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Complaint Review: Wells Fargo Financial - Grand Junction Colorado

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  • Wells Fargo Financial 2454 Highway 6 & 50 Grand Junction, Colorado U.S.A.

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I had worked for Wells Fargo Financial for 7 + years. I was a manager at Wells Fargo Financial in Grand Junction, CO as a manager when my husband and I carefully planned to have a baby. In January of 2007 I found out that I was pregnant with twins and I was given a due date of September 22nd, 2007.

On February 12, District Manager quized me on my ability to manage while I was pregnant and asked me questions as to weather I would consider a demotion or a transfer. I became very upset and refused to leave my position.

In May of 2007 I was named 1 of 12 top producing managers in the region and was awarded by attending a conference in Boston. My district manager asked me if I could even go.

On May 25, Regional manager came to my office in Grand Junction, CO at 2454 Highway 6 & 50. We went to lunch at the Olive Garden. Regional manager was quizing me on how I was feeling and how it was going to be hard for me to manage with twins. I disagreed and told him that I was doing fine and that I had everything planned out.

Regional Manager stated, "Renae it is unlikely that you will be able to manage and work the hours that you need to work after having twins'. I responded that I would do what ever it took. Regional manager Vice President stated, Renae you need to consider your options.

I began crying and left to the bathroom to cry hysterically while I fell to the floor. I was sick. I instantly felt balls of sickness form in my stomach. I gathered myself went back out to my table where regional manager was and we left to go back to my branch.

On June 13, Regional manager Vice presedent called me at my branch at work at 12:30. He asked if I had considered my options. Feeling like I had no choice I said that I would take transfer to twin falls, if Wells Fargo Financial bought my house out. He told me I need to send him a email stating that I wanted to transfer. I got off the phone and was crying...I immediately called my husband. My husband was very upset. I told him that this was my boss's boss..and if I didn't they told me that I would be placed on corrective action while I was on maternity leave if my branch didn't perform while I was on maternity leave. I told me husband I didn't have a choice.

Regional Manager called me and told me that I needed to send the email right away since I hadn't and that he would wait on the phone while I sent it.
I sent the following email word for word.

Email sent June 14, 2007
"I would be willing to consider a transfer to Twin Falls, Idaho as an assitant manager. However, the only way I would be able to even consider this transfer would be if I was compensated with the full managers moving package. I would like to work as a manager in Grand Junction, CO until I go on maternity leave but would be willing to consider other options. Please let me know you thoughts.

On June 19, Regional manager called me at my office. He said that Wells Fargo Financial would pay for my move but that they would not buy my house. I told him that I didn't want to transfer anyways and that I couldn't do it financial or physically with out the buy out of my home. Regional manager stated, You need to make it work. Then he siad, "The end of June is the end of the 2nd quarter and I need to get a new manager into that branch, I need you to make your transfer effective as of June 29, 2007" I responded....I CAN NOT transfer now because of my risk of preterm labor...He then said, "You will need to go on maternity leave". The conversation was ened.

On June 22, 2007 I called my boss district manager. I begged him...Please I will do what ever it takes to continue to be successful as a manager after the birth of my babies. He said, "IT IS BEST YOU TRANSFER OUT". Trying not to cry I ended the conversation.

So I was forced to leave on June 29, 2007. I advised my doctor that I had to move to Twin Falls, Idaho to be my house and start work that monday. My doctor advised me not to go and that if Wells Fargo Financial would allow me to work here that for the sake of my babies that I needed to apply for maternity leave.

I was approved for maternity leave because of my high risk pregnancy. I had no complication prior to June 29, 2007. I began packing and boxing my house. On July 19, 2007 I had to go to the emergency room because I started labor. On July 20, 2007 my husband and I traveled to Idaho to get a house...I was in the hospital again and put on bed rest. I delivered my babies at 33 weeks. They were in the NICU for 16 days. My babies barely passed their car seat test and we had to travel back to Colorado. I was their for 3 weeks and I had to leave my husband with my two 5lb babies and go to Twin Falls, Idaho back to my demoted position.

I started back to work with the attitude that I would show those jerks what I could do with twins. I was out performed every other employee in the Region from October - December and won a position to go to Lake Tahoe in January of 2008. I started counseling in October for my Depression. In November I went to the doctor for medicine to deal with the depression of losing my job because I became pregnant. In January of 2008 I hit rock bottom. I told my boss that I never wanted to transfer and that I gave up everything to have my babies. My manager advised that I get immediate help and that I take some time to get better.

In January of 2008 I started to research Sex and Pregnancy discrimination. I found that Wells Fargo Financial had done so many things to me that was against the law. On February 5th I made a claim to the EEOC.

I requested for my personal file and was forced to give a reason. I explained that I was reporting Wells Fargo Financial for Sex and Pregnancy discrimination. So it was on....

I was put on administrative leave.
I was threatened that if my performance slipped that i would be terminated...
On and on...

We went to mediation and Wells Fargo Financial..regional manager stated...

Renae had employee issues..
Renae told me that she was in too large of a branch...
Renae told me that moving to Idaho was a good move for her family....

I replied....I never had any employee issues...and if I did...where is the documenation???? Why wasn't I ever notified that I had employee issues.

I replied that no one would ever say that they were in too large of a branch. A large branch only results in larger bonuses and faster promotions. I told them I was working hard to move up and become a district manger. I told them that they told me I was in the largest and best branch in the region.

Moving when I was 6 months pregnant was not a good move for me or the life of my twins. My husband and I were making over a 100K a year..We had just had a brand new home built. My husband had a awesome job with the State of Colorado....My step daughter was not allowed to leave the state of Colorado per court order....We had family in Grand Junction and Colorado Springs that we were very close to. We did not want to move....I was forced!!

Wells Fargo Financial denied that they discriminated against me on the basis of my pregnancy. Wells Fargo Financial Regional manager did the discrimination and Divisional Manager...Approved the demotion and transfer....!! These are the big guys...they make 100's of thousands of dollars every year. That is why they will not fess up to the discrimination....oh, but they tried to offer me a tiny...tiny settlement...and to sign a shut your mouth clause...but I refused!!

On June 14, 2008, I was forced to leave...or would have the possibility of being fired since my production was low since I was on admininstrative leave. So I gave my two weeks and was asked to leave prior to the two weeks.

I sent an email to some friends at Wells Fargo Financial...Since then another women came forward stating that this Regional manager did the same thing to her...made her go on maternity leave early, demoted her and transfered her to another branch.

I have contacted Oprah and Women activist groups.

I have spoke with several attorney's but I am waiting to see if the EEOC will represent me in court versus having to pay an attorney 33% of my winnings.

I want everyone to do one thing!!

Know your rights!!! Research Sex and Pregnancy discrimination!! Stop discrimination against women!!

My email is (((redacted))) or on my cell phone if you have any information that can help!!

I missed out on the 1st year of my twins life because of my depression of what Wells Fargo Financial did to me. Do not let this happen!! I will never get this back!!

Also....I have all of the inside information for all of the people that Wells Fargo Financial ripp off on a daily basis. If you have a mortgage, loan or auto loan with Wells Fargo financial or you work for Wells Fargo Financial contact me. I know all of the lies they tell everyone and all the lies they train their employees to tell.

Renae ****
Kimberly, Idaho
U.S.A.

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#16 UPDATE EX-employee responds

Good Luck with your new job

AUTHOR: Debbie - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Renae, It was so nice talking to you a few weeks ago. Sorry I was really busy that day. But when I went to call you back my daughter erased the caller ID. I am so glad to hear of your new job and position. PLease feel free to call me back when you get a moment.

Thanks for all your information you provided me.

Awaiting your call back,

Debbie

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#15 UPDATE EX-employee responds

SHSHSHSHSHSH

AUTHOR: Debbie - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, November 29, 2008

Renae, Madashell is correct. dont say anymore about your case. I just want to let you know that they watch everything you type on here. If you really want my number you will have to call 411 city is Butte, MT Look at your tahoe list of winners you will see my last name on it. Davies District. husband is Dan. But seriously they watch this site very very close. My life will never be the same after all they have done to me. I know exactly how you feel when you start typing about this company. Hopefully I will talk to you soon. I am not sure who is real on this website or just a team member of Wells Fargo so my advise to everyone who leaves a question or answer and still works for them DONT........ Renae let them all know that what they leave on here is being read by them. Talk to you soon. And HAPPY THANKS GIVING to you and your family.

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#14 Author of original report

New Divisional Manager

AUTHOR: Renae Coffman - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Thursday, November 27, 2008

Debbie,

I will try and get your phone number in the morning since today is Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving!! Well....I didn't actually write this. A friend of mine took a bunch of the papers that I had given to HR when I was still working at Wells Fargo Financial and typed all of this on here. I was kind of excited that she did this and mad at the same time. I wouldn't have published this all on here until after I win my lawsuit!! (-= Oh, and I will win! I would bet everything on it.

I heard that JR is not getting the Regional management position because he promotes discrimination against females, women in the child bearing years and women who are pregnant. (-= Okay that is true that I heard that he is not getting the Divisional management position and I hope it is because he discriminates against women!! JR has been with the company for 10 or 11 years...why should he get it. That Black regional manager just got promoted to Divisional after 28 years with the company. Yea, Wells Fargo Financial discriminates in every way you could possible discriminate!! I have every report to prove that women are not in positions that pay more like the men!! Also if you don't practice discrimination then they get rid of them too.

JR is mormon and so is Josh. Hmmm??? Roger approved for JR to demote me when I was pregnant. Who knows what JR told him?? Roger has only been a divisional manager for 8 or 9 years. He was promoted to Divisional when I was a year with the company. So it is hard for me to beleive that Roger is retiring just because he wants to. He has young kids?? I don't know.

I am sure that JR wants the Divisional position but hopefully they figured that when they have to pay Renae Coffman millions of dollars for taking her management job away cause she was going to have twins that they will need to CAN JR!!!! Oh, cause there are so many witnesses!!!

ahhh.......okay my blood pressure is sky high right now. That is why I never get on here. I will try and get your number in the morning.

Talk to you later.

Renae

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#13 Consumer Suggestion

Numerous violations of Several federal laws.

AUTHOR: Madashell@wells Fargo - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, November 14, 2008

I highly advise you to let an attorney handle this for you. You have a whopper of a case. Their exposure to this is so high, it would be well worth it, and more beneficial for you to have a good, Attorney who specializes in Emploment law. On one hand, it is stunning that they think they can get away with this, but you know how they are, so you know why it's happening. Strong advice. Get a lawyer and stop talking about it to anyone except your attorney. Don't post it on the internet, and certainly no Oprah. Find a good reputable Attorney who sprecializes in Employment law, and it wil be the best 33% you ever spent.

Don't post or talk about it to anyone but him/her, and certainly not here.

Trust me on this. Find the Attorney and ssshhhh. I mean that in a caring way.

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#12 UPDATE EX-employee responds

Renae

AUTHOR: Debbie - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Thursday, October 30, 2008

Yes Amy is still the manager and josh the dm we now have Kent Murphy as our dm. and this whole thing is a mess. No real investigation was done on the fraud reported. They never talked to the others or even called the companies to confirm the paystubs. It was all turned on me. If you want to get ahold of me you will have to call Carla in Bozeman she will give you my personal cell phone number she is the lead processor for some of the office in montana. I am eager to talk to you. I have no faith in wells Fargo Financial. The person that did the first rebuttal to your story was the one who was told to let the one perform the fraud on his computer. My attorney is amazed at how unethical this company is. We have asked numerous times for their attorney name and number and have yet to recieve anything. Who was your DM? DId you know that ROger King is retiring and JR RUssel is talking his job.

Please call ask for Carla Forward in the BOzeman, MT office and ask her for Debbie's cell number I will let her know you will be calling. Ang left the office. THe office in Butte is a joke. Well I think the whole company is a joke.

Happy Halloween.

Debbie

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#11 Consumer Comment

Stan the Mouse.

AUTHOR: Andromeda - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, October 05, 2008

Stan The Man
New York, New York
U.S.A.

'Wells Fargo Financial'

'I have been with Wells Fargo over 15 years and the women complain from the day one they are hired.'

Nobody who uses grammar like you do could have any job with any bank. You don't need the word 'one'. You must put spaces after periods. Who are 'the women'? You don't know every woman at Wells Fargo!

'Wells Fargo does not know a Renae.'

How would you know? Anyone who writes like you do could not have a position high enough to examine the personal records of every employee in the whole company. Wells Fargo does not 'know' anyone. Only it's employees do!

'You should give your correct name.If you are going to slander someone step forward and give correct info.'

This is 'probably' her correct first name. Where is YOUR correct name loser? Maybe someone would like to verify YOUR 'high level' position with the bank! You must put spaces after periods. You wouldn't know whether she was 'slandering' anyone or not!

Totally useless post 'Stan the Mouse'.

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#10 Consumer Comment

Stan the Mouse.

AUTHOR: Andromeda - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, October 05, 2008

Stan The Man
New York, New York
U.S.A.

'Wells Fargo Financial'

'I have been with Wells Fargo over 15 years and the women complain from the day one they are hired.'

Nobody who uses grammar like you do could have any job with any bank. You don't need the word 'one'. You must put spaces after periods. Who are 'the women'? You don't know every woman at Wells Fargo!

'Wells Fargo does not know a Renae.'

How would you know? Anyone who writes like you do could not have a position high enough to examine the personal records of every employee in the whole company. Wells Fargo does not 'know' anyone. Only it's employees do!

'You should give your correct name.If you are going to slander someone step forward and give correct info.'

This is 'probably' her correct first name. Where is YOUR correct name loser? Maybe someone would like to verify YOUR 'high level' position with the bank! You must put spaces after periods. You wouldn't know whether she was 'slandering' anyone or not!

Totally useless post 'Stan the Mouse'.

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#9 Consumer Comment

Stan the Mouse.

AUTHOR: Andromeda - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, October 05, 2008

Stan The Man
New York, New York
U.S.A.

'Wells Fargo Financial'

'I have been with Wells Fargo over 15 years and the women complain from the day one they are hired.'

Nobody who uses grammar like you do could have any job with any bank. You don't need the word 'one'. You must put spaces after periods. Who are 'the women'? You don't know every woman at Wells Fargo!

'Wells Fargo does not know a Renae.'

How would you know? Anyone who writes like you do could not have a position high enough to examine the personal records of every employee in the whole company. Wells Fargo does not 'know' anyone. Only it's employees do!

'You should give your correct name.If you are going to slander someone step forward and give correct info.'

This is 'probably' her correct first name. Where is YOUR correct name loser? Maybe someone would like to verify YOUR 'high level' position with the bank! You must put spaces after periods. You wouldn't know whether she was 'slandering' anyone or not!

Totally useless post 'Stan the Mouse'.

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#8 Consumer Comment

Stan the Mouse.

AUTHOR: Andromeda - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, October 05, 2008

Stan The Man
New York, New York
U.S.A.

'Wells Fargo Financial'

'I have been with Wells Fargo over 15 years and the women complain from the day one they are hired.'

Nobody who uses grammar like you do could have any job with any bank. You don't need the word 'one'. You must put spaces after periods. Who are 'the women'? You don't know every woman at Wells Fargo!

'Wells Fargo does not know a Renae.'

How would you know? Anyone who writes like you do could not have a position high enough to examine the personal records of every employee in the whole company. Wells Fargo does not 'know' anyone. Only it's employees do!

'You should give your correct name.If you are going to slander someone step forward and give correct info.'

This is 'probably' her correct first name. Where is YOUR correct name loser? Maybe someone would like to verify YOUR 'high level' position with the bank! You must put spaces after periods. You wouldn't know whether she was 'slandering' anyone or not!

Totally useless post 'Stan the Mouse'.

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#7 UPDATE EX-employee responds

Renae Coffman

AUTHOR: Renae Coffman - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, October 05, 2008

Deb is Amy still the manager in Butte and is Josh still the DM? I hope that I can help others with questions and information to prevent what happened to me to others. I know it has been a month. I will try and get a hold of you first thing Monday morning.

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#6 Author of original report

This is Renae Coffman

AUTHOR: Renae Coffman - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, October 05, 2008

Wells Fargo Financial or Wells Fargo will place you on administrative leave after you report any issues to HR. This is standard procedure for Wells Fargo Financial. However, I beleive that this is a form of retaliation. Even though the company continues to pay you your salaray you lose money since you do get paid bonus based on the amount of business that you book.

Fraud is not taken lightly with in Wells Fargo. The person that committed the fraud will be terminated and anyone else that was involved. I have seen 3 people in one branch terminated for similar offenses.

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#5 UPDATE Employee

Wells Fargo Financial

AUTHOR: Stan The Man - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, September 10, 2008

I have been with Wells Fargo over 15 years and the women complain from the day one they are hired.Wells Fargo does not know a Renae.You should give your correct name.If you are going to slander someone step forward and give correct info.

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#4 Consumer Comment

SAD

AUTHOR: Cory - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, September 10, 2008

This is what these suck a*s companies do. Have posted about this before. Wife worked for a local credit union for 16 years. They spent 8 months harassing her into quitting. They can hire 2 newbies for what they were paying her. The first 6 months, they told her she was doing such a terrible job and her brach was losing soo much money. Then at the end of Dec, her branch wins the branch of the year award. Go figure. Since that approach didn't work, they go after her for employee morale. Totally subjective. No way to gauge it. Her supervisor was going in on her day's off and telling her employee's what a bad and mean boss she was. Interestingly, she requested a conference with her supervisor's boss and HE refused to see her. Two more months of that BS and she gives up. No way to fight it. Here's something that will top that. They just terminated a women who had worked for them for over 25 years when her FMLA ran out and she was unable to return to work after her breast cancer had returned the SECOND time. F**k them. I won't post the name here but I am telling everyone I know and deal with. GOD will hold a special place for them.

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#3 UPDATE Employee

On Administrative Leave with pay/for reporting Fraud

AUTHOR: Debbie - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, September 10, 2008

I have tried every avenue to contact you. We were in Tahoe together and I would love to talk to you about the wonderful company that has done everything wrong legally to many people. Please call WFF in Butte, MT ask for ANG and she will give you my number.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Debbie

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#2 UPDATE EX-employee responds

Your Help

AUTHOR: Bdubya55 - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 09, 2008

I was wondering if you could help get me some information because a lady that I am friends with was just put on Administrative leave from WFF for speaking up about her manager having an affair with another branch manager. I was wondering if you had their guidelines about admin. leave. All your help would be greatly appreciated and I hope you do get all the money out of them possible they are one of the most crooked companies EVER!!!

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AUTHOR: Bdubya55 - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 09, 2008

I was wondering if you could help get me some information because a lady that I am friends with was just put on Administrative leave from WFF for speaking up about her manager having an affair with another branch manager. I was wondering if you had their guidelines about admin. leave. All your help would be greatly appreciated and I hope you do get all the money out of them possible they are one of the most crooked companies EVER!!!

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