Just an FYI, for anyone who is currently thinking about submitting a claim to the EEOC, please do this before submitting to the Ethicsline.
The EEOC requires all claims to be made within 44 days of the event. As a previous poster mentioned, they didn't hear back from the Ethicsline for months. This is likely a deliberate measure from Wells to wait out the clock and prevent additional repuattional issues for the company.
EEOC FAQs
https://eeoc.custhelp.com/app/answers/list
I filed a complaint with the ethics line at Wells Fargo. No actions were taken.
HR doesn’t care about employees. It’s a sliver job (like dei) created to insulate the company from bad press or lawsuits. Ask Hope.
Never ever go to WFB HR or your Mgt. team first. Protect yourself, get an attorney or get to the EEOC. WFB will go after you if they get a chance. From their perspective if you didn't already get this., the firm is more important than you. They will protect the firm and bury you at first opportunity. WFB is compromised through and through.
Yes, file with EEOC. Even if EEOC has very day grayed out on their "Appointment Date Selector" and cannot do an investigation till past 4/9/2023. Document everything, skip Ethics Line. If relevant, go directly to Federal regulators. Skeletons are many.
Anyone who contacts either ethicsline or EEOC is someone we don’t want anyone near our company and potentially not even in the workforce. Just miserable, miserable people that would take the time to do that and cause a lot of problems for the ambitious of this world.
An EEOC charge goes to the Investigations department, and they only look at whether internal procedures were followed. It is amazing to think that this company is so confident in itself, that they blatantly disregard laws, and then say that's ok because it doesn't go against an internal policy.
The ethics line is a joke. I was in a situation where two people literally left because of a manager's action and they were d-mb enough to put it in writing. They filed with the ethics line with proof and were told there was no issue.
The Ethics Line is just so WF can CYA.