Thread regarding Wells Fargo & Co. layoffs

If you're at one of the sites thats going to close, you should consider forming a union to force Wells Fargo to close it down and pay severance. Otherwise you'll likely be fired for something small and get no severance. Wells Fargo is firing at these locations and changing procedures to make you miserable so you quit.

I'm from the Salem call center and I actually want it to shut down. I want my severance, unemployment benefits, and freedom. I would have quit last year but heard about layoffs and decided to wait. It's taking way too long. Its already June and we're still here. The longer they wait to shut it down, the more people will hit yearly anniversarys and get another two weeks severance pay. I'm almost certain everyone else is just waiting it out for the severance pay. The CEO and upper management messed up by announcing layoffs. They should have been more tight lipped before trying to get employees to quit. Now everyone knows and will stick around until the end.

I'm not so sure there will be a holiday party at the BC this year, or in Salem, at least not for WF employees. Maybe a few left in the tower. It's truly sad. Oregon used to be a relatively major hub at this company between the tower, Mont Park, Salem etc. now they're shutting it all down so they can hire more people in NYC. eFfiCiEnCy!

Think about how you will hold out. It's a financial institution and they prefer we just quit, leave or get written off due to performance then pay severance. We have to ride it out and know it will end soon. Other companies are more humane but this is a bank, wells fargo. They rather ask for forgiveness than permission. Ie. Remediations, lawsuits etc. fake apologies in the media drag what's left of knowledgeable employees. They require us to fast train our cheaper replacements, and then promise a customer service appreciation week that takes away from the allowance given to each lob, so we end up with a subpar end of year holiday party.

I don't think displacement knows what the exit strategy will be until given the green light for layoffs. It seems to be going by line of business, not necessarily the site, itself. They way they are displacing in Oregon, seems like a slow death. They gave the 2025 but some of the senior leadership that spoke of that timeline during site visits, is no longer with wells Fargo. So, seems to be just plucking here and there till they exit the centers in Oregon entirely. Most of us left are just holding out for our severance so we may heal from the last few years,

The cafe at Barnhart is the canary in the coal mine. Once it closes, Barnhart will close within a few weeks.

Hold the line Oregonians, make them pay that severance. You deserve it, and so do these garbage NYC "leaders".