Maybe Wells Fargo is starting to get the whole public-perception thing.
The bank was on the defensive earlier this month after the Associated Press reported that it planned to reward top employees with a trip to Vegas. It eventually canceled the trip after a flurry of negative press.
Yesterday, Wells Fargo’s board of directors disclosed a decision that’s likely to play a little better in the public’s eye: They voted to suspend the company’s bonus program for top executives.
AP and Reuters reports that the executives won’t receive cash bonuses for 2008 because the company missed performance goals.