I hate my job so much, but I've had no luck finding something else. I'm stuck.
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My hand is up🙋🏽♂️
I'm sorry, but it sounds like a lot of us are right there with you. At least there's a place to commiserate until you find something else.
All the fckin requirements for a service now change with additional SDLC tasks is the shining tu-d of efficiency… plus all the teams needed for approvals is offshore is the proverbial icing on the fckin cake.
Worked for WF for 18 years. Was great for 15 of those years. Last 3 were pure he77. Worked long hours and weekends because exempt employees “work the job” as expected. Left last year, retired, have never been happier. That place is toxic to the max. So many jobs have been and will continue to be pushed to India or the Philippines where job performance is poor, thus causing US employees to work harder to correct the work. “Expense management” is the only way to satisfy shareholders due to the asset cap, which frankly is nowhere close to being lifted. It’s a dog eat dog world there and honestly, I’m SO glad to be out of there.
Yes. Manager in CCAR su-ks.
Everything for me is a total lawsuit, so there’s that!
There are some excellent posts here about quitting, "quietly quitting", and dealing with the survivorship skills needed at WF—first a couple of observations. One you don't even have to go after a "meets" rating. Don't placate your manager. I developed my own "meets" rating. I made upskilling goals for myself. I learned Python, advanced trading analytics, AI training, non-SQL databases such as Cassandra, microservices SOA architecture, service meshes, etc.
While quietly quitting I learned to be my manager. I am glad I did because those skills have advanced me after they voted me off the show.
I don’t feel sick but I do dread working because it is stupid how difficult it is to get anything done in this company.
Meeting after meeting after meeting and progress isn’t a glacial pace. Been here around 20 years and I’m kinda wanting a package. Especially after this years round of layoffs.
After 20 years at WF my best advice is DO NOT put a minute of your time or an ounce of effort more than you need to get a “Meets” rating.
Pouring yourself into this place and sacrificing what actually matters in life, will leave you nothing but bitter and resentful.
There is zero reward or magical payoff for hard work and loyalty with this brood of vipers.
Friday afternoon and the weekend, up until after 5pm on Sunday, I feel like a normal, whole person. Beyond that, my soul is slowly being drained by evil. Sound dramatic or crazy, nope. Nothing but facts. WFB is evil and cares NOTHING about your well being. This is the new Well Life. "Displace" me and let me heal please.
Yes, every Monday morning. And every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning.
I also worry far too much about WF trying to find a way to term me for something lame so they can avoid severance. I realize that’s not rational as I am one person and I am a damn good employee who does the “right” things. But I wouldn’t put anything past this company anymore.
Remote employee so it’s just a matter of keeping my sanity in tact long enough to get displaced. I will prevail.
Sunday night and Monday mornings are the worst. Friday afternoon is the best..
I worry on company time. Same for taking a dump and posting on this forum.
Literally everyday. Can't believe I'm praying to get laid off from my first job. Am at the point where I'm seriously contemplating filing an EEOC complaint or quitting without anything lined up even in this market. Can't say too much, but would love nothing more than to give the journalists that pop up on here every few months some screenshots for those stories they claim to be writing...
If you're an entry-level career applicant (especially if you're in tech and part of one of the DE&I groups that Wells Fargo pay lip-service to in its hiring process) and for some reason are already on this website, follow the intuition that led you here. Working here is definitely not worth it. At least go somewhere where it's toxic but they don't misrepresent roles during the hiring process and do actually pay you for the overtime you're legally entitled to as a non-exempt employee (or follow laws in general).
Not really. Typically, slightly hungover, and actually trying to remember that it is monday.
Ha! I lived your angst. I said a prayer each morning asking for help. I got a severance package later in about 7 months. Power of prayer works.
Gotta keep a mindset of joy - don't let WF steal joy from you. Focus on that while looking for another job or waiting for your severance. I stop during the day when I'm feeling bummed out about my job and focus on as much positive things as I can. Just a thought for all feeling this way. I can relate, because I was feeling the same.
Just hold on for severance. This chapter in your life will soon be over one way or another.
Sh-rf legacy wont be old W guy club it will be a DEI legacy with management occupied by people why are the demographic not people who are there due to merit.
For those being regularly abused by managers, document the he-l out of it. Consult with peers of the same gender/race/protected class and look for themes of discrimination. Submit ER claims, even though they're pointless, to establish a paper trail and lay the groundwork for a lawsuit.
Wells is rife with discriminatory Execs who know the HR apparatus is on their side. The only recourse workers have is the courts but you have to know how to play that game
I do. It has more to do with my manager though. She is a nightmare to work for and everyone knows she is a problem but no does anything. I wake up everyday hoping she retires.
cs won't leave until we have removed the asset cap at which point he will have secured his legacy in the old white guy club and the stock will surge so he can leave richer than when we started.
No, but by Friday I do. The only real hope is that things will get better when Shart leaves. Otherwise it's a slog to retirement.