Most of us have been uncared for by Wells Fargo through what is in all likelihood the worst year of anyone’s life.
We have consistently been held to an unrealistic and wholly unobtainable standard of pre-pandemic excellence by management from the top down, while being thrust into continuously unsafe working environments, at least as branch bankers.
Not only did most of us perform the tasks that were asked of us during this time, our clients and colleagues feel as though we performed above and beyond the call of duty on a daily basis.
Instead of being rewarded for our efforts and hard work, at the risk of physical and mental health, many of us have been met with mediocre performance reviews, skepticism, and a level of micromanagement only fit for a disruptive child.
As if this were not enough, career tracts have been eliminated, entire divisions eviscerated and titles diminished in a less than transparent attempt to save face for the shareholder.
There have been repeated attempts to gaslight the staff into believing that nothing has changed. While many of us were being spoon fed our demise, wrapped in the promise of a more “nimble organization”, your best people have been exiting.
Sales are back, the pressure has returned, and morale is at an all time low. This time, they are barely even attempting to hide their graft.
Chainsaw Charlie may be winning the attrition game, but human beings are the most important asset of all. I can’t wait for this lesson to be learned, publicly, in a very real way.