Was doing analyst recruitment for my team at Citi Investment Banking. Interviewed a lot of people and concluded that two young women would be a great addition to the team – they were much stronger and eager than anyone else I interviewed. When group head learnt about it, he called me to his office and said “how are we supposed to build a trusted franchise here if we only hire women?”
I agree with Story 256. Someone unfamiliar with Citi’s culture might think the incidents are too outrageous to be believed. And yet. They are true and there is worse. I had never thought I’d live to experience anything like it. Setting aside the gendered misconduct for a moment, what does that culture look like on…
Hello, in the story pertaining to the “Indian Mafia” in Technology at Citi, I can absolutely confirm this is true. I myself am Indian and the way the men currently treat women at Citi should be fully investigated. While I do not conduct myself this way or manner I have witnessed blatant discrimination and full…
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…
Dropping a note to say Thank You to the members of this community. I was fired earlier this year, one day after filing an ethics complaint. My case is strong enough that I had no trouble finding an attorney, but I have hesitated about whether to sue because it takes such a personal toll. But…
My wife and I are both in the business. She showed me story 257 because she knew it would make me laugh. I moved to Citi from BofA after the financial crisis and can only describe it as landing on Mars—stripped naked, with a single bottle of water, staring at a sign that says: “Good…
To the person who posted in story 203, thank you for sharing your story. For years, having been in a similar situation, I felt it was my fault for allowing this abuse to happen. But I can see clearly now. This is how we’ve been manipulated to feel. Grooming does not start with the ask….