When are they communicated? Manager is on leave so i am in the dark!
If you had your own personal work area, would you go back 3+ days a week?
The biggest hassle of RTO (other than the time it takes commuting each way) is unpacking your stuff every morning and packing it all back up again. If you had your own workspace, would you be more likely to want to go back at least 3 days a week?
Collaboration
Forced collaboration in person has actually turned me against it altogether. We get that some of you decision-makers may hate being at home or your spouse and family all together so you insist on collaborating in the office. But please remember the... — read more
HR complaint process
Any HR folks or folks that have been through this able to provide guidance on how this process works/timelines/when your manager is notified (assuming it’s a complaint against the manager)?
RCSA layoffs
Anyone from rcsa get laid off?
My Bonus section is blank
It's my 1st full calendar year with bank. I wasn't eligble last year due to start date. My manager explained last year I would be. When I logged into my pay section. I didn't see anything regarding a bonus. THE ENTIRE SECTION WAS BLANK. Does this... — read more
Empty threats about RTO make leadership look even more weak
Very few are actually complying despite efforts to get people back into the office. I am the only one in my city and come in periodically to check out the situation. I would say in the beginning more people came in and compliance seemed to be around... — read more
401k settlements are out
Well, I expected a lot more than what I got today. Once again, Wells Fargo has let me down. I been with WF for almost 7 years and got 155.00.
Independent Testing & Validation (IT&V) All Hands - Dec. 13
My key takeaway: Most of Patrick’s DRs spoke about high attrition and said their teams were 40-50% new hires or team members in new roles. They congratulated people who stayed, are picking up extra workloads and getting the work done. Patrick is... — read more
Pulse VPN - multiple drops throughout the day
Anyone else experience this? I can't be the only one, and it's pretty much everyday. Why? Why does Wells struggle so badly with something so simple? It's nothing new either. This started a couple years ago and never improved. There's no regularity... — read more
Why are we holding job fairs when people are still being laid off?
Wells Fargo holding job fair to court Bay Area tech talent Wells Fargo is holding a job fair in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon as it seeks to fill more than 50 positions in the region for executive, senior and junior technology... — read more
Who cares if RTO is tracked?
The RTO rate in my building is less than 10%. The times I came in I never saw more than 3 people on the entire floor. The parking garage is empty too. Only the new people come in and once they catch on, they start to WFH too. If only a minority were... — read more
Serious Question! Wells Scandals
It was in the news last week that 3 of the 8 (who are not great) former WF executives that were fined by OCC in 2020 got reprimanded by an OCC administrative judge who recommend that they pay their fines (like the others already did). For some... — read more
Let's pretend we couldn't see it coming...again...
In May 2020 I posted an article in the Higher Education Inquirer on the last economic downturn. It was the 27th downturn in US history. Remarkably, few could see that downturn coming, a result of the covid pandemic. More than a million people died... — read more
PTO Usage
Super first world problem here - I still have a job, so I’m happy about that BUT… I work in mortgage. We recently found out in 2023 only 10% is allowed out on PTO per day. That is 1 person per team. If another person requests, they will look at my 2... — read more
Internal Lateral Move?
If I were to move from a Lead Bus Execution Consultant to a Lead Tech Bus. Services Consultant role is it a lateral move and am I truly ineligible for any increase?
Branch Banking/Management Role
For those who work in Branch Banking, please share your truth when it comes to staffing and what you are seeing in the branches. These threads are monitored by WF as we all know so instead of using Loudspeaker and it goes nowhere, throw your... — read more
Car Loan Insanity
We just had an 810 credit score get quoted 8% from Wells Fargo and 10% from Ally for a CAR LOAN. Have never seen that before, 33 years of car sales experience here. Horrible times.
How long into 2023 will you RTO before going back?
We've been told that 2023 will be the year that RTO is officially tracked and enforced. It's easy to say that you'll never RTO, and maybe many of you won't. But some will feel compelled to go in starting January. So here's the question. Will you... — read more
Branch banking incentive pilot
What is this going to look like for premier bankers?
Finally seeing hiring pick up the pace
We finally had a position backfilled after waiting and praying and begging for nearly half a year to fill at least one of the three vacated positions. Is this a good sign? Does it mean that we're safe from layoffs for a while? At least until the end... — read more
A Christmas jingle dedicated to The Layoff readers, far and wide
Oh RCSA, Oh RCSA, I love your date extensions Oh RCSA, Oh RCSA I love your date extensions Risks and Controls well documented Effectiveness so fabricated Oh Tannenbaum, Oh RCSA I love your date extensions Our senior leaders quite frustrated The... — read more
Entitled Generation
I’ve noticed about half the posts on this board are people griping about not being able to work from home. Why are you all so lazy? You guys would’ve struggled to eat in the Rockefeller/Carnegie days. Stop crying and start working. Ok, now if you... — read more
How to save the company $ and make employees way happier
Would you rather have a temp office space that you could use.. Or Would you rather take 5K extra base salary and not go into the office, plus the company provides an extra 2-3K for you home office. Cubes in major metro areas and the office... — read more
Options after bad bonus
I have an anonymous question for Wells Fargo that I want to ask across the spectrum of high earners and low earners - new joiners and established respectively. What do you do if you get a bad bonus? Rather than quit or work harder, do you shirk and... — read more
I asked AI to write a poem about my experience at Wells Fargo
Trapped in my cubicle, I spend my days Working for Wells Fargo, in a never-ending daze I hear the executives talk about diversity and inclusion But it's all just a joke, an elaborate illusion They talk about promoting from within, and giving us a... — read more
Wells Fargo teaching 8000 Indian girls how to spaghetti code
Going from making spaghetti to spaghetti coding … So cool! #BankOnTech https://telanganatoday.com/wells-fargo-to-train-8000-girl-students-in-coding-in-three-years
Promotion earlier in 2022 to affect year end merit and bonus?
If you were promoted earlier in 2022, will they use that as an excuse to reduce your year end merit increase % and bonus amount?
Funny how simple solutions are ignored- RTO
Now that I am old I find it funny that the world revolves around people who make up work pretending to solve complex problems with even more complicated solutions. RTO is one of those. All I read is stuff about diversity, supporting our employees and... — read more
CEO celebrates 100,000th disgruntled worker returning to empty office
Senior management finds it highly amusing what people who actually need a job to pay their bills will do to stay employed. Also, further highlight that that they don’t actually know what employees do.
Incentive pilot overview
Anyone have any idea what this is going to be?!
Perf rating and comp when changed teams
If I changed teams in late june, does my performance from my old manager at mid year get factored into my whole review and bonus? I was consistently exceeds at mid year but in new role ever since. Does that count for nothing now?
How important is LinkedIn in job search?
Is it enough to have your info regularly updated or do recruiters also look for regular blog-type posts to show that you're active? I haven't had the need to look for a new job in well over a decade and I'm willing to admit that I'm rusty when it... — read more
Is anyone else’s team like a revolving door of people?
My team can’t seem to retain or hire qualified people. We have a few long haulers but most are gone in 1-2 years. Couple that with constant re-orgs, organizational changes and technology changes, our team is a disaster….
OCC fines former execs $18.5 million
https://www.bankingdive.com/news/occ-judge-recommends-185m-in-fines-for-3-ex-wells-fargo-execs/638340/ OCC judge recommends $18.5M in fines for 3 ex-Wells Fargo execs The penalties, including a lifetime ban for one, are in line with what the... — read more
Next Town Hall Question
Will survey results be summarized in a graph format that shows exactly how questions were answered, and provided to employees?
Metaverse will eliminate RTO
Going physically to office is going to completely get eliminated once Metaverse is adapted. My prediction, by 2026, 95 percent of Commercial Realestate will be useless and converted to residential condos.
Like the Tin Man does Wells Fargo suddenly have a heart?
Thursday, no layoffs because of the start of the holiday season? Nah
How would you change Town Hall format and content.
What'd you do differently? I am asking Risk people as we had one today but I know other groups are complainging about it too (I am talking to you IT)...