Charlie needs good employees as much as you need your job. High quality employees are difficult to find. Employees with the right experience are difficult to find. Mature employees who can work well within teams are difficult to find. Employees who can make responsible decisions on a daily basis are difficult to find.
Charlie and WFC have skillfully turned the tables on you and made you think “you should be lucky to have a job” and “you better fall in line or you might be next.” Don’t let them do that to you. Wells Fargo is lucky to have you. If they don’t appreciate you or take care of you or respect you -then you will take your talents elsewhere. It’s THEIR loss. You take your talents to a competitor and help the competition succeed.
Charlie and the Senior Execs don’t know the systems, they don’t know how to deposit a check, they don’t know how to trade, or manage a syndicate offering, or process a home mortgage. If we all walk away, they are screwed. So hold your head up high, know your worth and remember that they need you as much as you need them. It should be a mutually beneficial and mutually respectful relationship and you should expect expect nothing less.