Wells Fargo

Salary is OK. Can telecommute occasionally.

Do not join Wells Fargo as a contractor.

I have worked for many large financial institutions, and Wells Fargo is by far the most abusive of H1B visas and 'permatemp' contractors. Despite your credentials or skill level, you are relegated to the worst, menial jobs that come across.

As a contractor, you are treated lower than dirt. That is, if you are even regarded at all. I had a low-level manager completely ignore me and refuse to speak to me directly. She actually called someone else over to tell them to tell me something so that she would not have to speak to me directly.

This might be okay if it was working towards a goal, like becoming a permanent employee. But in the year and a half I have been here, I have only seen one contractor hired permanently out of dozens, perhaps hundreds.

Do not be fooled by the contracting companies. Your chances of being hired on, even after your contract is up, are probably less than 1%.

They might say, "Well, a lot of our contractors have found permanent positions with Wells" or some other nonsense that leads you to get your hopes up. I would ask them directly, "What percentage of contractors have you placed as FTEs with Wells Fargo?"

Not only that, but there is no overtime, regardless of your schedule or workload. This leaves you with the impossible choice of working for free or doing a poor job, damaging your professional reputation. Sorry, but this may work for Walmart, but not engineers.

In addition, the corporate culture is such that it rewards those people that accuse you of even the most minor infraction.

• Talking to a coworker for more than 5 minutes? Written up.
• Using your personal phone on the clock, even your lunch hour? Dismissal.

Stop abusing contract workers, and hire employees already.