Gennie Pereyra:
Hello. I'm Gennie, and I worked for Wells Fargo for 37 years.
Deanna Pereyra:
I'm Deanna, and I currently work for Wells Fargo, and this is my 37th year.
Mallorie Simmons:
Hi, I'm Mallorie, and I've been working for Wells Fargo for two years. And this is my mom, Deanna.
Deanna Pereyra:
And this is my mom, Gennie .
Gennie Pereyra:
And this is my daughter and my granddaughter that I am so very proud of.
After all those years. Right? I started in June 1967 with Wells Fargo Bank, and I started as a teller.
Deanna Pereyra:
I started as a sophomore in high school when I was 16 years old and actually was a typist.
Gennie Pereyra:
Really, a big part of it was the friendships that I met, the great bosses that I had, and mentors.
Deanna Pereyra:
All along the way, I had great managers that mentored me and supported me in my career development. And so, it's really kept me at Wells Fargo because of the opportunities it always presented to me.
Gennie Pereyra:
These are our clocks that we received for our 25th anniversary.
Deanna Pereyra:
Jack the dog mouse, all the pins for all the team recognition awards.
Simmons:
I have my welcome pin.
Deanna Pereyra:
My 25-year certificate, way for us to put a smile on our voice when we were talking to customers.
Gennie Pereyra:
Stagecoach cookie jar.
Deanna Pereyra:
The wellsfargo.com bus that was educating people on the original online banking.
Simmons:
Squishy stress balls that were Wells Fargo-branded, little games that they would have. Whenever I was bored after school and had to go there, I would just be playing with the Wells Fargo memorabilia. And now, here I am, and now I have my own.
Deanna Pereyra:
And this was a magazine article on grandma in the old Wells Fargo Home Connections magazine.
Simmons:
Wow.
Gennie Pereyra:
That's the book when I retired. And you'll find a lot of my old friends have signed that book.
Simmons:
It dawned on me one day, like, 'Oh, that would be a good company to apply for.' And, without their influence, I went ahead and applied for it, and then all of a sudden I called them up on the phone one day and I was like, 'Hey guys, I'm going to this junior leaders conference sponsored by Wells Fargo.'
Deanna Pereyra:
We always joked, right, you're going to end up working for Wells Fargo someday too. And we really just joked about it. It wasn't necessarily an intention. And here when she did make that phone call and tell us, hey, I applied for this program with Wells Fargo, happened to be on campus. That's what got her here really was not any direct influence besides just Wells Fargo being a part of our family for so many years.
Voiceover:
What do you think the chance is that we'll get a fourth generation of a Wells Fargo employee?
Simmons:
If someday I have children and they see the influence that Wells Fargo has had on me and my mom and my grandma, they somehow choose to follow in the footsteps as well, then I would wholeheartedly support.
(laughter)
