I am already hearing leaders whisper about another WPE review being done and an update in the talks about more back in office days. Is this just gossip at my site or can anyone confirm they may be right??
CTI Q3 2026 Broadcast - what was not discussed?
Discussed the good and bad with the survey. Craig Froelich claimed he read all 5300+ comments and yet made zero mention of what two hot topics? Pi-s poor raises with record profits and WFH policies....
Bank of America expands apprenticeship program with 1,000 hires
Bank of America expands apprenticeship program with 1,000 new hires | Fox Business https://share.google/lCADGQtJ2JJue55jc This is what they do- force out the high paying or tenured employees and bring in apprentices and pay them so much less
Do job bands actually matter?
I see many b5s having the same exact responsibilities as b4s. I’ve heard you don’t even get that big of a salary bump moving up to b4, if any. This is unlike any company I’ve ever heard of. It seems it’s either you’re a band 3 or a peasant. What is... — read more
PTO/SICK DAYS
For the first time since i started i have used my pto and sick time. I have about 32 hrs left fir 2026. What if i need and extra day or two? Do i go in the red and it is deducted when new time is alloted in the new year or will it just not accept my... — read more
Medical costs
Has anyone compared their healthcare costs? I just looked and HSA went from roughly 2k/yr to 9k. Am I seeing straight? I did get an email about a pay tier change… but that’s not worth a 7k increase. Anyone?
Big layoffs coming
Get ready
WPE Compliance
How's everyone complying with the new 8 hours/no consecutive remote day rules? How long are you staying in office? Any coffee badgers still? Lol
Contracting companies
Just saying! All major contracts have been renewed! Bank of America is going to become Bank of India 🤡
BofA - Blue Square Alliance
Why hasn’t the bank posted support for the Blue Square Alliance recently? Did something change???
Computer update are insane
How many times are they gonna make us portion update on our computer and have it automatically restart when we’re literally in the middle of something!?! I have a presentation in four minutes and all of a sudden, my computer just restarted with zero... — read more
AI and Oil
Two concerns currently: AI is super concerning after some of the news this week that it could eliminate the entire human race in 10 years.. don’t understand how the company can force it on us and constantly question how we are using it. Not... — read more
Resigning from BofA
I just tendered my resignation at BofA. Does anyone have any insight into the resignation process? Should I expect to hear from HR at any point, or is there anything else I should expect from the process besides tech return on the last day?
$63K or $124K… Pick a Number
Bank of America: $30.5 BILLION in 2025 profit. CEO compensation: $41 MILLION. Yet the same operations job can be posted at $63K–$124K.. a $61,000 spread for one title. Nobody expects executive pay and employee pay to be equal. But when the... — read more
Toxic Environment
Do you all remember what it was like 10 years ago? We had the staff that we needed to get our jobs done. People were friendly and didn’t cause drama for the sake of it, and we didn’t hire toxic people. There is this culture now of toxicity where... — read more
more info on WPE
what is the escalation protocol and consequence model for not complying totally with WPE rules? e.g. through the end of the year I already know/am planning to not be compliant (remote for week of thanksgiving, remote for week of Columbus day, some... — read more
You can't replace experience overnight
People keep leaving with knowledge that took them years to build. A new hire can learn the basics, but they can't suddenly know all the little things an experienced employee picked up over decades. Management seems to think everything can be... — read more
Someone has no issue getting raises
Not any of us chumps. But Brian has done well for himself. Can’t wait to hear the annual BS about limited pools and bonuses. Brian got his; that’s all that matters 2010: $6.1 million 2011: $7.0 million 2012: $12.0 million 2013: $13.1 million 2014:... — read more
Moynihan Opens Mouth With One Word Stock Drops Over 5 Percent
BM stated quarterly sales and trading revenue would be “flat” relative to a year ago. Just like that, BAC stock dropped over 5 percent. Revenue is not the only thing going "flat" at BAC. Has any group gained any new hires to make up for short... — read more
Show of hands
Who would leave without a second thought if they were able to land an offer, even if the pay was slightly lower?
BofA Will Lose The AI Race
BofA is going to be left in the dust with AI big time. Their technology team is locking workers out of AI tools so that only tech can create them. Why you say? 80% for their own job security, 10% control and 10% tools are new to them. It is a sad... — read more
New department but unsure how/why I was chosen
I was recently re-allocated to a new (for me) department. I've been with the bank for 20 years and have been shuffled around before but it was usually due to old team being absorbed for another project. This time feels different. My boss and his boss... — read more
Different treatment after FMLA at BOfa
micromanaged after FMLA leave ! Noticing a pattern. So at my current BOfa job I was under some stress at home and at work and decided to take some intermittent FMLA time for stress. After 6 years of getting Meets or exceeds ratings when the Mid year... — read more
Extending parental leave
Anyone take the full 26 weeks of parental leave? Told my team I would only do the 16 but now I want to extend it, but worried how they will react
Firing Americans
This is not the Bank of America. This should be renamed as the Bank of India. Oops, the name is already taken. H1B fraud, H4 EAD hiring, OPT, EAD, Greencard friends and family, BUT NO Americans. Every manager and HR should be investigated. They take... — read more
Medical Accommodation
Ever since the 4 days in work/ 1 day remote announcement, so many people in my division have applied for medical accommodations to work from home. I am curious how many will be approved. If you have a genuine need, that is okay. The people I know... — read more
Email su-ks
Whoever is in charge of the email system and making all of these changes to it - please stop!! It’s absolutely terrible now with spotty connectivity and freezing up, over and over again.
Anything concrete?
Does a single person have any concrete information on the next round of layoffs? Anything other than the omnipresent "layoffs are coming, be ready?"
Pennington office
Why it’s always empty . Everyday, every time I go there, it empty. Rows upon rows of empty desk. No one comes to work in this office. Yet they say it’s full and booking is hard.
Erin Piacenti - GoFundMe
Nice to see the bank promoting the GoFundMe that was set up for her daughter, Madison, on Flagscape. Wondering if any of the SLT has managed to open up their personal wallet/pocketbook and donate?? FYI 2025 Compensation Amounts Moynihan $41... — read more
Bank of America VP ki-led in Times Square stabbing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/bank-america-vp-ki-led-times-171117844.html
Ridiculous AI
I’m spending more time trying to figure out how to turn features off that were automatically changed on my Outlook. Then I am actually working because everything is so inefficient and such a pain in the @… but I can’t even turn these features off... — read more
Employee survey question on process
Ever wondered why this question always scores the lowest? I think that's because leaders don't give a flying f to people who can understand and fix the process. Process teams are either working on spi maintenance with low value, paid very low or... — read more
September Layoffs
All the major banks are going to do massive layoffs in September.Many citizens will be impacted. You all must protest! The CEOs lack morality and they like to eat from the plates of hardworking Americans! and they love to see them go homeless. Some... — read more
MyWork requests
Anyone have experience getting approved to work remotely to help a family member with medical issues? My mom lives with me and broke her hip a while back. She’s coming home from rehab soon and I need to work from home for a while to be safe. She’s... — read more
Questionable Hiring
This company has become so toxic. I am an internal candidate applying to do what I went to graduate school for and have over a decade of experience doing the tasks at the company. I have mentors very high up in the department. I reached out to the... — read more
How should I handle 8-hour requirement - please advise
I haven't discussed this with my manager yet so would be grateful for input or info anyone has on policy. Here's my situation: I work East Coast hours from West Coast (CA) I have worked 6am (and sometimes 5am) to 8am from home, then train into... — read more
Workplace Excellence vs Work Excellence
Workplace excellence often ends up meaning: looking good sounding good being visible being “aligned” being socially smooth fitting the corporate narrative participating in culture, meetings, rituals It’s about optics and behavior inside the... — read more
I Know You All Have This Person
I know every team has that one person who somehow helped ruin WPE for everybody. So instead of actually dealing with that person, we changed the rules for everyone and just collectively took it up the a-s. And the funniest part? That person is... — read more