Wells Fargo Employee Died at Her Desk, Body Unnoticed for 4 Days

A Wells Fargo employee, Denise Prudhomme, died at her desk, and her body went unnoticed for four days.

Prudhomme was found on a third-floor desk in the Tempe office by an on-site security guard on Aug. 20. She had clocked in four days prior.

Wells Fargo Workers United, which represents 19 branches throughout the country, released a statement slamming the bank following the death of the 60-year-old.

"We are saddened and outraged by the devastating tragedy and loss of our coworker, Denise Prudhomme, who worked as a Business Execution Consultant in Corporate Banking in Tempe, Arizona," the statement began.

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"This tragedy reminds us why it is so important for us to have a true voice and exercise our rights at work. Like so many of us who work in corporate offices or call centers, our team members and direct supervisors are frequently located in other states hundreds, or thousands, of miles away. Denise was the only person on her team in Tempe. This may be one of the reasons why her desk was located in an underpopulated area in the building and nobody checked on her for four days," the union continued.

The statement added: "Wells Fargo monitors our every move and keystroke using remote, electronic technologies - purportedly to evaluate our productivity - and will fire us if we are caught not making enough keystrokes on our computers; however, Denise went unnoticed at her desk for four days. The contradictory nature of electronic surveillance versus an unnoticed death sheds light on the reality of what it means to be a worker at Wells Fargo."

The union, which made a number of demands, noted that "the solution is not more monitoring, but ensuring that we are all connected to a supportive work environment instead of warehoused away in a back office."