Story 75
I joined Citi as an aspiring analyst in structured products. The desk didn’t have the best reputation, but I genuinely believed that hard work and commitment could change things — and that I could earn my place. I…
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Story 74
A local private bank in a major financial hub in Asia fired me ruthlessly for speaking up on sexual harassment. On work travel a senior MD touched my breasts without my consent. He bragged he did it tactfully,…
Story 73
Re: 71 & 72… isn’t access to employee complaints the very thing that brought down John Stumpf and Carrie Tolstedt of Wells Fargo in the sales scandal of 2016?
Story 72
To continue on #71, this feels all too familiar. The internal process at Citi when someone submits an anonymous complaint is to escalate it to the group head. This is literally how the process is organized. Step one…
Story 71
My manager at Citi (very visible MD in the U.S. within a critical professional advisory global function) would often call my peer female colleagues b!#che$ and c@nt$. Those exact words. And basically rip them constantly. On ZOOM calls.…
Story 70
Citi employee here. Bonus numbers just dropped, so now we get to see who’s getting shoved out. Just heard a senior guy — hundreds of people under him — was quietly shown the door. This is the same…
Story 69
I worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong for almost a decade. For most of that time, my performance and commitment were never in question. That changed the moment I announced my pregnancy. From that point on, I…
Story 68
You folk are doing a GREAT job. But this is a malice irrespective of firm or location. So why limit it to just one firm? A few insightful commentators have highlighted the “culture transition” across multiple firms, which…
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Story 63 – Non-threatening ‘token’ women who will play the game = tale as old as time!!I’ve witnessed the women who flirt, don’t stand up for other women, don’t have an opinion and consistently pacify the men as…
Story 66
I worked at Citi in London until about 15 years ago. I was initially hired to resolve a major operations issue before transitioning to the trading desk.During my time in operations, a senior managing director repeatedly made explicit…