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From the Huffington Post:

Bank of America fired Jackie Ramos after she took a stand against the bank’s $15 “convenience” charges and $39 over-the-limit fees so she could sleep better at night.

“There was something inherently evil about my job,” the 23-year-old said in a YouTube video she uploaded on Nov. 27, two days after her termination.

Ramos, of Fairburn, Ga., worked as a “customer advocate,” which involved calling people who fall behind on credit card payments and either encouraging them to pay or modifying their accounts. But not all customers qualify for modification programs that will help them, and Ramos grew tired of saying no after six months on the job.

“So I stopped denying people,” said Ramos. “I helped people get on programs that they didn’t necessarily qualify for but who definitely needed the help.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lakerdude19/ lakerdude19

    So she was fired for insubordination, not “helping customers.” Take a bow, Newsone.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/zuribibi/ zuribibi

    Good for her…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mojozero/ mojozero

    It’s fine to want to help people. In that respect she is a true sister and a sweet soul. However she was wrong to break the rules and give away the bank’s money. If she really wanted to help and be honest about it, she could have kept her job and given away some of her money to help folks that didn’t qualify.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/3RDWARDHTOWN/ 3RDWARDHTOWN

    lakerdud; kill yourself. Its Newsone For Black America

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bj24681357/ bj24681357

    First just to clarify things, Ramos is not a sister but a Puerto Rican as well as being an unwed mother of a two year old which in its self shows a total disregard of the American norm. She was not fired for helping customers but for a total disregard of the banks rules, this was not her money that she was playing around with but the banks. Every business has a right to make money and the bank is no exception.
    It is nothing but sheer stupidity to be employed somewhere, go against the company’s policy and wonder why you were fired but then again if she had any brains at all she would not be an unwed mother of a two year old.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    bj24681357… I keep telling you what’s going to happen for this “adverse” view you keep offering in these articles… you are drilling a hole in your soul.

    I don’t need to convince you, you can feel it.

    Ramos can sleep at night now. And I love people like that.

    And defending corporation rules over human life and well being? I see you devil & oh so clearly!

    When all the poor people die and the rich/wealthy have no one to prey on but each other, let’s see how high you hold those principles of capitolism and free trade.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/courtneyR/ courtneyR

    This is how BUSINESS should be conducted..Helpful and Honest workers going above and beyond.Who says business has to be about using people.I say,if you are fair in your business practices,you will have alot more customers.Good for Ms.Ramos..More people should spill the beans about programs that can help them and their families.Make it fair at least.Good job..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WeSt-CoAsT-909/ WeSt-CoAsT-909

    i commend her for that but you took money from their pockets so thats why u got cut but s**t i feel you because i been on that end before amen sista but damn thats ur job its gonna be like that in those fields

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/docmechanic/ docmechanic

    Integrity is more important than any j-o-b (just over broke). The bankers are always doing things to cheat the majority of the people while enriching the coffers of the wall street traders and other super rich that are taking advantage of the working people.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maatra/ maatra

    See this why we keep these peckerwoods out of our circle.
    just look at the bytch screen name. The h o e lettin you know she gave 25 million BLOW JOBS and wanna talk about a unwed mother

    Bytch, and bytch is just a four legged dog and this peckerwood is a ugly 2 legged dog, amerikkka was built as a w***e the statue of libert aint nuttn but a w***e. She raises her dress up and let the saints come marchin in

    This mudane azz country built by whyte thieves and murderers this sista prevented a few ppl from gettin robbed knowin she would get fired

    Phuk u peckerwoods especially u BYTCH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/docmechanic/ docmechanic

    Bravo!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Brooklynbadboy/ Brooklynbadboy

    um ….bj24681357 are you related to rush limbaugh? what does her ebing an un wed mother have to do wiht her recognizing corruption within her surroundings and then doing something about it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/saswatc7/ saswatc7

    BJ24681357 Who the hell ru to judge anyone…walk a mile in this woman’s shoes b4 u criticize! I am sure that she is more Black than ur ass and as a matter of fact race is not the issue here. She took a stand in what she thought was right! She probably has family to help her out…can u say tha same? Stop tha damn hatin willya!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/brieman2002/ brieman2002

    BJ THATS THE PROB WITH OUR SOCIETY. THIS WOMAN WAS TIRED OF THE UNETHICAL PRACTICES BOA CHOSES TO USE. I BANK WITH THEM AND WHEN MY ACCOUNT GETS LOW THEY HOLD MY TRANSACTIONS UNTIL I GO OVER SO THEY CAN CHARGE AN OVERDRAFT FEE. I’M THINKING I HAVE THIS AMOUNT LEFT AND NEXT THING I KNOW WHAMMO!!!! $35 OVERDRAFT FEE FOR NOT ONE BUT 3 OR FOUR TRANSACTIONS. IF YOU JUST STICK TO THE ISSUES YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE LADY FOR GOING AGAINST AMERICA’S “NORM” BUT YOU DECIDE TO TALK ABOUT THE WOMAN’S PERSONAL LIFE. NO ONE KNEW OF HER LIFE AND NOW THEY KNOW EVERYTHING WHAT A FREKKING “NORM”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR/ DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR

    GOOD FOR YOU BABI! YOUR PARENTS SHOULD BE PROUD, AND THE LORD IS GONNA BLESS YOU! *LEARN SUMTHIN FROM THIS CHICK*!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR/ DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR

    LOL @ Stan_Vinyl! 100 PTS!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1FYNE_SUMMER/ 1FYNE_SUMMER

    I applaud you for being socially responsible. Taking a stand is the first thing we can do in an effort to undo the atrocities affecting the poor, disenfranchised, disadvantanged, and the underrepresented in this society. You go girl and sleep well!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/THIC-SHORTY/ THIC-SHORTY

    you go girl about time somebody helps bank of america customers cause they as a bank suck i found them to be clearing all my little bills clear and then making my big ones bounce i am a single mom of 3 i can not afford over draft fees bank of america you need to stand up and applaude this girl as far as your fees you charged me you can kiss my white booty

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/boomslang777/ boomslang777

    First we all must realize exactly who BOA is. The best place to hide something is in plain view. You can easily miss things that are staring you right in the face. That being said, look at the BOA symbol. The flag is made up of a series of lines. Two lines next to each other are a symbol of the number 11. What is the significance of 11? How many 11′s are in the symbol? What is the 11th number of the alphabet? Answer all of those and you find the answer!! The cave man isn’t smart, he knows what he knows because of our ancestors but they only taught him 33 1/3 full knowledge is 360, they’re not smart! But the majority of our people are Zombies and we’re completely zoned out. So disconnected from reality we cannot even see the symbolism that is used against us on a day to day basis. Study the symbols on almost anything that these crooks sell to the masses and you will see their symbols of hate. What’s even more depressing, Hollywood is telling all black people what has happened to us but most of us aren’t connected to the universe to be able to figure out what they’re saying. Look at Transformers 1 & 2 (part 2 is so obvious what it’s about), Hanc**k, I Robot, Night of The Living Dead (everyone one of the adaptations has a black man as a leader either as a human and a zombie, that’s why PE made the track Night of The Living Base Heads the movies were telling you what was gonna happen to society but mainly about black people, alive but really dead) I Am Legend, Pans Labyrinth just to name a few. The biggest teacher of them all, well used to be a teacher was hip hop but they shut that down. A lot of album covers are telling you things but if you don’t do the knowledge of ancestors you won’t be able to figure them out. Our existence is a puzzle that can be put together but you have to stay away from what the white man teaches you because they’re all lies, everything they teach in the education system is a lie, EVERYTHING!!! And BJ can’t help herself, it’s in most crackas DNA!!! They know they’re subhuman mutants so they play the so called race card. They created the myth of race to elevate themselves out of the darkness of what is called Europe (funny Europe is named after a black Queen, Europa). They know the truth it’s all buried in The Vatican Vaults and museums around Europe. They know who we are the problem is we don’t know who we are!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MoneyMakerWes/ MoneyMakerWes

    I applaud her for what she did but she did it wrong. She was suppose to be a whistleblower and report an unethical matter to the government, attorney, etc. Learn this in a management college course.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jeffrey1975/ Jeffrey1975

    Being a customer of BOA for over ten years, I would just like to say, Screw them. After being a loyal customer with a consistent track record of all accounts being utilized and funds maintained, I got screwed! I will never bank with BOA and encourage anyone to not do buisness with them either!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hunnibunnz/ hunnibunnz

    Doesn’t matter if it’s “fair” or not that those people didn’t qualify.. She didn’t do her job correctly, she was fired. That was fair. Lol.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/3iiiE/ 3iiiE

    thingz are set up 4 people 2 fail…she helped out…they dont like that…even though she did the right thing…weird how we watch the LAW bent growing up and no one cares…thens she bends the RULES a lil bit 2 help and not hurt nobody…and she gets relieved of her job…then their excuse is they would not exist or make money if all of the employeez thought like this…aint that the same as the pilgrims and the indianz…can we label this modern day…well you know…although thangz have changed…yet and still…some thangz seem 2 remain the same…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ROCK42063/ ROCK42063

    SHE MAY HAVE BEEN “HELPING” PEOPLE, BUT SHE GOT FIRED FOR NOT DOING HER JOB.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    @Bj24681357. First, to clarify something to you, Puerto Rican’s are OUR brothers and sisters, and if you find one who has some consciousness, they will tell you that themselves. Secondly, you are calling someone stupid because she showed some compassion towards people who are being manipulated and exploited by greedy, corrupt fraudulent CEO’s? The bottom line is, BOA have fleeced the public by receiving bailouts, funded by tax payer money yours included. You actually sound like the stupid one, defending crooks who every time they make bad business decisions, have idiots like you to rely on to pick up the tab. To be clear, you’re not an idiot for having your tax dollars go towards that (since you have no choice in the matter), but you’re an idiot for defending those clowns!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jahz_Lynx1/ Jahz_Lynx1

    Fired is one thing blacklisted is another. The public loves advocates and whistleblowers but corp. America does not. They can keep her out of work indefinately. Hopefully she didn’t shoot herself in the foot by advertising the fact that she didn’t follow company guidelines. Better to quit than make a scene while being pushed out the door.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    WELL ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS F**K BOA THEY ALWAYS OVER DRAFTIN SOMEBODY…AND FORGET..WHOEVER SUPPORT THEM TO…AND I WISH SHE WOULD HAVE HELPED ME CUZ I GOT F**KED OVER TO..BUT DAMN TO LOSE UR JOB DURING THESE TIMES…THE CUSTOMERS WOULD HAVE SUFFERED FOR A LIL WHILE LONGER…FAM FIRST MOUTHS TO FEED THEN MY COUNTRY…AND THE PPL IN IT..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TakenStepsForward/ TakenStepsForward

    Good for her helping someone out, but i was thinking the same thing as Jahz, she may not be able to get the same job position or even the same job. Banks are out there to make money and if she doesnt agree with the rule, she’s out a job indefinately!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lstofadienbreed/ lstofadienbreed

    This is probably going to snow ball into a completely new and reformatted way banks deal with there customers. She will be o’kay. At the end of the day, the public, which a bank survives from, wants what is right for them. If this makes national news, oh best beleive, BOA will have to act swiftly in correcting and covering this up….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jus4u42/ jus4u42

    God has an open door awaiting your arrival.This story is very touching. you have a heart of gold, you are a woman with courage, and i got mad respect for you taking a stand to BOA.God bless you my sister in Christ.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bj24681357/ bj24681357

    A THIEF IS A THIEF IS A THIEF IS A THIEF IS A THIEF, NO GETTING AROUND THAT.
    BJ

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Agage44/ Agage44

    Bravo Bravo Bravo! Stand up for what you believe in and don’t fall for any thing you go girl..

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