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Story 287
I am a 47-year-old HR professional in the tech world. In 2021 I was recruited from a startup to join Amazon as an HRBP supporting one of the largest lines of business at the company. It was a global role where I was often in EMEA and APAC, so we decided my husband would step back from his job to help with the kids. Things were…
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Story 286
I’ve been out of the country for a while and am just getting caught up. Did Jane Fraser really end up hiring a second polarizing figure as her potential successor at Citi? The Financial Times piece on [REDACTED], the head of investment banking, is a wild ride. And is it true she paid him a $42 million signing bonus that may have been unnecessary? Mercy. At…
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Story 285
It’s incredibly disheartening to read the many awful stories about Citi’s culture. Sadly, they’re true – it’s so bad it defies description. Like many have said before: why do we stay? In a difficult job market, we need the paycheck. And Citi seems to have figured out that if it pays well enough, we convince ourselves it makes sense to look the other way. What’s especially…
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Story 284
I’ve read many of the stories on this platform and can relate to so much but what hits hardest are the constant microaggressions that wear you down. Being talked over in meetings, having an idea land only after a male colleague repeats it, being described as “too direct” for the same behavior that earns men praise. Over time, it creates this constant awareness that you’re not…
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Editor’s Note
In the early hours of one day last week, someone posted a story about the Lorna Hadjini situation. This was well before it made mainstream news. We are in touch with her attorneys in case there’s information helpful to her case. We never ran the story because it felt unauthentic. It’s also not the first time we’ve seen content like this. At a certain point, repeated…
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Story 283
Prompted by Story 282. A footnote on Citi’s new CFO. When Jane Fraser folded US Personal Banking (USPB) into the Wealth division—handing [REDACTED] a massively expanded empire—it left one high-ranking executive without a chair when the music stopped: the former head of USPB. In a move that looked more like a reorganization “rescue” than a strategic search, he was handed the CFO title. This raises the…
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Story 282
Story inspired by #281: Speaking of CFOs, it’s worth discussing Citi’s current CFO, [REDACTED]. By all accounts, he is an incredibly bright, thoughtful and respected leader—distinct from the more noxious personalities that occupy Citi’s C-Suite. He is also notable as one of the few Black executives at this level in the industry, which makes his presence and trajectory particularly meaningful. Here is how the Wall Street…
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Story 281
Barron’s ran a big profile on Jane Fraser and Citi’s turnaround this week. It’s a good read — if you’re an investor. For those of us who have watched this story from the inside, we know better. The article notes that a wave of executives has departed. That a law firm was hired to investigate complaints about a senior leader. That a former managing director filed…
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Story 280
2/2 My wife says my post is mildly offensive and asked me to correct. “My wife is a pediatric dentist of Korean descent…” Apologies.
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Story 279
1/2 I work in finance, which loves to believe it’s hyper-rational and merit-based. My wife’s a Korean pediatric dentist – excellent at what she does – but she still deals with patients second-guessing her, assuming she’s not the doctor, or making the usual awkward comments about where she’s “really” from. It’s rarely dramatic, just constant and unnecessary. Of course it’s not that different in our business.…