A
recent story I read on msnbc.com is about a woman who was fired from her job
with Wells Fargo for a crime that she committed 40 years ago.
Yolanda
Quesada, a Wells Fargo employee for more than five years, was terminated last
week after a background check revealed a shoplifting conviction from 1972 when
she was just out of high school.
Judging
from the online comments on this news story, many people are worked up about
Quesada’s termination. One of the
most scrutinized lines in the story is a quote from a Wells Fargo spokesman
that says, “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.”
Considering
the recent controversies surrounding Wells Fargo in the last two years or so, I
can see why this comment sparked a lot of discussion. Wells Fargo has had incidents with tax evasion and has been
accused in the past by public officials of misusing taxpayers’ money. In 2012, the company was fined by a
judge for unfair overdraft practices that misled customers. Also, last month, they were ordered to
pay $3.1 million in damages for mortgaging service misconduct.
Based
on these incidents, it seems a little ridiculous that Wells Fargo would fire an
employee for a minor crime of 40 years ago when they haven’t done much to prove
their own honesty as of lately. I can’t
disagree that this seems a bit hypocritical of a company charged with
misleading customers and avoiding taxes.
I
am torn on this issue, however, because I also see the fault in Yolanda
Quesada. Wells Fargo has a written
contract against hiring anyone with this kind of criminal record. Quesada knew this when applying and
knowingly lied during the application process. In that respect, the termination is not unfounded.
I
can see from the perspective of both the bank and the employee. This, to me, reiterates the importance
of understanding every angle of a story when examining the news.
Good day.
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