I hate working here. It’s not just the bad working conditions and everything that entails. I have to struggle with the morality of what I do every day. I hate even more that I’ve been trying for a long time to find a new job but outside of moving I have no options. I am stuck. I would give anything for an option to walk away.
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There is always an option. Sometimes it takes either courage or stupidity to make the leap though. I worked with a guy a few years ago who had enough when WFC supported the Dakota pipeline, so he quit. Gave his two weeks notice and just left with no other job lined up. So if you believe very strongly that this place is not going in a direction you agree with, you do have options.
Oh, shut up, and put the snowflake where the sun don't shine. You are so annoying. I get on this site every once in a while and there is ALWAYS a snowflake comment being made by you. Go away and find another hobby.
OMG! Get a life and get off of this site.
We've all met stereotypical Millennials, but there's also some unbelievably talented ones. It's just like any other generation or any other arbitrary grouping of people. Some good, some bad. One thing to remember, for a bunch of 'helpless' people, Millennials have done just about all the door–kicking and te––––––t hunting since 9/11. Doesn't seem very helpless to me.
Just want to remind everyone that “millennial” is a generation born between 1981 and 1996. You’re talking about a huge swath of the workforce in blanket terms.
Snowflake was not a social media coined term and was not “derogatory slang”.
For better or worse, many of the second wave baby boomers coddled their children in an effort to guide them into a rough world. They grew up without competition, winning and losing... with meaningless participation trophies. As they grew older in their teens and twenties we had helicopter parents... some even coming to job interviews with their parents. In college they required safe spaces, play–Doh rooms and were easily triggered. The issue was compounded by their reliance on texting to one another instead of face to face interaction.
Not a put down, an accurate description of a millennial problem. Every generation has their pluses and minuses.
Snowflake is not a social media created term. It came from observations of college age millenials with helicopter parents who grew up with participation trophies, helicopter mothers and were were easily triggered and needed play–doh and safe spaces.
A truly helpless and hapless generation, ill prepared for real life and any adversity.
Not all, but 80% for sure.
Hey @qux+1asQD3c9, pretty sure the OP said they were looking.
To the OP, it will work out, eventually, keep looking.
To some of the rest of you, be helpful or don't post.
That's not just for the OP or for the rest of us, it's for you, you need to find better things to do with your time.
Me too, later.
Don't go away mad, just go away
You’re only stuck because you’re too narrow minded. If you truly hate your job you would accept anyone of the following options:
- Same position, different company, lower pay
- Different but relevant position @ different company for whatever pay
- Totally different career path/position @ different company for whatever pay
- Move to where a job that you want is
Did I call you a name? Yes. Did I do it to put you down? No. This is the truth that you can’t see for yourself. I have been in a place that made me physically ill on arrival because of my disgust with the place and it took me months to realize it. If you’re holding out because you will only accept position X and pay Y then that is a problem only you can fix. I’d go work digging ditches or as a construction site scrub if it paid enough to get me through while I searched for my dream job and I wouldn’t be afraid to list that position on my resume. All you need to explain periods of non–employment or alternate employment is an explanation.
You always have options. No one is forcing you to work at Wells.
That may be, but the fact remains, accepting $ to do unethical things makes you no better than those asking you to do them. 'I was just following orders, for money' isn't a sustainable defense of immoral acts.
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Too bad you are unable to communicate without using social media coined terms and derogatory slang. Having said that, it does speak to your lack of intelligence, which is helpful as far as discounting your input.
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I’ll tell you what he/she gains: attention. Some people are so desperate for any kind of attention, they don’t care whether it’s positive or negative. Their self–esteem is so low, that they have to give themselves daily boosts by putting others down. Incredibly sad for them and incredibly toxic to the world around them.
@owl+1asQD3c9 – what do you gain by calling OP snowflake? Your parents must be proud
You do have an option snowflake
It’s only your lack of ethics and greed keeping you here if claim to struggle with morality but stick around for money
I made the decision, long ago, to never compromise my personal reputation for WFC. In my LOB, we are talking all day with employees throughout our firm and other financial firms. I do my best to keep my reputation solid and not be influenced by whatever is going on around here. It helps me sleep at night, and you never know who’s help you many need down the road, in the form of a straight truthful answer or even a job.
WFC is always changing their focus, priorities, projects, campaigns, policies, strategies, management, organizational structure, sales techniques, employee reviews, compliance classes etc depending on who did what wrong the previous year. It’s dizzying. Stay strong, solid, honest and steady and there will always be a job for you.
I'm sorry it's so hard, I was laid off from Wells and it took a lot longer to find the right job than I thought it would. It's rough out there, but EVERYONE has options... even if it can sometimes feel like all options are not–great
If you aren't getting interviews, then reexamine your resume.
Are you networking to try to get your resume on top of the pile, or just applying like crazy –– i.e. spray and pray? If you rely on online applications only, the process can drag on a long time.
Or maybe you are getting interviews, but don't get the offer? If so, your resume is probably not the problem. It's something you are saying/doing in interviews that may need tweaking.
Either way, it's a numbers game. It's a ton of work, and lots of introspection, with luck and timing thrown in. It helps to apply early if you are a fit, and have a network contact talk you up ASAP. Once the recruiter thinks they have a big enough pool, they generally stop considering new applicants even if the job remains "open".
Not sure where you live but I wouldn't limit myself to just your location. As someone else said, you may have go move at some point, so make sure you are targeting companies you either know are OK with remote work OR are in areas you don't hate.
Good luck. You'll find a job eventually, as long as you are persistent.
The answer seems pretty simple, if you can't find gainful employment where you are, move. I did. Was it a pain in the short term? Yes. Was it a great thing in the long term? Yes. Also, not sure what immoral activity you're involved in, but you don't have to be.
@tfr+1asQD3c9. Wow! Top 3%? Wow! So how much is 3%?
You don't need give anything to get an offer with decent pay. Decent here means american household medium. I'm earning top 3%, stuck here as well