To all the HR folks out there who are denying valid and reasonable medical accommodations and location change requests, how do you get through the day knowing you are negatively impacting people’s lives? How?

Five people. That's it. Only five people on my entire floor. There was no "much-needed, productivity-rising, in-person collaboration" the leadership keeps yammering about. We said hi and then everybody did their own thing. If I had any doubts about... — read more 

Other places not only give promotions but the pay is much better. I've seen people here for 5-10 years stuck at what someone right out of college would land, its pathetic. If your looking job growth this isn't the place, they just hire from outside... — read more 

Is this now the new normal at Wells Fargo? Why are locations down to 5-6 when the footprint is much larger? Chainsaw Charlie is a master of forced attrition.

Teamworks says that anyone experiencing COVID symptoms should stay at home for 5 days, regardless of vaccination status. Are these supposed to be PTO days, or WFH days? (Of course we'd all like it to be WFH, but I'm wondering what it really is.) — read more 

For me, the ratio was like 90% productivity to 10% bureaucracy. Today the inverse is true. The majority of my days, and I'm not even kidding, is now spent attending meetings and paper pushing.

Management said would not be assigned goals because “the comp plan should be incentive enough”. Yet here we are…

Anyone have any insight or guesses when the unvaxxed will be able to spread their filth around the office?

What would make you happy? What # would it make it right?

No 401k match until end of year. Means we’re missing out on a lot of gains from our company match. Don’t get me started in the 401k maintenance fee we now have to also pay.

Raise your hand does not work. I've had two investigations on myself in 10 years. Who makes these decisions?

Your main job is done Any administrative like things are done Your emails are cleaned out You completed all required training and some extras for “fun” You’ve asked peers if they need help You’ve asked management for extra work and completed that... — read more 

Anyone know if you can use floating and personal holidays after you resign?

My friend's new location has coffee machines, ice, filtered water on every floor, a gym, and a cafeteria. Mine has tap water in the break room and a bike rack. Anyone else have some fun disparities to report? (And How much did WF report in... — read more 

Has anyone been successful in getting a full time remote accommodation approved for either anxiety or ADHD? I'm curious if, with a DR's note stating they should be allowed to work full remote, anyone has actually gotten the RTO exception approved... — read more 

How does a base of $130k in Denver CO stack up to others with the same title? About right? Too high? Too low?

I know some were nowhere near an office even before the pandemic. Were you given an exception or did you have to move? I'm going to assume if it was the second option, many have decided to quit instead of relocating. With WFC, you never know if... — read more 

There's nothing like self-created fire drills.

Into week two I'm noticing some trends that I think will continue as long as the "flexible hybrid" model exists. Popular in the office schedules seem to be M/Tu/W, Tu/W/Th, or W/Th/F since each affords 5 consecutive days out of the office... — read more 

I was randomly selected for the March Pulse survey. I am tearing them up, not that it will have any impact, but I have already written several paragraphs. I highly encourage everybody who got it to do the same thing, this is one way to get our... — read more 

I was INTERVIEWING an exiting employee, and here are 5 insights: Mental resignation happens long before. The physical resignation is the final act of a loss of hope. You can’t try to appreciate someone on their way out. It is a little too... — read more 

I wanted to ask if any nursing mothers RTO last week, if so could you speak on the conditions of the nursing room? I have seen several post around the lack of cleaning in various parts of the office and for sanitary reasons, I have grave concerns on... — read more 

The entire WF organization has become extremely antagonistic towards any level of transparency. Leadership here are comically over the top evil almost like some sort of Austin Powers villains. If they allow any level of transparency team members will... — read more 

and... comparably, Wells is so much better. We do have many issues here but not as much as your typicall small bank. I've worked for one that was family owned, the family members were holding all key positions, it was horrible. Bullying, nepotism... — read more 

Thoughts?

I don’t get it. The company wants us to volunteer a bunch of ideas to improve things but only if the suggestions don’t involve reconsidering RTO. They aren’t paying us extra for all these ideas. What’s the story??

https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/emotional-intelligence-gravity-ceo-dan-price-10-word-remote-work-policy.html

I am hearing from two friends that they have already been notified in writing that they have been exposed to Covid in the office after just one week RTO. I am pleasantly surprised that WFC is actually providing contract tracing, so that’s a point in... — read more 

It should be that simple and it should be an accepted practice. He should not be an exception. Dan Price's remote work policy is simple, smart, and emotionally intelligent--and can help you win the war for... — read more 

Did anyone watch the video? It’s great to be back in the office “because there’s excitement, there’s fear.” I don’t think fear is a great reason for being back in the office personally speaking. He seems like a nice enough guy, but his workspace... — read more 

I know this was also the topic of a prior post, but it's worth repeating today, since the email on voting hit the Wells Fargo email addresses today. Voted my almost 3,000 shares today - all Against the board and Chuckie, and For all the shareholder... — read more 

My team and business partners are not co-located. Finding a time to lunch can be challenging, because since everyone's scattered a common lunch time is impossible. At home I can zip up to the kitchen, grab something or throw something together, and... — read more 

What a mother f-ing cluster.

For those who went in, were there more people than last week? I guess there's no way to determine how many are going in without looking at the whole week, but I think it'd still be good to know if this Monday had more or fewer employees show up than... — read more 

Wow. Two months into this and here we are. I love that we have sourced out these services that puts our personal data at risk. sarcasm

Hahahahahaha such bu-----t. "Wells Fargo has maintained more rigid Covid protocols than some of its finance peers, requiring unvaccinated employees to wear a mask at all times unless they are eating, drinking or alone in an enclosed room." From... — read more 

I was remote for 8 years prior to COVID and had accepted a 20% salary reduction as part of my remote working agreement. That salary reduction was not replaced when the RTO mandate for all remote workers was announced. Here’s the breakdown of the... — read more 

I'm guessing sometime the week of April 18th. They won't admit it was a failure but there will be some sort of "adjustment in strategy " announced.

The first week of RTO is behind us and the world didn't end. Give it another 4-5 weeks and nobody will be talking about it at all, I'm guaranteeing you. People get used to things faster than many of you think, even when it's not something they enjoy... — read more