A lot of women at Citi are talking about this site. Many of us are afraid to share our experiences because retaliation is a real concern, especially here. But the national coverage has been incredible, and there’s a sense that once bonus season passes, more people will feel safe enough to speak up. The stories are all recognizable. I am a director who came here from another industry but what’s striking is how many women from other firms say what goes on here is next level.
To Story 266. You raise meritocracy as the standard. Agreed entirely. So let us apply it. For the first five years of Fraser’s tenure, the vast majority of her direct reports have been men. On your logic, one of two conclusions follows: either Citi employs the most talented concentration of male leadership in the history…
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…
The site has begun receiving an increasing number of media inquiries. Journalists are requesting conversations with individuals who may be willing to speak “on background” regarding the patterns and experiences reflected in the stories shared here. Because this platform operates anonymously, we do not collect or retain identifying information connected to individual posts and therefore…
I’ve read many of the stories shared on this platform and most focus on behaviour in the front office. What’s missing from that narrative is an honest acknowledgement that the same behaviour, harassment, intimidation, and discrimination towards women, was also deeply prevalent in ops. My time in the Citigroup London in operations years ago now…
I am shaking as I write this. I have spent a long time suppressing what I have experienced, largely out of fear. Fear of retaliation, fear of attaching my name to something that could have consequences for my career. I am a current employee based in Florida and have worked on the Technology side of…
As a senior executive in financial services (not Citibank), I’ve watched time and time again as high-performing, driven women have been pushed out of the organization. I fell for the company line about early retirements and decisions to pursue other interests, but now I know these women were targeted. My own story is this: decades…