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The Head of Risk at USCC likes to say she was trained by great managers. The results haven’t shown up in how she develops her own people. For years, she has harbored a repeat bully, harasser, and discriminator in her group — shielding her from any accountability, any consequence, any scrutiny. The reward for years…

I noticed that [REDACTED] is back in the news – seems to be a regular occurrence since he started at Citi. https://www.ft.com/content/eb00f768-9026-4de1-a6ee-3b76d7ce97e6?syn-25a6b1a6=1. It is both fascinating and validating to see him get some comeuppance. As a retired employee relations manager at Merrill Lynch, I do wonder what’s finally shifted to bring his “management style” to…

In major Southeast Asian financial hubs, even the most serious sexual crimes committed by MD level male Private bankers are deliberately suppressed within the regional/local Private banks. This is not misconduct it is criminal behaviour enabled by power, silence, and protection from the top. When women speak up, labour laws fail them, regulators look away,…

In the summer of 2024, the screens inside the elevators at 388 Greenwich were broadcasting a message to everyone passing through: we need to change the internal perception of ourselves. We are not a bad bank. By August of that year, internal communications were acknowledging that Citi lagged behind its competitors in all aspects material…

I was laid off by Citi in January, 2024. I was 69 at the time and had a combined 45 years of tenure dating back to Shearson. I had recently chosen to leave a Regional Director position managing the state of CA for Wealth Management. I was very highly regarded by my team, my colleagues…

I am a VP based in Florida with Citi. This is my first “real” job out of college. Last year, I filed an HR complaint after noticing that my annual review had been changed from neutral / positive-ish to decidedly negative, after I had acknowledged it. I was shocked. I included screen shots of before…