I am a 25-year employee- never worked anywhere else post-college. I am tired of the drama here and want to get out but the thought of starting over and losing 25 years is a little daunting. Any success stories? Or anyone leave and wish they hadn’t?
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I got laid off after nearly 20 years. I make 35% more now and am much happier. I was afraid to leave too but should have left much sooner.
I quit after 23 years, 2 months, 3 weeks & 2 days after my spineless middle manager decided to lie to HR about being required by her boss when he overrode her performance rating, taking me to a 2 (inconsistent meets) instead of a 3 (meets) which cost me $10K of my bonus.
I got a direct hire with a federal agency and my current salary is $28K higher than at WF AND they used my last 15 years in my WF job as credit for service which means I get 27 days of vacation and 13 days of sick leave AND they match your 401K every pay period. Best move ever!!! Spineless former manager did me a favor, in hindsight. F Wells Fargo!!!
I left after 19 years, hate, hate, hate my new gig. Hate so much i dread mondays on friday afternoon! I know i needed to leave but would go back if i could do something else just hate new gig.
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They require 3 days in the office. They do track badge swipes and watch that closely with reports. Your 4 week average and YTD should equal 2 or more days in the office. I don’t mind going in 3 days per week. Also the CLT campus is absolutely beautiful and they have great benefits! People and culture are great too!! Far better than WF!!!
I'm still in recovery.
I’ve heard TIAA does not offer work from home. True? I have a phone screen with them coming up. I’m in Charlotte.
I was with WF for 17 years and left and went to TIAA! Best move I’ve ever made!!! It’s a great company and love it here!!
57 with 27 years. Got the axe from WF now work for Liberty Federal Credit Union as a lead PM and love everyday I go to work. Feels like First Union long ago. About 85% of my WF salary and would never go back or forward to any other big bank.
I do not know of a single person who left WF in the last 3 year by either resignation or displacement who wishes they were still here.
I am trying to reconcile with voluntarily leaving and starting over somewhere else with far less PTO for several years. I get closer to that decision every day.
Q: What’s worse than starting over after 25 years at Wells Fargo?
A: Starting over after 30 years at Wells Fargo.
Ageism is real, BUT…I have older friends who have founds jobs at Edward Jones, a smaller local bank and the local branch office of a brokerage firm. Another is now happily a personal assistant to a wealthy family in town.
There is a whole world out there that isn’t Wells Fargo. I view it as staying in an unhealthy relationship. I wouldn’t stay with a partner who drags me down. We shouldn’t stay at Wells Fargo if they aren’t contributing to us living a happy healthy life.
I am 33 years and go axed. So now have to go out in my 60 s to find another job. Loyalty and a lifer meant nothing to Charlie. Get another job where you will be appreciated
I am also 25 years. Always thought I would retire here. Once I decided to leave, I let it be known I was looking. Got an offer as soon as I opened myself to look outside the company instead of just switching departments. Was able to negotiate everything I wanted.
This is my second tenure at WF. My first tenure was 10 years. I left and received a substantial pay increase. The main thing is to think it over and get whatever "it" is out of your system so that you can live with the decision and sleep at night. It took me awhile to get to that point. However, once I got to that point, I was ready to move on as quickly as I could. In my instance, I would have missed out tremendously had I been loyal and stayed around.
All of my co-workers who were laid off and in their 50's found new jobs earlier this year. All of them are happy and would never think of stepping foot within WF again.