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Story 158
To Story 157, the same thing happened to me. I submitted the names of 30 people who could counter the narrative Citi was trying to build against me – not a single one was called. Between that and two other very damning signs, I knew they were planning to bury me. But the worst part was the psychological predation and manipulation that accompanied the whole process.…
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Story 157
At Citi, I requested an Ethics investigation and submitted a lot of documentation in support of my claims. When the investigator called me, she did not engage with the submitted documentation. They stuck with narrative — as if they had chosen not to look at specific aspects to avoid surfacing any uncomfortable truths. The complaint documented not only my own experience but a pattern of elimination…
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Story 156
I’ve read most of the stories about Citi and none summarize what a daily grind this place is quite like 144. Every day feels less like work and more like navigating a maze that rearranges itself while you’re inside it. Priorities shift without explanation, decisions are revisited endlessly, and clarity is treated as optional. It’s not that people don’t work hard—it’s that the effort dissolves somewhere…
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Post 155
For stories 152/153 and 154, and anyone else whose pain and exhaustion has clearly transpired on this website: this post is for you. You wrote: “I considered taking my own life. I am not sharing the details of my story because I don’t want the people who broke me to get satisfaction in knowing they won.” Anyone causing anyone else this much psychological distress, and feeling…
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Story 154
I was terminated for speaking up about sexual harassment in Asia. I just completed my interview with one of the big global MNC banks, and the questions I was asked by the talent acquisition manager, a woman, even after I disclosed the reason for my departure from my last organisation, were appalling and deeply unsettling. It is truly harrowing for victims to relive their trauma while…
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Post 153
I wrote [Post 152] and want to clarify that I am not sharing the details of my story because I don’t want the people who broke me to get satisfaction in knowing they won.
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Story 152
Citi’s HR tactics are so inhumane I considered taking my own life. It’s been almost six years and I will never be the same. It’s hard to describe and impossible to understand if you haven’t lived its unique horror. I don’t know how the board lets this go on. It’s a disgrace.
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Story 151
Jane Fraser has described Citi’s consent order remediation as a punch list — the minimum remaining work to pass inspection. Her words, in public. Internally, the message filtering down through N-2 / N-3 is consistent: the firm is too fragmented to fix fundamentally. Do enough to close the consent order and move on. That’s not rumor. That’s strategy. When your CEO publicly frames regulatory compliance as…
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Story 150
I was recruited to Citi from Morgan Stanley in 2022 in a senior compliance role. I wasn’t unhappy at MS but Citi offered a substantial pay increase. To say it’s like being in the Upside Down is an understatement. Risk is constantly downplayed; misrepresenting facts to regulators is commonplace; and anytime an “outsider” (which is to say, not a lifer) offers what senior management believes is…
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Story 149
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” — Will Durant There is a quiet fact that circulates among Citi employees, rarely spoken aloud but widely understood: many of them don’t bank with Citi. This is particularly true in the Consumer Bank, where employees see the gap between the customer experience that is marketed and the one that is…