A female Wells Fargo Securities LLC manager alleges she experienced widespread gender discrimination within the firm, including male employees calling a female client a “fat pig,” according to a lawsuit filed in state court in Los Angeles County.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/wells-fargo-managers-called-female-client-fat-pig-suit-says
Raise your hand!
They keep me in the office
I read the article. Just another gold digger. Nothing to see here folks, keep walking.
I hope she has other women in her group who will support her.
I can personally speak to gender bias at WFA. I found it difficult to escalate because I was raised with the “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you” philosophy. And the men who are discriminating against us are decent in other ways, so it gets muddy. But the hand that is feeding us is feeding us less than our male counterparts and giving us less advancement opportunities for equal or better work.
Wells Fargo says they have equal pay for equal jobs, but the pay ranges are so wide within each category that their is too much room for abuse.
Additionally, 3 years ago - a woman in my department did raise a complaint against one of our male managers. The current process is outsourced and has poorly trained people involved. The information leaked immediately, the boys banded together and the women who were questioned feared for their jobs and supported the male manager. The woman lost and was villainized for the rest of her employment.
@ulk+1fHmgaLe
Free speech isn't a thing on corporate property or while using a corporate device. The first amendment is for you to be able to criticize the government, in public, and not face repercussions. It does not give you any special rights in private locations that can set their own rules. Did you not learn that in school?
@gto+1fHmgaLe
If the manner is derogatory, or it is remotely $exual in nature, there is a case there. You refer to them as a customer, by their name, but the second its perceived negatively - by other employees or the customer - is when it becomes an issue.
This coddling of adults in today's world is just unbelievable...
Free speech is not so free when the work place is occupied by the sissies and safe space generation.... how exactly is calling someone else fat brining a lawsuit?
@jlm+1fHmgaLe
It doesn't matter if she experienced it directly. If I overhear two bankers saying that about a customer I can file the same kind of suit. It has no place in Wells Fargo, no matter who it is directed towards.
@ytz+1fHmgaLe
Word to the wise. You as the employee can delete those on your computer, but they are still saved and can be used in cases like this. You should assume that all corporate forms of communication are recorded and monitored at all times.
An employee thinks they experienced gender discrimination because a coworker called someone else a name? Not a great example to lead the story with, Bloomberg. Hopefully the suit has 1st person examples or it will fail.
I'm sure it's true and they need to check all of their IM histories as I guarantee there is name calling and derogatory statements easily discoverable...