https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2020/09/08/wells-fargo-to-work-remotely-until-at-least-novemb.html

At the same time that WF is sending out lay-off notices, they are sending out Covid care packages to other (who are then proudly posting photos of them on LinkedIn). So Twilight Zone-ish.

https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/location/india-jobs/1251/1269750/2

Layoffs are a delicate issue and Wells Fargo must walk a delicate line in order to avoid litigation. Everything Wells Fargo is doing is likely under the advisement of highly compensated consultants like Bain Consulting-... — read more 

Let’s treat each other with respect while we’re here trying to get a feel of the current situation at Wells Fargo. Let’s keep the subject matter relevant and leave politics and other non-related topics out of our discussion. You can join Twitter or... — read more 

WEEKLY BULLETIN FOR PERIOD 08/30/2020 - 09/05/2020 26 WF branches on the list I feel like I’m looking at the game lines in the sport book ready to place a wager on branch closures for next week. SMH

Started with Wells Fargo Financial. Changed roles, on average, every ~20 months. Moved from $25k annually to almost $200k annually. I am ready to hang it up and walk away from this dysfunctional, arrogant, dysfunctional, smug, uncaring, lying, and... — read more 

I find it amazing that our defacto or soon to be headquarters is NYC and all the appointed leaders sit out in that city that lost so many lives on 9 11, yet not one of these so called leaders could even acknowledge the anniversary today. The... — read more 

Reschedule all meetings too.

I had a phone interview yesterday with another company. I hope they call me back. To anyone and I mean anyone who thinks that he or she is safe including c-suite supporters, I have a bridge to sell you. The cuts are going to be from top to... — read more 

You may or may not have yet seen that the Thanks! post from earlier today is a copy and paste from The Zenith Education Layoffs page from Lay-off.com back in 2017. (Lots of hits and upvotes.) So that leads me to this next thought. There are... — read more 

If you have been recently laid off, interested to hear how it played out? 1. How did you find out (mail or FedEx first, your manager, etc)? 2. Did you get 60 days notice? 3. Are you working during notice period or locked out? 4. What group were you... — read more 

I want to thank the person at Wells Fargo who laid me off. I want to thank you for not recognizing and acknowledging my talent, skill set and drive. I want to thank you for trying to tear me down while I was there because you only made me stronger... — read more 

Let’s keep this thread updated so there is more transparency since we get nothing from senior executives. 09/10 - From Charlie's profile on Teamworks there is a total team number of 274,078, down about 1,000 since August.

https://www.pionline.com/money-management/wells-fargo-targeting-25-workforce-mass-layoffs

Many many posts ago people were mentioning they got a prompt to verify their address or something when they logged into peoplesoft. Can anyone verify if this was a signal of a layoff? Some said it was to make sure the address was correct to receive... — read more 

Teamworks has a link today outlining all the updates to the employee handbook for Aug 2020. They are quite extensive and suggest you give them a gander. They have wiped out all mentions of vision and values. They have added a spot that allows you... — read more 

Bill Daley seems genuine but it went south about half way through when they talked ad-naseum about 'diversity, inclusion, social justice, etc'. meanwhile the whole leadership team is 100% white!!!

For those in Investment Banking / Commercial Capital / Strategic Capital (private equity), what is the typical garden leave for leaving to another bank or perceived competitor (PE/VC Fund)? This place has left a bad taste in my mouth, I may be on... — read more 

Learning history is the best way to avoid prior mistakes. With that being said I think employees should be required to watch our two former CEOs lie to congress for 6-7 hours. Top it off with an hour of Netflix dirty money. This way everyone... — read more 

Is it called Employee Checking now? Just Checking.

I am an IT employee in the NY/NJ area and I took the self-imposed road out of WF and will be leaving in October for another opportunity. My mid-year rating was a complete let down. After receiving 9 years of Meets and Exceeds and receiving $$... — read more 

Did you log any complaints today. Banker says no, I didn’t receive any complaints. Manager says didn’t your last customer say she got wet in the rain walking from the parking lot. Let’s log it. We’re short on complaints.

my manager caught me looking up info on available jobs. i tried to deny it but he was having none of it. he doesn't like me as it is, so now i'm worried i've doomed my place here before i've managed to find a replacement job. my biggest worry is, can... — read more 

Has everyone noticed that Scharf and his cronies have gone radio silent now that layoffs are going to kick off next weak with a vengeance? These guys are hiding from team members, oops, I mean employees. Weak, but we already knew that!!

I have been recording Charlie's total team count off Teamworks (I know there's retirements, people leaving or fired, etc. and it's not all "layoff" related) and it goes down weekly since August at a steady clip of 440-500 team members. I assume it... — read more 

Those who are leaving for new jobs but could be considered too important to lose by the management? Has it ever happened that they offered to meet an employee's new pay or offer some other benefits? Or are they just happy to see people leave without... — read more 

please share what you know; you have to see the writing on the wall at this point that the majority of you will be the first to go. They ARE cutting managers, and they are certainly going to cut IC's next, meaning they're letting go of the folks... — read more 

I may get downrated for this ... but - excepting discrimination - there is no due process in performance reviews. Furthermore, when you are laid off - you typically sign away (and only have days to decide on penalty of keeping your severance) all... — read more 

Where Executives love Lay-off strategy Lying Sabatoge Framing Abusing Retaliation Gaming and Obstruction

two employees(not team members any more) were rated as need to improve in the mid year, and they are in the PIP now and will be fired soon. Additional 5%-10% will be targeted in the YE by October and will be fired. They will target the most senior... — read more 

For those who have been or are soon to be laid off - Found this on a neighborhood website. https://www.wsoctv.com/news/trending/now-hiring-33k-jobs-amazon-hold-virtual-career-day/5CLTYKQ4XNCFPNXDQ3ZIZMDADM/ Now hiring for 33K jobs: Amazon to... — read more 

I had my third 1:1 of the year with my manager today. He grilled me on where I was with certain items which I easily answered. From there, he proceeded to reprimand me for not responding to someone’s email in a timely manner. I was also chastised for... — read more 

I am passively. I don't want to jump from the pot to the frying pan and land somewhere I'll regret. I don't find it too bad here because I have worked worse places at Fortune 500 companies. So are you actively looking, passively looking or are... — read more 

Sorry, just had the urge to scream.

There are some perceived underperformers who are clueless right now that they are going to be laid off, but pretty much every one on their team and other business partners all know. Are they any people like that who you work with?

So the new handbook came out and the displacement table is gone. It does say 60 notice, but how many weeks you get in severance is not available. it also emphasizes STAR

Just got an email that managers are to begin entering in data on CP&D on 10/1! Just finished mid-year in July. Guess I can forecast my performance...