Story 174

Dear Story 340, do not be discouraged or dismayed. What you are noting is a textbook corporate counter-offensive to a perceived threat: the impact of truth-telling thanks to the Wall Street Discriminates platform. Here’s what I would like to point out: First, on the question of Fraser’s relationship with Trump: let’s be precise about what’s…

The examples shared are not surprising. My experience in Citi is similar. HR is weaponized to squash anyone speaking up. They train us to speak up, contact Ethics or HR and when you do everything is used against you. Before going to HR, I talked to a lawyer and was very prepared for what HR…

The USCC bully is finally being called out. It is unfortunate that it took this long for this leadership behavior to receive attention. If this is the individual I believe it is, these concerns are not new—they have been a consistent theme since she joined two years ago. Her leadership style has been rooted in…

The Machiavellian Operator 1. The Shadow Structure: Empire-Building as Self-Promotion Within what was formerly US Personal Banking (USPB) at Citi, the Head of Enterprise Risk and Balance Sheet Management built an internal replica of the Second Line of Defense Enterprise Risk Management team. No other business unit at Citi operates this way. Having come from…

Citi and the Peter Principle: Cronyism over Competence 1. The “Golden Child” Relocation: Optics vs. ROI The erosion of meritocracy began with a glaring misuse of corporate resources: the relocation of a junior employee from Ireland to the US. Despite having no background in Tech, Data, or People Management, she was installed as a Director…

We declined to post several submissions yesterday that were nothing but personal attacks and/or contained threatening language against a particular institution. We don’t know if it was a setup but, either way, it is not consistent with the purpose of this platform. WallStreetDiscriminates exists to surface real experiences and identify patterns that would otherwise remain…