Story 248
To the Queen who wrote Story 246: As a lifelong “short short” essay obsessive, you nailed it. The art form asks the writer to do less so the reader can feel more. Excess is forbidden; every word carries…
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Story 247
On Staying in the Room — A Response to Story 242 and a Continuation of 246. I responded in Story 246. And now let me be clear about what I am doing. Very early in my career I…
Story 246
To Story 242, what you have written here is brave, and I want to honor that. But I also want to name what is living beneath the surface of this reflection, because you have already named it yourself,…
Story 245
The Day I Became a Threat What happens when you do everything right — and it’s used against you I have spent my career being the person who follows the rules. Not out of timidity — out of…
Story 244
In the summer of 2024, the screens inside the elevators at 388 Greenwich were broadcasting a message to everyone passing through: we need to change the internal perception of ourselves. We are not a bad bank. By August…
Story 243
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…
Story 242
The cause of women has reached another level since the #metoo movement. It’s causing me to consider my own position in this “battle” for equity. I have been a defender of those treated unjustly very early on in…
Story 241
Re: Story 238—I was a business analyst on Julia Carreon’s team when she was ousted from Citi. The situation was abrupt and unusual, and it left everyone with the sense that something serious had happened. I’ve been waiting…
Story 240
Story 239, I believe you. Citi is stuck in a warped, Mad Men–era sitcom, where women are expected to endure while men—no matter how mediocre or toxic—remain untouchable. One account here describes a drunk employee who wrapped his…
Story 239
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…