Working at Wells Fargo in San Francisco, CA: 134 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Francisco, CA Area

"I had a good experience, as people I worked with were friendly."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"The people are nice and friendly and cooperated a lot."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Answer to the point, and focus on details when needed."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"There were too many status reports to be made for different stake holders."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest a good bug tracking tool so that all the issues can be tracked promptly."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"Wells Fargo is a good company - good pay, good benefits, good 401k, and good health care."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be impressive about your ability, technique, and creativity."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"There are too many meetings and too much work. More flexibility and creativity is needed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Talk to subordinates more, learn more technique, and learn more about banking and programming."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I like the culture. It's very mature, professional, collaborative, and lifestyle-friendly."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Emphasize ability to make decisions independently, but with diligence to keep management abreast and represented by your decision (no hogging credit to yourself). They also consider policies holy and don't tolerate cowboys."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I dislike being a contractor. As a contractor, there is a limit in the length of service (18 months), and the growth or lateral movement opportunities are presented to the FTEs first."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide an exception rule for the exceptional contractors to enable the company to retain and harvest the great talents passing through."

"Good team, good projects, and limited exposure."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I like working here because it has a great set of people who work efficiently with each other, and its located in beautiful San Francisco."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's the usual interview process. But here, the entire team interviews the candidate."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I dislike the limited exposure for being a contractor, which leaves no room for growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The only suggestion I have is for a more robust conversion of contracting resources to full-time resources."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I like the many opportunities, it pays like a large company, and the benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Focus on accomplishments, your vision for your contribution to the company, cross-sell orientation, and ROI."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I dislike that it is very bureaucratic and political, and there is too much non-value added activity required."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look at ROI rather than budgets. Look at results and not appearances."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"The fringe benefits were above industry standards: foosball tables, pool tables, free drinks, coffee and tea, a subsidized snack machine, working from home one day a week, and casual dress."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask questions about the business model of the business group: its funding sources, the consumer of the products / services rendered by the group, and the business group's relationship to other groups in the bank. Ask about the rest of the employees in the business group and their level of education, types of services, etc. Two key questions for Wells Fargo interviewers:The tenure level of your coworkers is important, i.e., how long have people in your group been with the bank How is their job satisfaction level My experience has been that the job satisfaction ratings / morale were consistently low even while the tenure level was frequently very high (many people wearing the Golden Handcuffs at work)."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"It is the single largest private employer in the world. It is massive, but it is like working in a small company in a hidden shadow economy, doing business with other companies within the larger parent company. Where you work in Wells Fargo is very important because all of the funding focuses on whether you work for a cost center or a profit center of the business. Funding is much harder to come by in cost centers. It can be incredibly difficult to get anything done in such a large company because of 1) All of the security / legal / financial regulations that constrain every decision that is made in the financial industry, and 2) It can be very difficult to get other groups within the bank to work with you when you need their resources to complete a project, because each group within the organization acts like a separate / competing private enterprise with it's own agenda, financial priorities, and sometimes competing interests. Some divisions and groups within the bank are much better organized, better educated, more savvy, and more professional. Some are abysmally bad. Choose your group wisely."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take an active interest in and participate in the day-to-day work of my employees. Give feedback, advice and direction without micromanaging. Take an active role in solving the big problems facing employees in their work, workplace, etc."

"I had a good experience with Wells Fargo prior to the merger with Wachavia."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I liked the vacation and culture prior to the Wachovia merger. It was great, everyone was very approachable, and you could literally talk to anyone about any concern you saw."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Likely you will interview with several people if you are being looked at seriously. Make sure you understand who you are talking to and how your role will impact them when talking to them, and make sure to tell how you think you can make their life better."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I had no complaints other than using the education benefit. It was quite a task to get through all the approvals."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest they work on that culture and getting it back to what it was before the merger."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I was free to use my experience and knowledge to make major decisions. I had support from my management. I had the option to telecommute."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be a team player, and be serious about adhering to compliance processes."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"There is nothing I disliked. It was a great place to work, and I look forward to going back, if possible."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Promote more within the company, and hire on good contractors."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I like the benefits, the movement within the company, volunteer opportunities, and that there is no shortage of work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask where the position will be, long-term. Don't get put in a job that won't let you grow your skills and experience."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"There are too much ego and politics. It is difficult to change the existing culture."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"For the CEO, there should be more investment in company culture and team member communication."

"It was great working experience."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"It was great working with a good team."

"Invaluable exposure to the largest implementation of SOA in the business."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I like the financial industry - the complexity, the nature of financial and infra projects and related business products."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I dislike the separate sets of privileges and benefits offered to a contractor/consultant."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management should motivate and retain good technical resources, thereby reducing or eliminating recruitment-related costs."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I enjoy how busy I am to dig into interesting problems that others dont really know how to solve."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Read as much as you can about the company before the interview."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"My favorite parts of my job included the ability to work independently."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have the senior managers cook a barbecue once a month for the team on a Friday afternoon - lots of fun for everyone."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I liked the challenge of working on different platforms, and working with back end as well as front end systems. I liked the people I worked with and always met project deliverables."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared for panel interviews :) and know the business processes as well, such as use case writing, etc."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"As a contractor, you don't have any opportunities to grow in the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"As far as management goes, they were great. They assigned the right resources to the right projects, and managed the contractors well."

What do you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I like the regular hours, and I know how to do what I am doing but it's all that I do."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Run away if you have the opportunity to do so."

What don't you like about working at Wells Fargo?

"I dislike the environment, and this project is slowly killing my creative drive."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The environment is stuffy in more ways than one. We spend a lot of time checking work, and not so much time doing work."