SACRAMENTO, Calif.–Another former Wells Fargo employee is alleging “unconscionable behavior” by the bank, including intimidation and the denial of bathroom breaks.
During a hearing before the California State Assembly on Wells Fargo’s bogus account-opening scandal, former Wells Fargo employee Nathan Todd Davis said he filed 50 ethics complaints during his decade-long tenure with the bank, but nothing ever came of it.
"I've been harassed, intimidated, written up and denied bathroom breaks," said Davis, who drove 350 miles from his home in Lodi, California, to speak at the hearing, according to CNNMoney.com.
Davis told the General Assembly that he had directed his complaints to David Galasso, a senior Wells Fargo executive who was filling in at the hearing for CEO John Stumpf.
"The sales culture of Wells Fargo needs to be picked apart," Davis said, standing at the podium but looking to his right to address Galasso, CNNMoney.com reported.
Davis told the hearing he believes nearly two-thirds of Wells Fargo employees "cheat the system" as the result of the unreasonable sales pressure they feel.
Davis alleged that after 10 years with the bank he was fired in June of 2016 for being "90 seconds late to work,” and claiming tardiness was not the issue. He further alleged he never "made it to management because I don't cheat."
CNNMoney.com reported that Galasso, who serves as Wells Fargo's head of community banking in Northern and Central California, did not address Davis' comments directly.
Wells Fargo issued a statement that it tries to make every employee "feel valued, rewarded and recognized."