Story 127

This morning the Financial Times released a detailed story about Brad Karp, the longtime chairman of Paul Weiss, and his ties to Jeffrey Epstein — ties that had previously been downplayed by the law firm. The article states that Karp “appears to have been willing to push the boundaries of confidentiality rules to meet Epstein’s…

For years, I spent my time updating strategy—working to align with each new corporate mantra, asking to be integrated into the organization with every restructuring. It was clear that much thought had gone into what the “new” organization was supposed to represent. Each time, I searched for where my team fit in the design. We…

To Story 252: know that you aren’t alone—and you aren’t “crazy”. The “gaslighting” of an altered performance review is a classic corporate tactic used to create a paper trail for future termination or to justify withholding bonuses/promotions. 1. Ensure those screenshots and logs are saved on a personal device.2. Send a firm, professional follow-up to…

I can’t tell you how much this website means to me. Growing up, my sister and I lived in the shadow of our stepfather—a man who used religion as a weapon for his own cruelty. He was an authoritarian in every sense, constantly searching for any reason to punish us. It always felt like he…

In the summer of 2024, the screens inside the elevators at 388 Greenwich were broadcasting a message to everyone passing through: we need to change the internal perception of ourselves. We are not a bad bank. By August of that year, internal communications were acknowledging that Citi lagged behind its competitors in all aspects material…

In October 2024, one month into his role as Head of Enterprise Data Office and Data Transformation at Citi, [REDACTED] declared in a town hall that he would close out the data consent order in 12 months. To understand the weight of that 12-month promise, one has to look at the four years of wreckage…