Spoiler alert
Voluntary severance when job duties change?
A couple years ago I saw something in either the handbook or policy library about the employee having the option of voluntary severance if they're job duties significantly change. Now I can't find it so I contacted HR. Was put on hold for a long... — read more
CIB Markets - what a mess
Why is this place so dysfunctional. There is no focus on a unified strategy, this place is full of battles between the charlotte vs nyc management and they keeping changing plans or don’t have a focused strategy. With the new CIB CEO coming in, is... — read more
CTO Townhall
Brady starting the meeting by thanking the employees. Wonder why they lay off so many state side employees then despite all the work and record profits every Q
Citigroup plans to slash IT contractors, hire staff to improve controls
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/citigroup-plans-slash-it-contractors-hire-staff-improve-controls-2025-03-13/ Could this provide some job opportunities for our beleaguered, constantly “effected” tech brethren I always hear about on here? — read more
Life Lesson: Don’t stay where you are not appreciated.
Whether it be your job or a relationship. We’ve got one life. We all owe it to ourselves to strive for happiness, health, and respect. If you allow disrespect long enough, you start to think it’s okay. You are the only person who can protect... — read more
Boise, Idaho, March 12, 2025
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article301833594.html
April 5, 2025 Bay area layoffs
https://www.threads.net/@whatlayoff/post/DG3eIhAur-9/-layoff-alert-california-wells-fargo-will-lay-off-56-employees-at-333-market-st-
Virtual Job Interview From Home
I have been told that some managers don't like to see their candidates overdressed on a virtual job interview. I am not sure if it's true or not. Which combination would you use for your virtual job interview? Please pick one from these options: ... — read more
Being in the office makes me realize people are annoying
Things I’ve seen in the office: people taking phone calls at top volume on speakerphone (seriously why do people do this??) someone taking off their socks and clipping their toenails people still leaving their personal sh-t or hiding... — read more
Can you work from a different floor in your building?
If you’re assigned to floor 4 in your building can you work from a different floor in the same building? The location tracking is only at building level right?
AI to replace Tech workers
Sorry, better luck next time.
Head of Responsible / Ethical AI
See the job posted in workday. New position or one the needs to be re-filled? How about we just not use AI and avoid accelerating the doom of the human race /s
CS downsizing American workforce
The CISO and Entourage are in India right now talking about how they are going to lead the way for cyber security as they downsize the American workforce to analyst level positions. The thought is to save the bank money while keeping the best... — read more
A fitting snapshot of the bank’s current state
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1e382tv/jacksonville_florida/
Don't Hate the Player Hate the Game
So much hate and racism on here towards our Indian colleagues. Don't take it out on them, they are just doing their job trying to eke our a living like the rest of us. If you want to blame someone blame our executives for pushing jobs overseas and... — read more
7.5 hours in office
Hearing hours going to be tracked and requirement of 7.5 hours onsite. True? if so when?
WF’s Dev S--tshow Meets JPM’s AI Exodus
Ex-WF here—laid off after a cloud migration flop. WF’s apps are a customer fail—legacy sludge, no cloud game. My gig: 2-page web app, TFS to GitHub, three EF libraries—cr-ppy LINQ, SQL, and a Windows cache that tanked in the cloud. Redis kludged it... — read more
SF WF Layoffs hitting 4/5/25 per WARN
Any ideas which buildings/departments? With the museum being torn down, makes sense that building, but is it everyone going..?
Wells Fargo sues JPMorgan over troubled $481 million real estate loan
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wells-fargo-sues-jpmorgan-over-174511407.html
Rate Your Engineering Manager
0 > No clue technically, toxic to staff 1 > No clue technically, somewhat respectful to staff 2 > Some technical skills, somewhat respectful to staff 3 > Technically capable, somewhat respectful to staff 4 > Fill in the blanks...
BofA getting rid of Investment bankers, how long until Wells follows their lead?
Get ready for Investment banking layoffs due to executive FOMO. We know they're a herd and follow each other's lead. BofA eliminates some investment banking roles, including in New... — read more
The bigger picture
TLDR, then don’t! Layoffs will not stop for white collar workers… unless Moehdi pi---s off CTrump. Corruption is winning in Washington. Why else would consent orders randomly be removed. WF has only become less competent and more of a foreign... — read more
This is so frustrating
When will they realize that cheap labor doesn’t mean quality labor? No matter how much they save by outsourcing, they’ll lose even more in quality. People here end up wasting time redoing the same work just to fix mistakes made by those who don't... — read more
EEOC and Anti-American hiring bias
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will focus its national-origin bias enforcement on companies found to be showing a preference for hiring immigrant workers over U.S. citizens, the agency recently announced... — read more
Wells Fargo’s Efficiency Scandal – Bullying Tech Staff, Piling Toxic Debt
Wells Fargo’s cross-selling scam was unethical—a fearful org where fake accounts bullied clients ‘til regulators hit back. Now? That abuse redirects to us—technical infrastructure staff, the operators keeping this mess running, not the suits dreaming... — read more
Displacements, Unplanned Work and Outages
IMO, things were better when we had someone who went to the meetings and got the requirements and handed out assignments and then the rest of the team did the work and returned the assignments. Now that we have less people we have to go to the... — read more
More layoffs to come due to stock down
WFC is going down so Wells is cutting more folks.
One benefit from DEI
The required DevelopYou courses have been d-mbed down so there’s no test at the end. Just click click click and you’re done. Anyone else notice for the harassment course that all the aggressors are white males? We see what you’re doing. — read more
Stock price
While the current direction of WFC has more to do with economic factors I'm glad I sold a bunch when it was in the 80s.
Does accrued PTO always get paid out?
If you quit, does accrued PTO get paid out? Any circumstances where this is not true?
Employee appreciation day
At least I’m not getting laid off on employee appreciation day. Maybe it’ll be the week after.
No end to layoffs in 2025-2027
Slowly it’s going to be 30 and 70% offshore it’s AI + cost cutting!
Wells Fargo laying off 90 workers in Jacksonville
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2025/mar/05/wells-fargo-laying-off-90-workers-in-jacksonville/
Where are people going?
I see a lot of people leaving the bank? Where are they going? Anybody hiring right now?
Cost center AU
What’s the AU for laid off employees? Where is WF hiding their numbers.
Saint Louis Location for Technology
Hello All, I am on technology since 2013 but in past week our team have seen some layoff due to location strategy. My manager assures me Saint louis is safe even it’s not core location but WIM and other tech area are there but at this point really... — read more
For those on severance - pay stub / verification of employment question
Hi - for anyone on severance (outside of the 60d leave window) - have you tried to get a loan that requires verification of employment or pay stubs? What does our beloved WF do when asked for folks on severance?