The conversation about what’s broken on Wall Street is often framed as women versus men. But recently a senior male technology executive at a major financial institution told me something that disappointed me deeply — though it did not surprise me. He said he doesn’t feel free to speak up to fix what needs fixing….
As a longtime Citi private bank employee, who cannot believe what I’ve witnessed over the past five+ years, I’d like to share a little story: In 2020, as Jane Fraser was being named CEO, she moved quickly to reshape the firm. One of her earliest calls was to merge two internal wealth businesses into a…
I sympathize with others on this site. I worked in HR. Shortly after raising a gender based pay inequity complaint I was terminated for “cost cutting” reasons, and replaced by a more costly male candidate. After connecting with current and former employees across the firm I realized my situation was not unique, but part of…
I was an HRBP at Citi for just over 3 years. I had enough. Enough of the lack of leadership from a CHRO who had no business in that role whatsoever. Enough of working in a continuously “transforming” business that had no idea what, how, or when to transform anything. Enough of being gaslighted about…
Let’s discuss why the women of Citibank are so angry. In 2012, a sales guy in markets wrapped his car around a tree while driving drunk in the middle of the day with his two small kids in the back seat. It wasn’t a minor incident. The car took down a utility pole. His blood…
We want to address a theme that women have had to tolerate since the beginning of time: the tendency to assign blame to women for situations involving work, relationships, or professional power dynamics. WallStreetDiscriminates does not publish stories in order to litigate individual encounters in the court of public opinion. We publish stories to identify…
I have multiple stories (strip clubs, drugs being brought to team dinners etc), but the one that sticks out was when aged 22, 2 weeks after being offered a job on a trading floor desk I was asked by my hiring manager on a night out to a club to ‘entertain clients.’ I woke up…
My daughter told me about Ardith Lindsey’s case. I am one of the Bible Study grandma’s who posted early support to this site. If it’s true that Citigroup let a male employee quit with distinction after seeing the terrible text messages he sent where her life and children’s were threatened – only for Citi to…
To stories 203 and 206: I believe you. Both of you. On an instinct level. And that matters, because if it lands that way for me, it will land that way for others. Your accounts have the texture of truth. Speak them. What I would tell you both: do not walk into HR alone. Engage…
To the person who posted in story 203, thank you for sharing your story. For years, having been in a similar situation, I felt it was my fault for allowing this abuse to happen. But I can see clearly now. This is how we’ve been manipulated to feel. Grooming does not start with the ask….