After reading someone’s characterization of David Kowach on another post, it made me realize how much I miss working in a team environment. We worked hard and we worked together and we put in long hours and loved every minute of it. We trusted our managers and they appreciated our honesty. Two opinions were better than one, and playing the Devils Advocate was considered to be thinking a project through, rather than “being negative.” I have great respect for the employees and managers I’ve worked with a long the way. They all deserve better than what we are experiencing right now.
Not all parts of Wells Fargo were corrupt. It was the Senior Executive team at the bank, and the leaders in the Community Banking Division. But the rest of us have had, for the most part, good experiences at Wells Fargo before 2016.
So yes - I do resent the new management team coming in and not respecting my team mates. I don’t enjoy watching my fellow team mates being forced to pay the price for the mistakes of others. And I don’t like that our current management team is, perhaps unintentionally, destroying employee morale across the board when the problems were not across the board. I don’t love Wells Fargo, but I do love the employees of Wells Fargo. There are plenty of leaders at other major corporations who have executed layoffs while still pulling the team together and giving employees hope for a brighter future.
I thinking wanting the best for Wells Fargo employees is actually wanting the best for Wells Fargo.