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I met on a few occasions with the Senior MD leading remediation at Citi and her overseeing senior MD-level committee. During one of our first interactions, the MD was genuinely ecstatic that I had simply followed up on…
Story 346
Word is getting out that Citi’s HR department is firing more and more employees for cause rather than doing a layoff – this way they don’t have to pay severance and it’s a legal way for them to…
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Citi: 18 years out of the ICU and still “repositioning” Bloomberg ran a piece this week on how Citi’s CEO has earned the President’s trust — dinner under Windsor Castle’s ceiling with the King, back at the White…
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I didn’t write story 343 but I am going to guess USCC stands for “U.S. Consumer Cards,” which is a division of Citi.
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I was recruited by an MD in USCC Risk for a role I was told would come with 5 direct reports — a management seat, in line with the director-track conversation we’d had very explicitly. I didn’t interview…
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This website is not easy to search but if you take five mins to randomly click on old stories, you will be amazed at what you find. The headlines are about discrimination, retaliation, careers derailed, and institutions that…
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Dear Story 340, do not be discouraged or dismayed. What you are noting is a textbook corporate counter-offensive to a perceived threat: the impact of truth-telling thanks to the Wall Street Discriminates platform. Here’s what I would like…
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Bloomberg published a lovely profile of Jane Fraser today, crediting her “serious political savvy” for Citi’s recent turnaround. What struck me isn’t what the story said. What struck me is what it didn’t. The piece praises Fraser’s ability…
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Abdication by Appointment There is a particular kind of leadership failure that manifests dressed as delegation. At Citi, a Group Head in ERM Tech & Data who does not want to manage — who finds the work of…
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To Story 337: Good for you to build a side-hustle that will sustain you into your later years. If I had known that sexism would be as problematic as it is, I would have done the same thing.…