Thread regarding Wells Fargo & Co. layoffs

Can you not get walk- in service in our banks anymore?

A friend in California is moving in to an ADU. The owner of the home will accept rent in the form of CASH only, and the amount is more than he can withdraw from an ATM.

This friend does all his banking online. So he said he has tried walking in to a Wells Fargo bank twice to open an account and both times they have told him he needs to make an appointment and come back. The first time: the banker acted put-out and said that my friend shouldn’t expect him to “simply drop everything for someone who walks in off the street”. The second time: a woman apologized profusely and said they were very short-staffed these days.

I can understand if it’s meeting with an FA to discuss investments, but to open a simple checking or a savings account??

Charlie says “Keeping customers front and center is at the heart of Wells Fargo's continued evolution.” I guess he hasn’t walked in to one of our brick and mortar’s lately.

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@wdw+1oVV13yY
"This is illegal"

That's California, in a nutshell. The laws are so anti-business that every small business has to operate illegally.

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Post ID: @2iqw+1oVV13yY

You can get service as a walk in, there’s just a dice roll involved in it. If they have 3 bankers, and you walk in at 11:04, and there were 3 people that walked in at 10:57, 10:59, and 11:02, you could easily see a 45 min wait.

“HIRE MORE PEOPLE!!!!!!111111” they say.

Sure, let’s do the same scenario. 5 bankers, you walk in at 11:04, people walked in at 10:54, 10:56, 10:57, 10:59, and 11:02. You’re still seeing a 37 minute wait.

There’s no perfect way to do this… although combining the banker and teller position would help a lot here.

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Post ID: @1mua+1oVV13yY

What business at all is WF in any more? Seems like WF just wants to get rid of all LOBs. Working for a bank that doesn't want to do banking. Crazy!!

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@fze+1oVV13yY

Thank you! I’ll pass your suggestion on!

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@fze+1oVV13yY

Thank you! I will pass that on!

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Post ID: @1vmc+1oVV13yY

They're understaffed and appointments are booked up. They just don't have the manpower to squeeze in an account opening without an appointment. WF doesn't want people going in branches for transactions they can do online. Bankers are required to let customers know their virtual options to try and reduce in person traffic. I would definitely recommend a smaller local bank or credit union.

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Post ID: @fze+1oVV13yY

They do not want customers. The bank is lazy. I interviewed for a banker job. I was the only one in the branch. Bankers who were all tattooed were on their cell phones. Customer walked in only to be told they had to make an appt and come back. Needless to say I withdrew my name for ever working at that branch!

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Post ID: @vqi+1oVV13yY

Other banks are like this as well. It started with the covid lockdown, and they've continued ever since. Pretty much anything beyond deposits/withdrawals requires an appointment.

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Post ID: @qqv+1oVV13yY

That’s Charlie’s MO. He first makes changes that destroy a LOB, and then he says that LOB is no longer generating profits or is no longer relevant, and next he closes it down or sells it.

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Post ID: @qys+1oVV13yY

So your friend who banks online cannot open a bank account online? This same friend who could not take enough cash out of the ATM decided he needed to go in the bank to open an account and not take out his rent money? Seriously?

Why do you all keep lying on here? I am really starting to wonder who you work for. It doesn’t make sense to post this nonsense over and over for free. Even you guys can’t be that pathetic.

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Post ID: @wfx+1oVV13yY

Much as many here love to hate on California, the beauty of living here is $hit like this is illegal.

California Civil Code Section 1947.3 - Form of payment of rent (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a landlord or a landlord's agent shall allow a tenant to pay rent and deposit of security by at least one form of payment that is neither cash nor electronic funds transfer.

So, no need for a branch, err, store…kiosk, whatever…

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Post ID: @wdw+1oVV13yY

This definitely happened

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Post ID: @jdy+1oVV13yY

Why on earth would they want to open an account at WF?

The 2-for-1 special?

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