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Wells Fargo accused of scheduling FAKE job interview
Wells Fargo is accused of scheduling phony interviews with black and female candidates for posts that were already filled in order to bolster the bank’s diversity numbers, according to a former employee.
Joe Bruno, a former Wells Fargo wealth management executive, alleges he was fired in August after informing his colleagues about the bank’s alleged “false interviews,” which he described as “inappropriate, morally wrong, and ethically wrong,” according to the New York Times.
Bruno claims that despite the fact that he or his superiors had already chosen someone for the lower-paying financial adviser and financial consultant roles, he was told to conduct interviews with black individuals.
Bruno told the New York Times that he refused to conduct the interviews at one point, telling his supervisors, “I got a black person on the opposite side of the table who has no hope at obtaining the job,” and that he was fired in punishment.
Bruno is one of seven current and former Wells Fargo employees who claim their wealth management managers told them to interview so-called diverse candidates, including women and people of color, for positions that had already been filled.
According to the New York Times, five more people have come forward to say they were aware of the practice or helped arrange the interviews.
