Story 344

I was about to share this when Story 324 dropped in. They dovetail together. The Euphemisms of Toxicity There is a particular kind of institutional violence that leaves no bruises. It operates entirely through language. Retaliation becomes “performance concerns.” Harassment becomes “interpersonal conflict.” Bullying becomes “high standards.” Exclusion becomes “cultural fit.” Coercion becomes “managing expectations.”…

Prompted by Story 315. A pattern, once seen, cannot be unseen. ERM Tech & Data at Citi seems to operate a pattern that repeats with enough consistency to constitute policy. There was a male Director. Caucasian. Several decades of experience under his belt. Not part of the in-group. For a full year, his manager —…

Happy to hear the press is interested. I sit in Tampa. This place is not normal.

If the investigation into [REDACTED] was really $30M, jesus christ that dude is expensive – sure hope he makes his NNIA numbers this quarter, haha.

I’ve been in finance for 10 years. When I joined a grad scheme in the City- a male director described as ‘punchy’ was hired onto the team from another bank. For the next two years he would harass me on the trading floor – in front of colleagues, he’d ask why I was so happy…

Prompted by Story 282. A footnote on Citi’s new CFO. When Jane Fraser folded US Personal Banking (USPB) into the Wealth division—handing [REDACTED] a massively expanded empire—it left one high-ranking executive without a chair when the music stopped: the former head of USPB. In a move that looked more like a reorganization “rescue” than a…