Thread regarding Wells Fargo & Co. layoffs

Wells Fargo has an identity crisis

On the one hand- Charlie says he wants to “grow our investment bank”, competing with global giants who have been perfecting their craft for decades. And he also says he is focused on building our Wealth Management business “acquiring, building, deepening and retaining relationships with affluent clients.”

On one other hand - he is quickly turning us in to the JC Penny of banks. He is degrading our brand by:

  1. Continuing to fall further behind on technology and digital innovation
  2. Laying off knowledgeable competent employees and replacing them with cheap inexperienced workers
  3. Seeking low-cost mediocre solutions rather than focusing on quality and excellence
  4. Pompous leaders unable to connect with employees, customers or shareholders
  5. Failing to pivot quickly and competently with shifting customer needs
  6. Setting a low-bar by prioritizing cost cutting above all else
  7. Offshoring jobs to third-world countries, which is known to decrease customer satisfaction and increase privacy and security concerns
  8. Failing to put the customer’s needs above the C-Suite’s greed.
  9. Selling off and shutting down important business lines

You can’t have it both ways.

You’re not going to attract Bergdorf Goodman clients to your JC Penny business.

High-net worth clients have complex needs and seek optimal investment solutions. They do not seek to be served by third-world country call centers and inferior outdated business models. Neither do the Financial Advisors, who serve them. Investment Banking clients want proven expertise in the issuance of their securities or assistance with their mergers and acquisitions . Wall Street investment banks put a high priority on their asset managements businesses in conjunction with their investment research businesses. They put an emhasis on attracting, paying and retaining top talent. Charlie has sold our asset management business, neutered our research analysts and chased off/laid-off top talent.

Charlie has to make up his mind. Does he want Wells Fargo to be a respected bank known for it’s excellence and top-tier services?? Or does he want the Wells Fargo brand to be cheap, clunky, outdated and driven to eventual failure?

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@xzs+1mfTfXcz

I challenge anyone point out one thing Charlie has done to add any appreciable value to the long-term stability or growth of WF.

It almost seems like his mission is to chip away at anything that was working and earning $ until there's nothing left.

As I've said for a while now, it's a hostile take-over from within.

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Post ID: @xzs+1mfTfXcz

Yes, I do. Something doesn’t add up. Charlie and the BOD’s actions are obtuse at best, and potentially greed-based at worst. No different than our prior C-Suites, who publicly posted unrealistic cross-sell numbers for years and lined their pockets while being praised for their fraudulent successes. Wolves disguised in Brooks Brothers suits.

Why are we still under the Federal Asset Cap more than 5 years later?? Why have we squandered $65 Billion during that same 5 years on company stock buybacks? A logical conclusion would be that our CEO has less interest in building the bank’s long-term health and stability, and more interest in triggering his stock options.

Sometimes exploitative people join an organization or a particular industry to “hide in plain sight”. They intentionally use public perception or their privilege to pull the wool over our eyes. They often seek a target-rich environment. Bernie Madoff is an excellent example.

What better bank to join, if you are self- indulgent and close to the end of your career, than Wells Fargo? It has already been proven that we have ineffective oversight and controls, we have an established pattern of unlawful behavior, we are too big to manage and are considered too big to fail. The returns for the ill- intentioned are extravagant and there is little to no risk.

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Post ID: @pgo+1mfTfXcz

Charlie should have been fired when Warren noped out.

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Post ID: @xbs+1mfTfXcz

Warren Buffett sold his considerable WFC position once Charlie came on board - Buffett liked that WFC was not a Wall Street-based bank with wild swings. A main street customer focused bank was successful

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@xzs+1mfTfXcz

This would be akin to a lot of theories that Vince Russo was sent to WCW by Vince McMahon to intentionally ruin them.

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Post ID: @lxk+1mfTfXcz

does anyone wonder if the intentional downfall is by design? they all came from JPM, they want to be JPM, maybe to later have WF sold to pieces or scooped up by JPM. Just a thought.

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Post ID: @xzs+1mfTfXcz

I'll make it even simpler. He can have RTO/location strategy or he can have a functional bank in the future. Both isn't an option.

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Post ID: @oxk+1mfTfXcz

The history books are filled with former Fortune 500 companies who took their customers for granted. Charlie is too company-focused rather than customer-focused. Rather than thinking of how to improve our customer experience, Charlie is focused more on strategies to help maximize returns and line his own pockets.

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Post ID: @oik+1mfTfXcz

don’t agee with #1 but do the rest

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Post ID: @nrq+1mfTfXcz

Everybody need to be able to enjoy they Orange Fanta and fiesta chicken tenders. Periodt.

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Post ID: @exq+1mfTfXcz

That's what you get with someone hired on connections throughout their life vs proven competence.

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Post ID: @jap+1mfTfXcz

Charlie is a one trick pony. It is how he got the name Chainsaw Charlie.

It isn't hard to find BoNY and VISA employees who still talk about his incompetence.

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Post ID: @oab+1mfTfXcz

Ah it’s paragraphs and bullet points guy who upvotes his own posts and also replies to them

Charlie living in yo head rent free

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Post ID: @jki+1mfTfXcz

This is the best post. Should be framed on every employee desk. I have sent to everyone I know. Charlie is incapable of being a CEO and competing against anyone. He has taken our company down in flames. I doubt anyone of wealth will do any business with all the criminals in the c suite. Heard the media is scoping out a story about age and tenure in their lay off pools. Who gets rid of 30 plus year employees?????? chainsaw Charlie!!!!!!!!!

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Post ID: @eey+1mfTfXcz

Well said. Charlie has no clue what he wants to do except he wants to look more like Goldman and JPM and Morgan Stanley, whom he idolizes.

Dismissively and arrogantly axing large and long time pillars of the enterprise shows how clueless he is.

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