(.cont) Lonnnnnng backlog with all the org updates and now nobody left to do the updates. The next tranche is already due http://www.citibank.com/emeaservicecenter/hungary/our-organizations/cti.htm Like my husbands painting, by the time he finishes... — read more
anyone notice pc is slow
Anyone notice the vdi is lagging
Citi Transformation is a joke!
There are +6000 employees supporting Citi current transformation effort. Its slow and Citi has over hired. Now Citi wants their employees to leave on their own! Citi is moving backwards. Agree with me?
Please give us an explanation continue to contribute to Citi !
I m seeing my interns became rockstar after I taught Her a few excel formulas and a few reports. I m seeing whoever I trained to be managers and whatever difficult project I took over became an easy click. What my employer is looking for? Work... — read more
Selective enforcement RTO in NY office is based on favorism?
We are currently in selectively RTO enforcement but half of my group do not need to comply! What is the standard of selective? One colleague I know never came back in office, offline most time and got promoted to director then switched to most... — read more
Opinion Based Risk Management
Get rid of Jane! Seems to be everyone's solution. It would likely end up with more of the same; with a mandatory return to office being the new CEO's solution. If I could point to 1 thing that could easily improve our company it's moving away from... — read more
Jane's is at the core of Citi's problems
Jane joined Citi 20 years ago, right before the sub-prime crisis. She has been a major leader working closely with many of the worst CEOs in Citi's history. It is a crime that Jane is still Citi's CEO. She gave herself huge salary raises over the... — read more
Would you join Wellsfargo?
Is Wellsfargo your dream company?
One Extra WFH Day? That’s the Big Thank You
No one seems to be talking about the so-called “Employee Appreciation Week” perk: one additional day of working from home. Gee, thanks, Citi! And HR is trying to spin this as something amazing — as if gaining back one hour of commute time is a huge... — read more
Recent Finance layoffs
Will there be another round coming?
RTO mandate 3 days in NY office unfair exemption!
My group is mandate 3 days in office. But 50% are exempt for different reasons, long distance commute, small children, family member need care, too busy work, not feeling coming, scared of losing favorite ones, young ones, etc. required full... — read more
Citi China mass redundancy
I heard that ShangHai office (mainly tech) suddenly announced that they will start laying people off from next month, impacting both contracting and permanent employees, with immediate effect. Quite shocking really. Does anyone know more details... — read more
It’s contingents turn.
There’s been a lot of 2 steps forward and 1 step back. Lots of AI selling and such but one thing we know for sure….heads are going to roll. FTE and contingent, its coming again. The contingent for a time or two have laughed at the FTE hand... — read more
Enough with the "fresh takes"
A different take is we have had a steady stream of "fresh takes" for the last 20+ years I've been here. Every fresh take has been the same. Instead of investing in the core infrastructure we would do a "quick fix". When I started it was we were... — read more
Hiring Freeze
Immediate hiring freeze due to upcoming re-org 🧐
Both blue collar and white collar jobs will be affected by AI.
Its slowly being realized that AI doesn’t affect just tech jobs but also other NON tech jobs. Book keepers, insurance number crunchers, travel coordinators, secretaries, reporting jobs etc… maaaany are being replaced by AI in other companies on a... — read more
Learned a valuable lesson
Tried switching teams within Citi to escape a power-tripping boss, only to land under someone just as bad. Guess toxic management isn’t a bug here, it’s a feature. Lesson learned: time to take my skills somewhere that doesn’t confuse incompetence... — read more
Where is my colleague
My colleague in risk department isn't online for several days and it's been couple of month since last time I saw him in the office. Does that mean he gets laid off?
Not really “new” as there was already a press release, several in fact a few months ago.
I was asked to cast my vote as to which contractors to keep. It seem the wheels are in motion to let go a rather large chunk of contractors. A meeting was held to select who to go and who to keep. A time frame was not revealed.
$1B Lawsuit Claiming Aiding Mexican Oil Company😳🤪
Wow! (article links below)... — read more
Tomorrow Tech town hall
What announcement are we expecting ? May be big org change.
Citi is a toxic dump
That's it. That's the post.
Enough with layoffs!
We're drowning in work! I'm fu--ing tired of having to pick up extra work every few months. I can't do more than I'm doing right now. My entire team will walk if we lose one more person. This is fu--ing brutal.
Ever get the feeling this place just su-ks the life out of everyone?
The only thing we all seem to agree on is how badly we want out. New hires don’t even stick around long enough to properly learn the ropes, but can you blame them? I can’t think of anyone who’d willingly sign up for this long-term. It’s like the... — read more
I told you all there would be layoffs the first week of May
Do you believe me now?
It irreversibly broken
Here people with longer stay in citi they will make sure new joiners get frustrated and go. No one can fix this culture.
If not now, when?
I’ve heard for 8 years, “don’t look for a job now, the job market is bad”. If not now, when? When the recession is over you’ll hear, “don’t look for a job now, the job market is flooded with applicants”. Four months from then you’ll hear, “don’t look... — read more
Jane to blame
Most salaried employees did not get a bonus, or got a bonus under $5k in 2024 and 2023. The Lovely Citi CEO Jane gave herself a 33% increase in pay in 2024. $34.5M in 2024; $26M in 2023; $24.5M in 2022; $22.5M in 2021. Citi is her personal piggy... — read more
Tech complainers. Action beats complaining every time.
All you tech folks, if you don’t like the way the company is ran or the salary you are getting, then get off of the train. There couldn’t be anymore of a solid words of advice than those spoken by Jane Fraser. “If you don’t like it, then get off of... — read more
33% hike - double digit % salary hike is a distant dream for us
Here is the link to the article - https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/citigroups-shareholders-approve-2024-pay-ceo-executives-new-shares-grants-2025-04-29/
GenAI Platform: Now Brought to You by Contractors, Confusion & a Complete Lack of Cohesion!
Checking in on the state of our AI/GenAI platform efforts—because from the outside, it’s looking less like a strategy and more like a crowdsourced science experiment. Multiple directions, minimal alignment, and a generous sprinkle of contractor chaos... — read more
Moving forward into the future.
If you want to take Citi to the next level, if you want to truly lead Citi into the future, then you’ll need to get new younger CEO and MD’s. Leadership often says “we need fresh younger thinking minds that aren’t tethered with old thinking”, well... — read more
Tech only?
Do any departments outside of Tech post to this forum?
Why Citi runs with current year -10?
Is it lack of accepting changes with old age managers?
Contractors Impact in Canada
Heard that contractors are next, is Canada also going to be impacted?
Contractors on the chopping block
A bird told me that contractors are next on the chopping block, is this true?
Tech Layoffs soon?
Anybody lucky enough to get laid off today?
An all too familiar recipe.
Oh you already know how its going to play out. They’ll trim down tech, then mandate “absolutely no outages…..do more with less….be creative…..” and then they’ll shorten deadlines, while summing it all up with “don’t forget ‘work life balance is... — read more
AWS or Azure?
Allegedly heard tech layoff haplening next week up to 600 people affected. Is this true?