Was doing analyst recruitment for my team at Citi Investment Banking. Interviewed a lot of people and concluded that two young women would be a great addition to the team – they were much stronger and eager than anyone else I interviewed. When group head learnt about it, he called me to his office and said “how are we supposed to build a trusted franchise here if we only hire women?”
A co-worker told me a certain Managing Director “hated me because I came from the team” that she had just taken over. I had made the productive and professional choice to leave that team due to undermining, bullying, retaliation and incompetent management. When she attempted to block my transfer (which had already been agreed with…
I will proudly contribute one positive story to Citi’s broken narrative: the women who work here are incredible, besides Fraser and her despotic head of HR, [REDACTED], who is clearly not right upstairs. The Indian women are particularly great. They work harder than anyone without credit and are beacons of what smart, humble, decent leaders…
To Story 251 and all the others: I am so incredibly sorry that you’re going through this. There are few things more stressful than feeling like a “tracked animal” for months, knowing the axe is coming but being forced to wait for it. What you are describing is part of Citi’s M.O. leading up to…
Leadership Rewards Harassment and Misconduct A senior manager with a long history of bullying, harassment and discriminatory behavior manipulated capital reporting numbers, traded career advancement for inappropriate relationships with male colleagues, orchestrated layoffs to eliminate witnesses and competition, and took credit for their work. When this behavior was reported, leadership buried the well-documented complaints and…
I was covering a role temporarily as a favor to my boss, on top of my regular work. When asked if I wanted to keep it and I said no, I was layered under someone recognized to be less qualified—without warning. This wouldn’t have happened had I been an Indian male, younger. When challenged, my…
I worked for a large international bank and during my time there I suffered a miscarriage the day before my 3 month scan was due. I notified my employer who put me on 2 weeks sick leave assuming I would be back after 2 weeks, under the pressure of working for this toxic manager who…