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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 started my career on Wall Street over 20 years ago, on the trading floor where all kinds of shenanigans would be reported. The guys who asked why you didn’t wear a skirt that day, the head trader…