More than a dozen bank staffers were let go for "simulating keyboard activity" while they were likely doing something else.

Over a dozen Wells Fargo employees were fired last month for trying to fool their bosses into thinking they were working when they were not, as first reported by Bloomberg Thursday. It seems they were unsuccessful. A regulatory filing with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) says the bank investigated…Read more…

  • PrestronEnglish
    16•16 days ago

    “Wells Fargo holds employees to the highest standards and does not tolerate unethical behavior,” a company spokesperson said in a statement to Bloomberg.

    Is this a new policy?

    • @Stupidmanager@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8•16 days ago

      Only when wells fargo is losing money. It’s still ok to be unethical when others are scammed, as long as WF is the one making money.

  • @cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6•16 days ago

    “Wells Fargo holds employees to the highest standards and does not tolerate unethical behavior,”

    Oh, but not themselves? LMAO

  • @socialmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4•16 days ago

    Wells Fargo has like 20,000 employees or some junk (unresearched). This is performative bullshit meant to signal to the industry, and maybe to scare their employees.

    Edit: they have 238,698 employees according to wikipedia. Subtract 12 from that and then ignore this not-news.