should be part of it.its been 9 weeks since I was told everything is ready once the relication... — read more
LinkedIn vs WF Careers
displaced employee here who is desperate for a job. is it better to apply to WF via their Career website or to apply via LinkedIn
Billings operation center
There is word that some tech employees within the building have a contract extending to 2027, meaning the building may not get shut down completely until 2027. Not sure I’ll make it that long. Who is going to tough it out? Anybody heard any... — read more
Angry employees during conference calls
Over the last few months, I’ve been part of several teams calls, some just our local pod and others department wide, international and regional. Seems that it’s starting to real for many employees who are losing (or about to lose) their jobs and have... — read more
Mandatory meeting scheduled
It is a Tuesday
How early can “The Meeting” appear?
Manager scheduled a 1:1 meeting for next Tuesday morning, and cancelled (not rescheduled) the 1:1 we already had scheduled this week. Far as I can tell, there was no reason to cancel the 1:1, their calendar shows still open for the original time... — read more
Bring it on
I'm ready for layoff after all the mental abuse of annual reviews, working hard for nothing. I've been here so long and the culture has totally changed. No raise, cr-ppy bonus, over it! Hopefully I can find something else.
QA & checkers of QA
These type of jobs are the safest of the safe because so many checker layers there has to be a reason for all of this plus there is more hiring happening for this checker type of job in QA
How to deal with credit hogging coworkers?
My question would be: how do I deal with the credit seeking coworkers? They seem to gain a lot of political equity to get the promotions and managerial roles… #credithogging
Winston Salem
March will be upon us and most will be let go this Q
Old WF Retirement Accounts
This is a question for WF old timers that have the Retirement annuity with Metropolitan Life (80’s) and the Cash Balance Acct. Did you wait until after severance to roll over to another financial institution or cash out? Can they be moved out as... — read more
What do you want to do when you leave Wells Fargo?
What's your ideal option?
Technology Time Sheet
Has anyone else had to fill out a Technology timesheet. We are now required to fill out an excel spreadsheet detailing every minute of every day. This will be rolled all the way up to Director level. Thoughts?
Layoff or relo?
For those who were given a choice to either relocate to a core market or be laid off, how much time did they give you to decide? If at the end of that time you chose layoff did they put you on working. ktice right away or what the time they gave you... — read more
IYKYK
Iykyk, Working here, yk. They will try to convince you that you’re the problem and it’s your fault, because they know too. They will try to convince YOU thru faux science that you’re physically incapable, but we know you’re the most educated. They... — read more
Meets without a raise?
I was rated as "meets", despite out producing several on my team. Despite my feedback in the year-end detailing my accomplishments as they relate to the 2024 goals, I didn't get a salary increase. However, I did get some bonus. Did anyone else... — read more
Layoff Prep Checklist
Expecting to be let go in Q2 For those that have recently experienced the layoff, what did you do (or wish you had done) before being let go by WF? For example: updated empower with personal email claimed rally rewards for HSA $ Thanks in... — read more
Risk layoffs beginning soon
From where I am sitting, I am seeing a lot of waste and many incompetent leaders.
Carryover PTO and displacement
Hi guys, was displaced in Jan. Before I could take my 40 hours of carryover (was planning to use it in early Feb.). Will I be paid for this when I am terminated next month? The displacement guide has nothing on carryover and I have emailed HR with... — read more
Job Applications Keep Getting Rejected
I have submitted many job applications to different companies, but I keep getting rejection emails every week. Looks like my resume is getting through their Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), but their HR people seem to be rejecting my applications... — read more
The Wells Fargo Way
Tech is now being told to manually copy data from one system of record to another system of record, but to ensure they format it in a way that is machine-readable. Even better is that the system the data is being pasted in to is supposed to be a... — read more
Rebranding DEI to “D&I”
Here we go. No more DEI! But wait, let’s create a “Technology D&I Council” instead and put an executive in charge of it. Can’t say the words for the acronym and especially not use the word equity anymore, but “D&I” sure sounds cool! Talk about... — read more
FMLA and lay offs
I need to file for FMLA to take care of my father who has 6 months left to live. Will they lay me off if I file for FMLA? I hope that they do but curious if that is common...