Story 59 is familiar. Male MD in Citi’s London wealth office who left in 2024. I spent a ton of time and effort in 2021/2022 hiring women off the back of Fraser’s very public DEI push, only to be told by new management in late 2023 to wipe them all out. Pretty brutal whiplash. I don’t miss it.
RE: Story 268 Fair enough but how would hiring more women into leadership roles or sponsoring them mitigate any of the risks indicated in your examples? You appear all over the place and are criticizing without rhyme and reason. Let’s cut Jane some slack. She has done a wonderful job which should be celebrated.
These stories are horrific, disturbing, and just foul. Many are violent and highly sexual in nature. That alone should concern all of us. But beyond the content itself, we need to be honest about the purpose of collecting and amplifying them in a public space If the intent is to “open the floodgates,” then there…
Saw this on eFinancialCareers. I’m a tall white Millennial who’s benefited from the system, and even I can see how bad the double standards are for women in finance. It’s embarrassing the industry enables it. Adding my support. John
I worked for a small firm that was bought last year by a large bank. During the transition period, I was informed that my title and responsibilities would be “changing.” I was then demoted from an Associate back to an Analyst and told this was a policy that was “standard” and “would apply across the…
1/2 At Citi, “manager” doesn’t mean leader. It means patriarch. All-knowing. Always right. Beyond reproach. Technical incompetence gets masked by authoritarian management styles. Citi lists “challenge” as a core value. In practice, challenging leadership is career suicide. The system aligns with power. The system will never find against them. Negative feedback is treated as insubordination,…
Congratulations on creating a safe space for women to share their experiences and share their stories. I salute you! With over 18 years in global markets, I’ve sadly seen and experienced it all – sexual harassment, being passed over for promotion simply because I was a women, seen as a lesser performing employee as I…