The Head of Wealth at Citi—somewhat ironically given his reputation also the head of the women’s network—hosted a Women’s Day event with Martina Navratilova. It’s a visible gesture, but my day-to-day reality remains walking into meetings with 30+ men and being the only woman in the room who is drowned out on the daily. It felt far less performative when actually powerful and talented women—like Ida Liu and Naz Vahid—worked here.
Coercive control at work is not bad management. It is not a personality clash. It is a pattern of behavior — deliberate, directed, and purposeful. I experienced this at Citi, in USPB Risk Management — under a former “manager” himself working under a known bully and harasser. As a sustained and consistent pattern directed specifically…
There is a specific kind of institutional dysfunction that promotes people because of their failures. The former Head of Risk Product Management — one whose work sat at the heart of consent order remediation — never defined clear roles for his team. Rather than providing vision and direction, he asked the people beneath him to…
Another bible study lady. We are all in our 70s and talked about how professional women in our day didn’t support each other enough. Good to see less competing and more locking arms. Sending strength and support. We see you!
I worked at Citi in London until about 15 years ago. I was initially hired to resolve a major operations issue before transitioning to the trading desk.During my time in operations, a senior managing director repeatedly made explicit sexual comments toward me, such as saying he wanted to f**k me, often in front of colleagues…
I worked at Citi’s London office and was shocked by the overt sexism, misogyny, racism, and nepotism-driven promotions. While these issues exist in many organizations, at Citi they felt blatant, unchecked, and systemic. During my time there, I witnessed:– An alcoholic contractor (hired through nepotism) harassing multiple women, inside and outside the office, for months—while…
I didn’t write story 343 but I am going to guess USCC stands for “U.S. Consumer Cards,” which is a division of Citi.