Go Skins Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/10/09/a-wells-fargo-employee-emailed-the-ceo-to-ask-for-a-raise-and-cced-200000-coworkers/ Most people ask for a raise in the privacy of their boss's office. But one gutsy Wells Fargo employee emailed the CEO directly — and copied some 200,000 other Wells Fargo workers on the note. On Tuesday, the Charlotte Observer reported that Tyrel Oates, who it says works in an Oregon office of Wells Fargo processing requests from customers trying to stop debt-collection calls, sent such an email to CEO John Stumpf. His plea was not just to get a raise for himself. His proposal to Stumpf? Use the company's profits to give every employee a raise of $10,000. According to the Observer, Oates said the move would "show the rest of the United States, if not the world, that yes, big corporations can have a heart other than philanthropic endeavors." An apparent copy of Oates' letter, with his name removed, has been posted on Reddit and includes that language. The letter cites Wells Fargo's second quarter profits, and reads: "why not take some of this and distribute it to the rest of the employees." It encourages Stumpf to "think, as well, of the positive publicity in a time of extreme consumer skepticism towards banks" that a company-wide raise would bring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 I hope he enjoyed his time at Wells Fargo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 I hope he enjoyed his time at Wells Fargo. Yeah, and not for asking for the raise. An all employee email to 200K people would be enough at some places to get you fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Skins Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 The article says he hasn't been fired yet and isn't worried about that actually happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 If the IT department at Wells Fargo was worth a crap, he would not have been able to e-mail so many people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 If the IT department at Wells Fargo was worth a crap, he would not have been able to e-mail so many people. DING DING DING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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