Wells Fargo fires employee for '72 shoplifting conviction

[jimmy olsen]

Ridiculous

http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11578176-wells-fargo-fires-employee-for-72-shoplifting-conviction?lite

By Tom Murray , WTMJ News Team

MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee woman is now unemployed after Wells Fargo, her employer, discovered she committed a crime more than 40 years ago.

Yolanda Quesada was fired when a background check revealed she shoplifted in 1972.

(This story originally appeared on WTMJ's web site.)

"[I'm] very good at what I do for Wells Fargo," Quesada says.

Quesada says she was a good employee, and has the pins, certificates and photos to prove it. But her supervisor walked her out the door last week after more than five years of service at Wells Fargo.

"I think there's more important things in life than something I did 40 years ago," Quesada says.

"I did do the crime and, you know, I had just come out of high school."

Quesada says she worked in phone customer service and never handled cash.

"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.

Quesada wants her job back, but her termination letter says she's no longer eligible to work at Wells Fargo.

"I think I should get it back because it's something I did 40 years ago," Quesada says.

"I paid for it. I've changed my life."

[CountDeMoney]

"I think I should get it back because it's something I did 40 years ago," Quesada says.

"I paid for it. I've changed my life."

Convict's a convict. So solly.

[Neil]

It's an American bank.  Everyone who works there should be fired for dishonesty.

[CountDeMoney]

Ridiculous

Fuck you, Timmay LCSW-C.

[DGuller]

I don't know which PR is worse for Wells Fargo:  the fact they fire someone for a minor crime committed four decsdes ago, or that they let people work there for five years without doing a bsckground check on them.

[MadImmortalMan]

"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,"

So, yeah. No choice.

[Tonitrus]

Which crimes don't involve dishonesty or breach of trust?

[Admiral Yi]

Which crimes don't involve dishonesty or breach of trust?

Smashing in a stranger's skull with a baseball bat.

[DGuller]

Which crimes don't involve dishonesty or breach of trust?

Armed robbery, but only if you're not bluffing when making threats.

[jimmy olsen]

"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,"

So, yeah. No choice.

I didn't ask whether they had a choice, I asked whether it was just.

[grumbler]

40 years ago she shoplifted; five years ago, she lied on the application when she said she hadn't been convicted of that crime.

I don't see the problem.

[Caliga]

40 years ago she shoplifted; five years ago, she lied on the application when she said she hadn't been convicted of that crime.

I don't see the problem.

I love how the article conveniently forgets to remind Joe Sixpack of that fact.  I guarantee you that she was asked to disclose prior convictions on her application and lied.  Every company ALWAYS asks those questions as part of the hiring process, especially one as big as Wells Fargo.

FYI, crimes of a financial nature like this one (other examples are theft by deception, check fraud, etc.) will always disqualify you from working at a financial institution.

[Ed Anger]

40 years ago she shoplifted; five years ago, she lied on the application when she said she hadn't been convicted of that crime.

I don't see the problem.

I love how the article conveniently forgets to remind Joe Sixpack of that fact.  I guarantee you that she was asked to disclose prior convictions on her application and lied.  Every company ALWAYS asks those questions as part of the hiring process, especially one as big as Wells Fargo.

FYI, crimes of a financial nature like this one (other examples are theft by deception, check fraud, etc.) will always disqualify you from working at a financial institution.

I agree with both my collegues Mssrs Grumbler and Caliga.

In addition, I hope she never gets a job ever again that pays over 10/hr. WELCOME TO BARNES AND NOBLES BITCH.

[Darth Wagtaros]

40 years ago she shoplifted; five years ago, she lied on the application when she said she hadn't been convicted of that crime.

I don't see the problem.

Yes.  That is kind of a biggie.

[Scipio]

40 years ago she shoplifted; five years ago, she lied on the application when she said she hadn't been convicted of that crime.

I don't see the problem.

Yes.  That is kind of a biggie.

Lying is bad, mmkay?