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It feels liberating to finally say this out loud. Earlier in my career, I co authored a thought leadership piece with a male Managing Director. I was entry level at the time, only three years out of college.…
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Story 195
I spent a while at my first job out of school supporting a toxic MD. A few examples: And countless others. The stories here let me know I’m not crazy and I’m not alone. They really gaslight you…
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Whiplash, or the Great Undo Pre-2023, USPB and Wealth sat together under a single “Global Consumer Banking” umbrella—large, slow, and buried under layers of management. In September 2023, Jane Fraser flattened the bank into five silos (Services, Markets,…
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My annual performance review in December (and every year prior): “She is integral to our team.” My mid-year review, just after discovering and reporting a fiduciary breakdown: “She does everything wrong and needs significant improvement by year-end.” There…
Story 191
I am a retired EVP at Wells Fargo. In my role, I provided regular updates to Carrie Tolstedt because my team managed a product the community bank sold. It was widely understood that she was up to something…
Story 190
Like most here, I am no stranger to working for inappropriate managers, and I wouldn’t normally waste time with HR. But after enduring nearly a year of well-documented and bizarre retaliation following the reporting of a sensitive client…
Story 189
This is my third experience I am posting. As I begin to awaken the stories that have lived silently inside my body. In a previous role, I was an SVP at Citi, reporting to a Managing Director. As…
Story 188
I am grateful for this platform. But reading these stories, I have to ask, do people truly understand what this does to us? It is not just a moment. It is a ripple effect that follows us for…
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I will admit to checking this site twice a day — it has become part of my routine. I’ve contributed two stories myself. As a woman in my 50s, often feeling exhausted and demoralized by the state of…