Now that RCSA testing is stopped, our engagements were all stopped as well...nothing to do.
Got yelled at.. RTO
Rto ruined everything. Work dynamic is no longer the same. Never have I ever gotten in trouble for asking to leave a bit early for ONE day. No it's not an hour.. basically half an hour, more or less. I'm in the office 3x a week. I'm also salary and... — read more
Can’t afford RTO
Why am I having to pay $165 a month to simply PARK? What company doesn’t even pay for their employee’s parking??!!? Also I have to drive 50 miles round trip and gas just hit $4.40 a gallon and is still rising here. I’m getting stressed and don’t know... — read more
No show execs
I belong to a series of meetings that require a quorum of senior execs to appear to vote on actions and the last two times the organizer has had to cancel it because the appropriate amount of these people didn’t show up. It’s a serious inconvenience... — read more
Concord office outbreak
What do you expect? More to come, but yeah The investment in commercial real-estate and milking employees to project fake profits is worth more than the lives and health of the employees! What they offer free nose poking for 2 weeks. Yeah the more... — read more
Hawaii
So to all of you naysayers concerning not wanting to go into the office. If Wells offered your hub as somewhere in Hawaii, and offered to cover relocation, would you accept RTO on that permanent basis?
5/26/22 RIP Your Career
Been working hard to prepare packages for this day. Major reduction in force.
WF holding my belongings hostage?
I finally left this dumpster fire for a new gig (VERY happy about that). On my last day our department admin said 1) she put in a request to have my personal belongings at my desk pre-COVID shipped to me; 2) I would get a box to ship my laptop back... — read more
Offshore IT Support - Send stackoverflow links I've already worked through
Here's Offshore IT support methodology US Employee has technical issue and scours the Internet for help and related articles. US Employee works through these articles throwing mud at the wall hoping something sticks. Most mud coming from... — read more
JPMorgan investors hand Jamie Dimon a rare rebuke with disapproval of $52.6 million bonus
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/17/jpmorgan-investors-hand-dimon-rare-rebuke-object-to-53-million-bonus.html Rise up people!
Big Push to Offshore Again
So what's the plan here folks? Have 40% of the company in India and the rest of us BS'ing around with RTO until we leave and are replaced with more offshore folks? Are the executive that shortsighted and narrow minded!? How does slowly dismantling... — read more
After 33 yrs, Warren Buffett fully exits WF stock
https://example.com/dLn06g5ri8 End of an era. He beefed up investment in Citi, among others.
Why are people bothered by RTO posts?
I don't get it. That's obviously the biggest issue for most of us right now. It affects us in so many ways and this is the one place where we can share our annoyances, disappointments, and worries with people who're going through the same thing. Even... — read more
You want fries with that?
Anyone else getting merciless follow up emails daily, sometimes more than once a day, on things you are depending on others for a predecessor task completion? How many times will Sally and Biff send the same canned, color coded and bolded email... — read more
Apple pushes back RTO
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/technology/apple-delays-return-to-office.html Keep fighting the good fight people. Other companies are seeing the light. Maybe soon Wells will too!
Inside the Wells Fargo town hall that had a top exec telling staff 'I love each and every one of you' while explaining that home lending layoffs
https://www.businessinsider.com/wells-fargo-town-hall-explaining-mortgage-layoffs-kristy-williams-fercho-2022-5
can we stop with the rto posts?
Either show up 3 days a week or don't.amd let whatever is going to happen to you happen.
Key Employees
Are they generally showing up, or not, for their expected three days in the office. When Chuckie doles out his next round of layoffs, do those key employees who do not make it in as much as the others get bounced? If not, do those who avoided... — read more
Are people around you still pretending COVID is not happening?
The numbers are doubling every week. Are people around you still pretending COVID is not happening? RTO Happy :-)
What's the point of middle management?
Is there any reason why they can't be cut out entirely?
Zoom Town Hall
No one is in the office.
WIM
Look at the destruction Hays oversaw in WIM. Dismantled the entire Private Bank! Not easy to do. Is anyone happy in that division? What will the future look like?
Well Fargo cuts dozens of jobs in Des Moines metro amid mortgage slowdown, state filings show
Wells Fargo & Co. is laying off six dozen employees in the Des Moines metro, according to state filings. The banking giant, whose home mortgage division is based in Des Moines, confirmed in April that it was cutting positions around the country. The... — read more
layoffs will ensue
As we near stagflation. We will see a Carter era economy soon. Office workers will be working at Starbucks. You will know the ones let go from Wells, they will be the ones complaining the most. Yes, we have met them all here. Good luck to my fellow... — read more
A convo about mental health
From yours truly Mack and SVB. You too can hear about how they “navigate challenges of everyday life” Is this where I’ll get to hear about how they get to work a second job to put food on the table? No? Where they have to forgo vacations? I don’t... — read more
apple employees open letter on RTO
https://appletogether.org/hotnews/thoughts-on-office-bound-work
The CDC is requiring
It’s own employees to wear masks. My, this is not good. But the rest of us don’t have to wear them. Seems like they are willing to sacrifice many of us as collateral damage. What is happening? This country and these companies have gone mad. — read more
Who else is hoping for layoffs this week?
Being paid to leave while there is a hot job market would be pretty amazing, IMHO.
Some Sage Advice
I realize there are a LOT of miserable people at Wells Fargo and empathize with many about the culture, the lack of respect towards employees, the lack of commitment to employees, the threat of constant layoffs, the hypocrisy, the lack of consistency... — read more
Outbreak at 1 Wells Charlotte office
Multiple confirmed cases of Covid at 1 Wells Fargo. Management trying to keep it as quiet as possible. My scumbag manager tells anyone who refuses to RTO for fear of getting sick that they will be charged a PTO day. And they wonder why everyone is... — read more
Lazy workers
A non exempt manager that I directly supervise is possibly the laziest employee I've encountered. They don't do their basic job tasks in a timely manner and almost refuses to speak to certain other employees including myself, their direct manager... — read more
A happy employee is a good employee
Having management that doesn't care about employees makes me so angry. There are companies with good leaders who care about employees and support their career growth that are doing really well for that exact reason. The saying "a happy employee is a... — read more
Anyone else?
I have no debt and can’t even afford groceries to last me until next check. I will be able to get a weeks worth, not a full two. After working here for many years, it would be nice to be able to live with a little less stress. I don’t buy extra... — read more
More changes at the top
Wells Fargo Advisors Head Jim Hays to Exit in Another Shake-Up In another shake-up atop Wells Fargo & Co.’s brokerage unit, James E. “Jim” Hays is stepping down as head of Wells Fargo Advisors on July 1, according to sources briefed on the... — read more
The deepening clash between knowledge workers and companies is more than just a struggle over commuting and convenience.
It is a clash over the meaning of work. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-25/workers-are-winning-the-return-to-office-war-because-they-re-right
Wiped Out
Not only has the gramps destroyed my stock portfolio which i've saved for over 26 years, cutting it -42% YTD, but this admin has also created insanely high inflation giving out cash for votes, it feels like my money is worth about half. Yesterday... — read more
Bring back Glass-Steagall
June 16, 1933. The Glass-Steagall Act effectively separated commercial banking from investment banking and created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, among other things.
Info on how they are tracking RTO
Our entire larger “team” (70+ people) were told in a call by a director-level leader (one level down from the EVP, two levels down from Charlie, who is also our “site-leader” for RTO) that they are looking at badge swipes and LAN. My understanding... — read more
In my old age, I realize now that money IS everything
Plan accordingly. And stay healthy