How to survive in WF?
7 replies (most recent on top)
I didn't buy into my manager's scare tactics and ended up being let go. I was able to prove hostile working environment and discrimination on two counts on the way out. Resulted in a settlement. You have to be very good at documenting to prove your point and will need an attorney. The environment was indeed hostile and I've realized I was right about the skewed end of year reviews and the massive bonus pool being a cash cow for management. In the end, I would not under any circumstances recommend working at Wells.
- Company is bogus with their investigations. They won't find anything. You can ask for footage of said claims and you won't get it. Why? Because there is no footage. It's a crafted narrative used to hurt your prospects.
- Nepotism.
- Bias.
- Not disability friendly.
- Soul su-king vampires.
- Racist and Homophobic.
My role was in Information Security. I've never been rated poorly at any other org. In addition, the damage that these managers will do can cause a lot of harm. Especially to minority groups.
If I could do it differently, I would have rejected my 110k job offer. Looking back though, I'm now earning closed to 130k elsewhere.
There are greener pastures and greater companies out there. Work yourself hard in those places. Not at Wells.
Weird thing, this company thinks they own you. They don't. I've shared my story and every single person mentioned "Yeah coming from Wells I wouldn't take anything that was claimed from their end."
Hope you have a great manager and work in a department they need
Leaving would be the logical thing, but F that. Severance or death.
Do a job search for a week and you'll quickly realize that even this place is better than being in a recruitment he-l.
Everyone should assume they are/will be laid off.
Do a cost-benefit analysis.
Cost of waiting to be laid off:
- putting up with the environment
- controlling/being controlled by your manager/facilitator
- cost of preparing to find a job (resume update, locating jobs, networking)
- cost of getting up to date on your occupation (certifications, learning AI interface and modeling, new techniques and analysis, training)
- having to interpret bird English
- cost of betrayal (yes Wells will not provide a career for you no matter how well you perform!)
Benefits of waiting to be laid off:
- Severance
- not getting 401K matching
- getting time to catch up (new job prep, getting up to date)
- learning how to create boundaries with toxic people, employers, HR
- learning how to interpret bird English. (useful for traveling)
Leave or let them fire you at lay you off. This place is a sh-t hole.
Kiss a-s and dump the work on someone else.