Read Sarah Butcher’s article on eFinancialCareers today. The timing is striking, given the woman who went viral on LinkedIn yesterday after saying she was suing one of the largest VC funds in the world for pay discrimination and more. It sounds like she was dared by the firm to speak publicly – and did. The support she’s received says a lot. I don’t believe the old rules apply in quite the same way anymore. Social media has power. Well done, ladies!
Sue
Watching commentators on the Golf Channel discuss Phil Mickelson’s banishment from his club got me thinking about how when action against influential people occurs, it’s natural to wonder what happened behind the scenes. The public rarely has access to the full story, but organizations clearly understand that removing a prominent figure carries costs of its…
1/2 Scott Bessent was asked in an interview this week why people don’t feel better about the economy and he replied: “They feel good in their hearts.” If a female Treasury Secretary answered like this she would be dragged all over the Internet for being an unserious idiot – it’s really the brandishing Bessent deserves…
Bloomberg published a lovely profile of Jane Fraser today, crediting her “serious political savvy” for Citi’s recent turnaround. What struck me isn’t what the story said. What struck me is what it didn’t. The piece praises Fraser’s ability to navigate Trump’s ego but never acknowledges that, just a few years ago, Citi was among corporate…
Another Asia story : Whilst we perceive Asia to be conservative, it is far worse than the West. Regressive men, patriarchal mindset – it reeks. Men retort to nastiness and passive aggression to put women down. I am referring to some Indian men in Private Banking in a financial hub in Asia (outside India) They…
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” — Will Durant There is a quiet fact that circulates among Citi employees, rarely spoken aloud but widely understood: many of them don’t bank with Citi. This is particularly true in the Consumer Bank, where employees see the gap between…
112: your story resonated deeply. What you’ve documented at Wells Fargo isn’t isolated—I witnessed the same repeating pattern at Citi in Tech & Data. A C15 role came open. There was a highly qualified female candidate with a proven track record. Instead, an Indian male had been pre-appointed. When the hiring MD was confronted privately,…