“Fitting in with the crowd is the easy option that requires less work and thought and it is the path that many choose for the sake of an easy life. By merely fitting in you are denying yourself the opportunity to grow as a person and you are limiting your ability to succeed. Stand Out From The Crowd.”
Everyone’s experience is different, but I believe WFC’s strategy is to profit off of embracing mediocrity:
- Outsourcing and Offshoring work
- 2% standard increases
- Ranking the majority of employees in to the “Meets” category (the old 3). They, either intentionally or unintentionally, are fostering complacency and settling for less.
- Instability from the top down
- DE &I (I’m pro-DE&I but WFC has and will sc--w it up, losing focus on watching the store)
- Eliminating higher paid experienced roles and bringing in new lower paid inexperienced roles through lay-offs and stagnation. Talent is leaving and WFC does not have a culture that will keep new talent for long. (A few high performers is no match for mass mediocrity.)
- Converting once knowledgeable and unique satisfying roles in to massive Call Centers.
- Paying the C-Suite more and the average employee less, devaluing and disrespecting the employee’s role
- If the head of the company does not push boundaries, is not visionary, then how are his direct reports and their direct reports going to exercise excellence?
- The focus is all on cost-cutting and profit. This is not a company striving for excellence.
- We have mediocre traditional leadership, mediocre technology, mediocre processes, and a mediocre culture. All while the modern world is moving forward at a fast pace.
Wells Fargo doesn’t have it’s finger on the pulse and is always too little too late. Don’t settle for fitting in and doing what is best for Wells Fargo. Be your best, stand out from the crowd and hone your unique talents. If Wells Fargo isn’t willing to pay you what you are worth or respect you for what you bring to the table - then find a company where you can grow. We deserve better, and we can’t afford to grow stagnant at a company that doesn’t invest in and embrace high performance.