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What life on Wall Street is really like, for women.

A safe space for women at every level of financial services to share unfiltered stories of discrimination, in their own words. Started by former Citi Managing Directors. Because what stays hidden stays happening.

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Filed September 5, 2026

Story 405

Ladies- This is one of the grandma’s from March. Congratulations on your redesign! You are making Gloria Steinem proud. Keep going!
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Filed September 3, 2026

Story 404

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Filed September 3, 2026

Story 403

Story 401, I suspect someone reading your post will find it incredulous that a manager with no direct prevue over an employee could demand that they be fired or sidelined but at Citi it happens a lot because…
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Filed September 2, 2026

Story 402

Congratulations on your redesign, WSD! Now that you have Search enabled, I highly recommend for people to do keyword searches. There are some gems in here – particularly from the Spring. Posts 40, 41, 63, 76, 77, 144…
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Filed September 2, 2026

Story 401

The Irony of Impotent Leadership The hypocrisy running through certain management circles at Citi is astounding. Two MDs in Tech took it upon themselves to tell a PMO MD that they should be fired. What influence did these…
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Filed September 2, 2026

Story 400

I am a regular “reader” of this site, and, per the Editor’s plea, wish I could contribute a story that wasn’t about Citi. Unfortunately, despite working at other major banks, nothing compares to the dysfunction and torment that…
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Filed September 2, 2026

Story 399

I Never Thought I’d Write This A few months processing my “skin-scrawling” time at Citi have fundamentally shifted how I see workplace dynamics—and how toxic leadership spreads. My manager didn’t arrive unscarred to USCC Risk. He’d carried behavioral…
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Filed September 1, 2026

Editor’s Note

WallStreetDiscriminates has a new look. If you aren’t seeing it, you might need to clear your browser history. When we launched in December, 2025, the goal was simple: create a safe place for people to share their experiences…
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Filed August 31, 2026

Story 398

To anyone who is afraid of speaking up because of an NDA but feels the need for “disclosure”, to own and acknowledge they were unfairly treated: Columbia is conducting an anonymous survey about workplace violations / abuse /…
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Filed August 27, 2026

Story 397

My Citi experience Following the stories about personal boundaries, professional standing and psychological safety shared on this platform over the past few months, I’ve had a recurring thought: when a company makes false or misleading claims about a…
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