The fact that all across this forum there are people who are afraid of going back into the office, when there have been branch team members who have been customer facing the entire time for the last (almost 2 years now) is insane.
Now, of course the argument here is “Its unsafe! They need to log everyone who has gotten the Covid shot and who hasn’t! It’s to keep us safe!” Yet there have been customer-facing team members who deal with this on a daily basis and have yet to say a word. There are team members who have dealt first hand with customers who haven’t taken the shot, not wearing masks, and have been coughing and sneezing in all of our branches.
There are also some team members who have taken advantage of the companies Covid policy and had a year off 100% paid, just because they were “scared”. Now, I am not speaking about those with a legitimate reason to be out for Covid. I am speaking solely on those who have taken advantage of the system while the rest of us suffered. Keeping us short-staffed inside the branches just because they wanted to be selfish and stay home. I also know several people first-hand who have family doctors who they have been going to for years, who are willingly writing doctors notes so they don’t have to come back…yet just because.
I have witnessed Wells Fargo lay off team members inside of the branches, while fully knowing that their branches are short staffed and have, in a nutshell, told everyone to deal with it.
I have seen Wells Fargo not replace team members who have left, and the ones they are replacing, they cut their hours in half to only hire part timers. I have heard recruiters becoming “backed up”, and having current team members suffer while being short staffed, along with the recruiters themselves.
So, with that being said, while some of you are concerned with catching Covid because of your cubical job and those being vaccinated vs unvaccinated, don’t forget about your customer facing team members inside the branches that have been there since the beginning. Understaffed, overworked, underpaid, and being exposed every single day.