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…
For years, I spent my time updating strategy—working to align with each new corporate mantra, asking to be integrated into the organization with every restructuring. It was clear that much thought had gone into what the “new” organization was supposed to represent. Each time, I searched for where my team fit in the design. We…
Today marks WallStreetDiscriminates’ six-month anniversary. We have been humbled by the volume of stories, support, and engagement the platform has received. Every person here has contributed to a broader conversation about what happens when powerful institutions abuse their power and, in doing so, we have forced an uncomfortable question into the open: why has a…
Re: Story 281: The Closing of Books Twenty-five years ago, Enron’s annual reports gleamed, praised by the analysts. Somewhere in Houston, a woman sat at her desk and wrote a letter that no one wanted to read — because it was inconvenient. The machine had already committed to its story. The auditors had signed. The…
To Story 157, the same thing happened to me. I submitted the names of 30 people who could counter the narrative Citi was trying to build against me – not a single one was called. Between that and two other very damning signs, I knew they were planning to bury me. But the worst part…
I worked for 10 years in the industry on the trading floor at two bulge bracket US banks. I started as a graduate and very quickly learned what it took to succeed as a woman – ‘wear shorter skirts’ I was told, followed by rumours that I had only been hired because the boss wanted…