Story 374, Story 375 here. Holy cow. I love that we share a similar sentiment about bringing shame back. What a beautiful coincidence that we wrote the same thing at almost the same time. People reading this probably assume it’s coordinated but you and I know it’s The Universe out there doing its Universe-thing. Bless!
This story is about a senior woman in Citi’s Commercial Bank, whom I met through a women’s network there. At a professional gathering, a male colleague grabbed her and force-kissed her. Drunk. No ambiguity about what happened. The next morning he came in, sat down, and said nothing. Not an acknowledgment. Not an apology. Just…
Former Director and people manager. For those unaware of Citi’s officer title structure, its highest position is Managing Director, followed by Director, SVP, VP. Citi has a nasty habit of eliminating jobs held by Managing Directors and Directors and reposting those same positions as lower-ranking Director or SVP roles. Same work and responsibilities, lower pay…
Unemployable Elsewhere: How Tribalism Breeds A Parasitic Culture There is a particular kind of organizational failure that accumulates in meetings that resolve nothing, in systems built without use cases, in team members that cannot self-manage because no one above them is managing either. An Agile coach, brought in to assess team productivity, estimated approximately thirty…
If you work at Citi, consider taking a screenshot of your performance-review rating. Multiple employees report their ratings shifting from a 2 to a 4 after they acknowledged them. It’s a disturbing tactic that could be used to justify layoffs in March/April without severance.
I worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong for almost a decade. For most of that time, my performance and commitment were never in question. That changed the moment I announced my pregnancy. From that point on, I noticed a clear shift in how I was treated. When I returned from maternity leave, a junior…
A male MD told me that what I was complaining about at Citi is the same at every other large bank. He questioned whether I’d ever worked at one before — implying I was naive or uninformed about how the world works. At my age and level of experience, I am neither naive nor uninformed…