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It’s incredibly disheartening to read the many awful stories about Citi’s culture. Sadly, they’re true – it’s so bad it defies description. Like many have said before: why do we stay? In a difficult job market, we need…

I’ve read many of the stories on this platform and can relate to so much but what hits hardest are the constant microaggressions that wear you down. Being talked over in meetings, having an idea land only after…

In the early hours of one day last week, someone posted a story about the Lorna Hadjini situation. This was well before it made mainstream news. We are in touch with her attorneys in case there’s information helpful…

Prompted by Story 282. A footnote on Citi’s new CFO. When Jane Fraser folded US Personal Banking (USPB) into the Wealth division—handing [REDACTED] a massively expanded empire—it left one high-ranking executive without a chair when the music stopped:…

Story inspired by #281: Speaking of CFOs, it’s worth discussing Citi’s current CFO, [REDACTED]. By all accounts, he is an incredibly bright, thoughtful and respected leader—distinct from the more noxious personalities that occupy Citi’s C-Suite. He is also…

Barron’s ran a big profile on Jane Fraser and Citi’s turnaround this week. It’s a good read — if you’re an investor. For those of us who have watched this story from the inside, we know better. The…

2/2 My wife says my post is mildly offensive and asked me to correct. “My wife is a pediatric dentist of Korean descent…” Apologies.

1/2 I work in finance, which loves to believe it’s hyper-rational and merit-based. My wife’s a Korean pediatric dentist – excellent at what she does – but she still deals with patients second-guessing her, assuming she’s not the…

I cover Citigroup at an affiliate news agency in the UK focused on financial services. The Financial Times published an article today on [REDACTED] that raises two notable issues: questions about the rigor of Citi’s due diligence process…

I’ve spent more than twenty years on Wall Street, and what surprises me is not that inequities exist, but how persistent and deeply embedded they remain. For all the progress that’s been discussed—and occasionally celebrated—the day-to-day reality tells…