Story 32
Lengthy but worth the read, I promise. Though I resigned over a year ago, I still find myself crippled with anxiety and fear of further retaliation—here goes. Despite my having been on a short-term disability (STD) leave of…
Story 31
I was a Managing Director at Citi and when a significant promotion was available, it was given to a male who was a Director, a more junior title at Citi than Managing Director. By Citi’s own standards, I…
Story 30
Was doing analyst recruitment for my team at Citi Investment Banking. Interviewed a lot of people and concluded that two young women would be a great addition to the team – they were much stronger and eager than…
Story 29
I exited my role in Citi’s private wealth management due to a fundamental misalignment with leadership practices, organizational values, and the absence of meaningful opportunities for advancement. Despite receiving consistently top performance evaluations over multiple years, advancement opportunities…
Story 28
I worked for 10 years in the industry on the trading floor at two bulge bracket US banks. I started as a graduate and very quickly learned what it took to succeed as a woman – ‘wear shorter…
Story 27
In the last performance review cycle, it was mandatory for at least 5% of employees to receive the lowest grade (4). It’s an open secret that anyone with a 4 is being put on a PIP that’s deliberately…
Story 26
It’s sad to say but all common pattern you listed here are so true and happened to me in a major financial institution: 1) not equal base pay with men 2) pay reduction by 40% during maternity leave…
Story 25
Nearly 10 years now in the industry and still a distinct lack of senior females specifically on the trading floor at Citi. To rub salt further into the wound Citi Markets disbanded/restructured their Women’s employee resource group (along…
Story 24
Many women who don’t speak up won’t rock the boat because we are breadwinners and in fear of losing our jobs. Our families depend on us for literal housing and food and yet nobody feels sorry for a…
Story 23
As a 67yo woman who is relatively famous in our industry for being unconventional, this is a hard road to hoe. What’s different is that you don’t have to row it like I did: social media virality +…