What do you guys think, is Wells Fargo stock a good buy right now around $24 per share? It was in the mid $60’s a few years ago. Right now it’s trading at around 20 percent cheaper then book value. I only have 401k plan with Wells Fargo shares... — read more
What About Medical Leave Abusers?
I find it interesting that there is so much talk about cutting costs by laying off team members that are hard workers and actually good at their jobs, but there is no mention of getting rid of the team members that s— money out of the company for... — read more
Commercial Capital Ops Reorg
Just got reorganization notice, anyone know what operations groups might be displaced for wholesale?
Congratulations Wells Fargo
Every time I think you can’t get any dirtier you somehow find a way to pull through. I smell another scandal brewing for wrongful terminations
Job vs Career
I’ve been on the board for a while now and I’m observing that some of the differences are between those who are here for a job vs those who are here for a career. Or those who can draw a hard line between their career and everything else. I can get... — read more
Wells Fargo Resumes Job Cuts in Break With Top U.S. Competitors
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-08-21/wells-fargo-resumes-job-cuts-in-break-with-top-u-s-competitors Other reductions in the weeks and months ahead will also result from existing efforts to thin management... — read more
How will layoffs affect the Retail Premier Bankers
There seems to be a huge focus on the Premier bankers and affluent segment as a whole right now. Are the banker jobs safe or is everyone fair game?
Conor Tolkin, Jamie Dimon's son-in-law and Charlie's Layoff henchman
It appears that Dimon's son-in-law is some kind of planning/transformation henchman. How is this not conflict of interest? Is Jamie Dimon the real CEO of WF?
African American Safe Space Forums?
I see leaders sending out messages and referring to them, but I don't know these are. Does anyone else?
2 Rated with an informal PIP plan
Anyone here get rated a 2 or worse with no specific examples of inconsistent work and a PIP plan with a timeframe (90 days) that was never communicated or discussed by their manager? PIP appears to be underlying and presented in excel. New employee... — read more
It's OK
Companies don’t exist to make us happy. We know that, right? The business doesn’t exist to serve us. The business is using us in order to achieve whatever it needs to achieve. We are being used, and we get #compensated for it... — read more
Corporate Risk --- Please enough with the leader blogs.
Skip the time invested in coming up with the id–tic "In the Moment Blogs" – got to get the spam filter adjusted. Not motivational, not good.
Anyone dispute their mid year ratings?
Always a level 5 performer (when they had rankings) and then always "performing" when it switched. Got a GLOWING mid year review (not unusual - I work my tail off) and then got a "meets" rating. Has anyone disputed their rating? What is the... — read more
Wells Fargo Branch Manager able to get away with money laundering for 2 years. Shaking my head...
Regarding story starting below, my questions are: How was manager even able to bypass bank protocols, and for 2 years? Shouldn’t we have procedures/audits in place to catch someone bypassing bank protocols, or to catch a suspicious pattern? I... — read more
Head of IT Town Hall 8/19... 1.5 Hour Long Meeting...
let's see what happens.
Nate H townhall 8/19
Big meeting tomorrow - do you know what’s coming from the CE for controls?
Wells Fargo consumer chief may testify of 'fear' her predecessor inspired
What a crock of sh*t! They were all in on it Wells Fargo’s consumer banking head, Mary Mack, may testify against her predecessor, Carrie Tolstedt, at an upcoming civil trial that is expected to explore where the responsibility for the bank’s... — read more
Integrated Marketing and Marketing I&A calls both 8/19
back to back, we'll see what happens
Layer of Managers below SVPs is being eliminated across entire company
The layer of managers below SVP is being completely eliminated due to spans and layers.
MMB “All-Team” call on 8/27
MMB is having an “all-team” call (no longer called “all hands”). First 30 minutes is with Kyle followed by 30 minutes of Q&A with our respective DEs to discuss the future of MMB’s org structure. This ought to be fun. Guessing we’ll be part of the... — read more
Hey WFC employees - upvote if you have interest in unionizing?
There will be an alternate site with confirmations to register. For now, please no personal info. This is just a gauge to see what interest there is to start a different conversation with management. We need to remind shareholders and... — read more
Impact to Wells Fargo Merchant Services
I’m curious if anyone has any insight or predictions on how the layoffs will effect WFMS. Specifically, sales consultants that partner and support the community bank. Will the long term vision include a direct sales force or will WFMS ultimately... — read more
Layoff headcount?
Does anyone know how many people will be laid off in 2020 and early 2021? Rumor says 20% will be cut, which means over 50k will be cut eventually (maybe within a few years ?). But anyone knows how many might be let go this and earlier next year?... — read more
8/25 was explained on Monday’s OC call
Last week I continually said 8/25 would never be a lay off day because it is a Tuesday. I was wrong and right. David Galloresse presented the next steps that made everything clear. Tuesday the 25th Managers will be notified by email any team... — read more
Layoffs in legal?
Anyone hearing about what’s going on with legal? We don’t have enough employees currently to satisfy the regulators. They plan to make cuts or outsource jobs bc BOA did it. Regulators? We/First Union and Wachovia did it too when I was here years... — read more
Feeling sad all the time when working
Just keep feeling sad. Not sure it’s because of the whole layoff thing or the pandemic or both. Probably it’s just me.
Is Audit safe?
Curious if audit will be affected by the lay offs. Anyone got any info, rumors, speculations?
Anyone here financially preparing for the layoff?
Senior leaders have been talking layoffs for years now, and it's been suspected since we grew our India base, but since this is Wells Fargo and also due to COVID they've been super slow about actually doing anything. Now we're finally about to see it... — read more
Embarking on a multi year journey to build a stronger WF
Just read the article. I know this will get some negative feedback but honestly, I’m really pleased with the transparency. We all know why it is happening but at this point complaining about that won’t help. Hard decisions are having to be made.
WRC All Hands Call
WRC all hands call just put on the calendar for tomorrow 8/18. What can we expect to hear!
Future culture?
Over the last few months while many of us work from home the hints of layoffs started and now it is full on announced and we just wait to see who will go and how the spans and layers will impact our teams and workload. Totally left out of the mix has... — read more
Wells Fargo Retail Chief Doubts COVID’s Digital Shift Will K--l Branches
https://thefinancialbrand.com/101112/wells-fargo-retail-bank-consumer-branch-digital-mobile-covid-trend/ It actually outlines how to align yourself with the company's goals. I really think your attitude determines how well you do in the company. — read more
What is the current main goal of Wells Fargo?
Is the current focus at Wells Fargo remaining profitable, retaining customers, gaining new customers, meeting customers needs, or is it now only what employees they are going to lay off?
Model logic to create recommended termination list
So my team built a model that has inputs and the outputs are whom the logic recommends should be displaced. There are MANY input factors but some include length of service, experience, skillset, salary/cost, review ratings (yes mid-year was used for... — read more