Think about your manager and his (or her) manager and all the unnecessary levels of management we have here that spend most of their days doing nothing other than rearranging numbers and images on a PowerPoint presentation to make it seem like they're presenting something new and useful. Where else would they be paid so well for so little useless work? Nowhere. These people will go to bat for Wells and I can't even blame them. I hate my job because I know I'm working too much for not enough pay, I know I'm not respected for what I do, and I know I have no job security. If I had it as well as they do, I'd be the biggest Wells cheerleader there is.
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I used to drink the kool aid and loved everything about my role at Wells. I worked crazy hours, supported my team and loved my leader. However, that being said it all ended with a 15-minute meeting, and a layoff for me. I grew up with the culture that work hard play hard. Now people are leaving, people are now doing the jobs of 3 people, it is sad. It is not the way it should have gone. But when people used to say to me 'the grass is greener' when they would leave, I would say 'nope, I love WF', I wouldn't leave. Now I am happier than I have been in years! And I feel I should actually thank Charlie, because I never would have known what I was missing!
Yes. They are called the c-suite folks.
It’s amazing I have 350,000 employees internationally over half are in fear of losing their jobs; the other half hasn’t been burnt yet. I get 20 million a year. Life is great!
I used to.
.......the silent minority......
@shp+1gyBK8iQ You are fortunate to be close to your office. Too many people have that 50 minute commute. When the weather is bad, forget about it.
80% of a person's job satisfaction is the quality of the relationship she/he has with her/his manager.
everything else is secondary.
I am one of them. Love it here.
My team is great, the boss is hands off and supportive.
I have 7 years to retirement, the pace is OK.
I've been with the bank for about 10 years, I hope I'll be able to retire from here.
been with wells a while and don't mind my job. have a good manager and a good team which is a huge first step. after the most recent reorg and am not even that displeased by my lob leadership. thankfully I'm close to my office so RTO isn't that bad for me and while I could probably make a little more elsewhere I have a good amount of flexibility and autonomy within my role so that is worth quite a bit. I know this could change in am instant, but of now isn't too bad.
@OP+1gyBK8iQ I agree with you-- I know my mgr is scrambling to keep relevant:
scheduling meeting after meeting, preparing spreadsheet after spreadsheet, as you put it perfectly: "make it seem like they're presenting something new and useful" to his mgr. My mgr would throw my team under the bus to save his a$$. I can't stand the toxic environment my mgr fosters.
I still do enjoy my work...but dread every 1-1 w/ kiss a$$ mgr. He's only ticking boxes for himself. I let him know I'm on to him in a very respectful way....
I love my job, but I'm a light-year away from being a cheerleader for the id--ts at the exec level running the show. It helps to have several layers between me and them.