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Dear editor, please publish an edit to the last paragraph. She knows her leadership decisions have been a mess from day one. And that her willful blindness and arrogance has needlessly and negatively impacted the careers of thousands of good people whose family depends on them. Last sentence stands. 🥳

To Story 337: Good for you to build a side-hustle that will sustain you into your later years. If I had known that sexism would be as problematic as it is, I would have done the same thing. I don’t have a single girlfriend who is over 50 looking for work that gets past the…

Public Service Announcement – The Severance Trap: What Wall Street Hopes You Don’t Know Severance agreements aren’t neutral documents. They’re surrender agreements drafted by armies of corporate lawyers to strip you of your voice and legal rights. My advice to anyone facing termination: * Do not sign anything immediately. You’re in shock and financially vulnerable—that’s…

Fraser’s “Culture Shock” vs. The Middle Management Reality Check Let’s put two realities side by side and look at what’s actually happening on the ground at Citi. A senior executive recently justified the ongoing turbulence by saying it is usual “to have fallout when you bring in new leaders, and that’s exacerbated when you bring…

80% Done. Just Missing the Lines of Defense Structure. Citi’s Consent Order began in 2020. By the bank’s own account, remediation is near complete. A Data Risk function in the second line of defense — the independent oversight layer whose entire purpose is to challenge and govern data risk taken by the business — did…

RE: Story 59 Based on my two decades of experience in capital markets at a large Canadian bank as a woman, I have consistently observed that during layoffs, men of color are let go first, followed by women. Only when no other options remain are white men affected. While leadership often points to DEI initiatives,…