Wells Fargo Reviews

Pros

I would say that over 85% of the people in the office are great. Just like in every work environment, there are always those few. The managers are wonderful (can only think of one that I thought was terrible, they handled that though) Overall, I still like my job and those that I work with. I will say that the amount of knowledge you gain is worth it. They encourage creativity and suggestions. They do listen to feedback, well, except for raises.

Cons

Every year the raise get smaller and smaller. I have felt recently, no matter how much extra I have done beyond my assigned work is usually unrewarded or recognized (not referring to thank you notes, talking money). News Flash, thank you notes do not pay the mortgage. There are always headlines of wonderful profits, strong company, then comes review time....Manager tells you, "you're great" and lists all the wonderful accomplishments. Them bam 1%, 1.5%, 2%. Even though you may already be aware that the board has capped raises at 1.5% or 2% you always hope that some sorry, unproductive person an aisle over would get .5% and you would see a little more, after all, you have done so much. It's not just Wells either, it's all over. Companies are wondering how little can they feed the horse before it dies.

Advice to Senior Management

The management is great, some are remarkable. My only gripe is raises. Every year I have swallowed all the sacrifices I have made, being as productive as I could, cut costs, even finding money for the bottom line, and tried streamlining any process I could. Never really amounted to much for me. I have kind of given up, gave all I could give, and will be moving on.

Pros

Opportunities for growth/advancements. Treat their employees well, and offer competitive wages.

Cons

Sometimes it can be difficult to implement change.

Advice to Senior Management

Remember to keep pushing career development!

Pros

One of the more stable banks out there.

Cons

Too conservative, will not get into complicated markets.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire international, their experiences may be valuable to you.

Pros

strictly 40 hour work weeks.

Cons

goals and expectations (i always exceed most of my goals.. but you have to be shady to get it done), pay (not compensated accordingly for goals), advancement options... there only seems to be one way to go.

Pros

The pay is very good, and if you are doing well you will be promoted fast

Cons

though i moved up in the company very fast it is very political. But they let my age get in the way of my promotions

Advice to Senior Management

Do not let your good employees slip by. You lost a lot of good ones while i was there.

Pros

In the immediate community there is alot of solid programs to help out lower to middle base households.

Cons

Need to utilize more recognition and hands on learning from managers. Lack of knowledge from within seems to plague the stores and because of this there is a lack of engagement from the middle management to the team members.

Pros

They provide good training for your position
The company looks good on your resume
The job provides good experience for future careers

Cons

They don't care about you, just your sales
Management doesn't know how to manage. They just micro-manage all day.
Pay is horrible and they expect a lot out of you
Huge sales goals with horrible incentives

Advice to Senior Management

Start listening to your employees and actually care about helping your customers as opposed to looking at them and thinking, "what can we sell them today?".

Pros

Experience and knowledge learned is valuable. Vacation time after one month of employment is the best.

Cons

Senior management is not in touch with reality of day to day operation. Sales pressure is too much and causing me to leave a 10 year career with the company.

Advice to Senior Management

Be in our stores more. Be personable. Stop asking us to do 24 hours of work in a 10 hour day.

Pros

Great benefits package
Most interviews are Addler based so preparing is easy as pie. Just look up the questions on google.

Cons

During my tenure at the company I was witness to TONS of unethical behavior by management and by employees(mostly under pressure from managers).
The way the business is run rarely agrees with its Mission Statement.

Pros

professional environment, decent pay, nice clients.

Cons

very stressed sales goals, promote corny/ pushy sales tactics

Advice to Senior Management

set sales goals to match the branch traffic.