Thread regarding Wells Fargo & Co. layoffs

@ce Wells does not care how many requests a team gets daily. They dont even care if the employees are supporting regulatory work. They will be automating and using AI to do the recruiting role and they will be sending the sourcing role over to India and Phillipines just like Risk Management and Compliance just did to many US based Regulatory Compliance experts. If they dont care about the quality of regulatory work they certianly do not care about keeping your job US based. Let CoPilot and AI do the job and let the India Phillipines team keep asking to take our jobs. Then wonder why there is a lack of appreciation for the global teams. They offer to work inhumane hours and shifts to prove they offer more than Americans and Wells encourages that by saying yes. Of course India Philippines employees are happy, they yet again took jobs from Americans.

@d1+1k9gpd7qy

A matter of time. You'll see.

8% reduction for 2026 across Tech. (Split between efficiency and now AI saves). I would say app screening can be done quite well by AI. Maybe in years past they didn’t lay off recruiters over 11 years. Well IT IS A NEW DAY AND WELCOME TO AI. RECRUITING EASY 10% REDUCTION.

@d1 its tells us you are naive. Why are you even on a blog thats for layoffs? You will never be able to relate until you are displaced. You input is simply not applicable in any capacity nor to the person you are attempting to debate your point with.

@d0

My team doesn’t lay anyone off. And I’m not “blind” to anything lol. I’ve been here for 11 years and I’m very much in the battle just like anyone else.

OP said recruiters were being laid off, and at least in CSSB recruiting, which is by far the largest recruiting area of the bank, it’s simply not happening. I’m not really sure what else tell you…

@ce why are you on here trolling a layoff blog if you are actively employed by a team that just displaced DOZENS AND DOZENS of people. As a recruiter you can not be blind to this and try to pretend it isnt happening

@ce its coming for you, dont belive naive. Screening candidates can be done by the sourcing team and AI.

The cut last week was risk management and expected to be 3000 people to meet DFs staffing goal. The dont need recruiters to screen people when they think the job can be done by AI. The jobs that are available are BS and sit out there to make you think opportunity awaits. Like the one Leader posted in her company wide email, after they displaced dozens they will be staffing from the "early talent" so cheaper less experienced people. It tell you they think anyone can do everyones job. In RM last week a previous colleage said that the OW report showed that almost every person cut was over 40. How is this not a case for age discrimination.

@OP
, spot-on—firing recruiters screams “we’re done hiring,” just like 2008. But don’t buy the “AI replaced them” lie yet; it’s cover for freeze-outs while C&C bullies cling to power. Soon AI will be the recruiter—vetting resumes, matching skills, even interviewing via agentic tools. JPMorgan already uses AI Coach for talent; Amazon’s 14,000 AI-driven cuts included automated sourcing. Wells Fargo? Still stuck in SSIS/EPL he-l, sabotaging Agile and cloud while DEI ethics stalls real AI progress.Cynics mocking AI’s 5-minute saves (@aa
from the other thread) or claiming “we’re not there yet” will be unemployable. Edmondson’s safe teams treat AI as a teammate (Pixar embraced tools to save Toy Story 2); Wells Fargo’s fear culture—scandal → Agile flop → cloud mess → recruiter purge—exposes org rot and weak HR. No psychological safety = no AI adoption = eternal lag.Current employees: Build your personal AI model NOW—log every task, tool (Snowflake > SSIS), platform, cert. Use Wells tuition reimbursement for Prompt Engineering, LangChain, or AWS/GCP AI certs. Document abuses, quietly quit, job search—JPMorgan’s hiring AI-literate talent.Recruiters getting cut: Pivot fast. Learn to train/agentic AI on candidate models; become the human-AI hybrid firms need. Unlearn Wells toxic practices.Don’t wait for Engle’s $22M “reforms” or Columbus hub miracles. File EEOC complaints or join Wells Fargo Workers United anonymously. Read The Fearless Organization for fearless banks. My mission: fearless workplaces. There’s a better option!

Recruiters generally have no legitimate skill sets and could be replaced by just about anyone.

If you can operate Outlook and read a series of prepared questions, you too could be a recruiter.

I am a recruiter in CSSB. I have no idea what OP is talking about. On my team, every one of us is slammed, with probably 30-35 requests each. Our sourcing team is equally slammed. It is chaos. There is a huge emphasis on adding licensed branch bankers (relationship bankers and senior premier) and they aren’t easy to find.

Sure, there are some who simply are underperforming, aren’t adhering to RTO, and they will be displaced. But I don’t know of a single recruiter who is in a hub or a specialty and performs to standards who has been displaced.

Not one.

@as going on every thread on the site to post about getting the bozack can get the bozack.

If there are 'masses' of recruiters, they need to lay-off a few. With the quick exchange of email and even Teams... The ability to meet 'face-to-face' over Teams and Zoom... Immeasurable information at your fingertips...

No need for 'masses' of recruiters.

They may still need some recruiters but the days of endless filings while simultaneously laying off people are over as they should be.

Well………..bye.

It's hard to have sympathy for WFC's HR, but still, being let go around the holidays can get the bozack.

Don't need recruiters if they plan not to hire anyone.

1,000% incorrect.*

• HR Manager