A woman in Milwaukee is paying for a crime she committed 40 years ago by losing her job. Wells Fargo found out during a background check that she had shoplifted in 1972, and subsequently fired her. She thinks she’s already paid her time for that crime, but Wells Fargo’s policies disagree.
WTMJ-4 in Milwaukee says Yolanda claims she’s a good employee, and has plenty of certificates and photos to show her five years of service to the company.
“[I'm] very good at what I do for Wells Fargo,” she says. “I think there’s more important things in life than something I did 40 years ago,”
But last week her supervisor walked her out of the door, because of a Wells Fargo policy.
“We are bound by federal law that generally prohibits us from hiring or continuing the employment of any person who we know has a criminal record involving dishonesty or breach of trust,” a spokesman for Wells Fargo told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“I did do the crime and, you know, I had just come out of high school,” says Yolanda, noting that her job in phone customer service doesn’t involve her handling cash. She wants her job back, but her termination letter says she’s no longer eligible to work at the bank.
“I think I should get it back because it’s something I did 40 years ago,” she says. “I paid for it. I’ve changed my life.”
*Thanks for the tip, Daniel!
Wells Fargo fires employee for 1972 shoplifting conviction [TMJ-4 News]
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This the beginning of the end for all valueless personnel according to the banks, Wells-NO-go, Bastards of America and shitty group are all going to pull crap like this, replace people with automation, more money less overhead.
“We are bound by federal law that generally prohibits us from hiring or continuing the employment of any person who we know has a criminal record involving dishonesty or breach of trust,” —-What about the billions WF has screwed homeowners out of?
Die she lie during the application process? Bye.
I’d rather hire her with 40 clean years rather than someone fresh out of college without a record.
Most states allow to apply for expungement a certain number of years after the end of your sentence, provided you haven’t broken any more laws. I don’t about her state, but here it’s 5 years. Just today, I helped a friend apply as he has a 1986 drug arrest on his record. I filled out the papers for him. He paid the Court Clerk $119 and he should get the good news in 6-8 weeks. If you have a felony, no matter how old or small get it off your record. never know when it will come back to haunt you.
This makes me glad I left Wells Fargo over eight months ago. I think they were wrong to fire her.
from FDIC site:
“(5) De minimis Offenses. Approval is automatically granted and an application will not be required where the covered offense is considered de minimis, because it meets all of the following criteria:
• There is only one conviction or program entry of record for a covered offense;
• The offense was punishable by imprisonment for a term of one year or less and/or a fine of $1,000 or less, and the individual did not serve time in jail;
• The conviction or program was entered at least five years prior to the date an application would otherwise be required; and
• The offense did not involve an insured depository institution or insured credit union.
“
FDIC says she’s a OK. No need to apply for approval it is automatically granted if its a minor offense more then five years ago.
Wells fargo lied. Big surprise.