Story #84 – I resonate with your story so deeply. I’m truly sorry you’re still enduring this nightmare. You’re not alone in it, even if it feels that way every day. This is the painful flip side we don’t talk about enough: when women in power mimic the worst traits of the boys’ club—ego, bullying,…
The “boys’ club” culture at Citi isn’t just alive—it’s thriving, and it’s suffocating talented women every day. But here’s the harder truth many of us whisper in private: some of the most painful enablers aren’t the men at the top. They’re the senior women who climbed the ladder, got a seat at the table… and…
Adding on to my story 74 – Sexual Harassment in Asia – Team Head, Market Head and two other heads created WhatsApp group with the alleged perpetrators family member forced me to sign settlement agreement I was threatened by his family – they served legal papers at my work premise restricting me to speak up….
While recruiting as a graduate student for an internship at a top-tier investment bank, a banker told during a recruiting event and in front of my peers “If you have sex with me, I will get you a job” The comment was shocking, humiliating, and entirely normalized within the setting. That experience, nearly 20 years…
Self-Investigation as Cover-Up Citi’s CEO stated in a public interview that Citi doesn’t need policies to tell us what bad behavior looks like. Meanwhile, the once comprehensive Ethics and Harassment policy has been revised multiple times, each version narrower than the last—not to protect employees, but to limit legal liability. Citi claims in litigation that…
Performance reviews are calibrated to predetermined promotion and layoff outcomes for use in potential legal cases – not measure employees’ actual contributions, performance and skills. They are weaponized to document Management’s favorites – not to be fair or give equal opportunity. HR buries reports about problematic managers, they can only “offer training” to address problematic…
Discrimination, Protection Networks & Performance Failure An insular group of senior managing directors in Technology and Data systematically favors employees of shared national origin while discriminating against women, older workers, and those outside their network. Senior leaders have openly stated that people stay at Citi because the longer they remain, the less employable they become…
Leadership Rewards Harassment and Misconduct A senior manager with a long history of bullying, harassment and discriminatory behavior manipulated capital reporting numbers, traded career advancement for inappropriate relationships with male colleagues, orchestrated layoffs to eliminate witnesses and competition, and took credit for their work. When this behavior was reported, leadership buried the well-documented complaints and…
As someone still working for the said bank under scrutiny, I can identify with so many stories mentioned here and whilst it’s comforting knowing I’m not alone in my struggles, it’s also disheartening to see how deeply entrenched and common these issues are. I’ve experienced misogyny, been passed on for promotions, told I should have…
i’ve had a few experiences in my nearly 10 yr career which i link to being a woman, nothing crazy but not ideal and i feel like ive had to jump hurdles and would probably be further if i was a guy. happy hearing what people think. ok lets go – tier 1 us investment…