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Story 77
Citi’s culture is so toxic that the word itself is inadequate. It’s insidious to the point that if you work there long enough you lose any sense of orientation. The Canary Wharf office, where I was located was a sewer. There was an executive in wealth who was such a dangerous psychological predator that one of his female employees would force herself to throw up before…
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Story 76
A few years ago, the Head of Wealth at Citi imposed a hire on the Head of the Private Bank. A white male who worked had worked for the Head of Wealth at a prior firm and was now “retired”. The “retirement” was due to inappropriate relationships with someone at a prior firm. Needless to say, the Head of the Private Bank was never told this…
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Story 75
I joined Citi as an aspiring analyst in structured products. The desk didn’t have the best reputation, but I genuinely believed that hard work and commitment could change things — and that I could earn my place. I worked mostly with a French director. On good days, she was responsive and willing to teach. On bad days, she became someone else entirely. At first, it was…
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Story 74
A local private bank in a major financial hub in Asia fired me ruthlessly for speaking up on sexual harassment. On work travel a senior MD touched my breasts without my consent. He bragged he did it tactfully, asked me to loosen up and not be shy and give in. He threatened to end and wreck my career – quoting it verbatim. I explored all avenues…
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Story 73
Re: 71 & 72… isn’t access to employee complaints the very thing that brought down John Stumpf and Carrie Tolstedt of Wells Fargo in the sales scandal of 2016?
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Story 72
To continue on #71, this feels all too familiar. The internal process at Citi when someone submits an anonymous complaint is to escalate it to the group head. This is literally how the process is organized. Step one for HR is to contact the head of the group from which complaint came, make them aware of the situation and asks them to assist with the investigation.…
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Story 71
My manager at Citi (very visible MD in the U.S. within a critical professional advisory global function) would often call my peer female colleagues b!#che$ and c@nt$. Those exact words. And basically rip them constantly. On ZOOM calls. I never make waves. Never. I’m a senior, experienced professional myself who has been in the trenches for a long time, too. Nothing fazes me. But even I…
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Story 70
Citi employee here. Bonus numbers just dropped, so now we get to see who’s getting shoved out. Just heard a senior guy — hundreds of people under him — was quietly shown the door. This is the same guy who disappeared last year after an alleged affair with someone who reported to him. And of course, Citi being Citi, they didn’t fire him. They let him…
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Story 69
I worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong for almost a decade. For most of that time, my performance and commitment were never in question. That changed the moment I announced my pregnancy. From that point on, I noticed a clear shift in how I was treated. When I returned from maternity leave, a junior team member was effectively being positioned to take over my role.…
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Story 68
You folk are doing a GREAT job. But this is a malice irrespective of firm or location. So why limit it to just one firm? A few insightful commentators have highlighted the “culture transition” across multiple firms, which is a cause for worry. This shouldn’t and cannot be an isolated issue affecting personnel from one firm only. It is true that WSD- the sooner it is…