Mental conditioning has a solid root in Citi.

I believe Citi has worked really hard at fostering that they are “Corp Elite” for which you have no recourse but to bend to their will and honestly it works.

Assuming that half of the posts are true about verbally abusive managers and various forms of harassment, its a golden source for very juicy ripe lawsuits. The only reason I can think of as to why they are not followed through on is two-fold.

First: Its too expensive and Citi is too powerful. This can be easily addressed by hiring a lawyer on contingency. Meaning they don’t get paid unless you win in court. Many lawyers, if the case is strong enough, would love to make a name for themselves on taking on a Corp big player. Many lawyers will offer an initial free consultation and they’ll tell you at the onset if you have a strong enough case or not.
Sue for harassment, and undo stress and suffering punitive damagers in addition to legal fees. Be willing to settle out of court but if you go this route, I’d settle for less with the agreement that the abusive manager is immediately terminated from Citi and can never work for Citi ever again not even as a contractor. They have no business being in charge of other people and coming back to Citi, they’d leverage a foothold through past internal contacts to work their way back up to having direct reports.

Second: Cit is too powerful. Regardless of what management and HR would have you believe, and this is key, they are NOT gods. They are NOT beyond the reach of legality. NDA this and that, well hash it out in court as to what is actually allowed and to what the NDA does cover and to what extent. Keep in mind that the NDA pertains to proprietary secrets, customer data, PII, customer contracts accounts etc….

It has nothing to do with righting a wrong imposed by an abusive manager and\or the harassment therein. The NDA is not a end all be all security blanket to where you have absolutely no recourse whatsoever outside of Citi to protect yourself or your rights. I know Citi would have you believe otherwise as they’ve proven time and time again that prefer to manage out of fear, but don’t buy into it. You do have rights, you can seek litigation outside of work and any additional harassment as a result of doing so just sweetens the lawsuit all the more.

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And then you'll see a post here obviously from someone in Citi HR or the Legal Dept. trying to convince and inveigle employees that they do Not need to get their own Lawyer.

This reminds me of the movie, The Client, when actor Tommy Lee Jones and his lawyers-coworkers laugh and tell a 12 year old boy who witnessed a M@fia mvrder that he doesn't need a lawyer when the boy asks if he needs one. Luckily, the 12 year old boy already previously retained a Lawyer (actress Susan Sarandon) prior to this meeting.

Remember, employees and Employers are on opposite sides of the table just like in a Court Room, Always, whether or not there's a dispute or litigation happening. Employers, HR and their Legal Dept. exist to protect the Employers at All and Any costs. They do NOT work for the C-Suite and the employees.

Post ID: @1f7n+1rkRofO9 Even though Citi Forced employees to sign the Mediation Forms, employees STILL need to get their own (Plaintiff-Employee-Side) Lawyer, even during the mediation process.
NEVER and do NOT go into any and all Snake Pits without your own army and protection.

Keep in mind that should one feel the need to go that route of taking Citi to court for harassment, the Citi appointed mediator (supposedly 3rd party) is working for Citi. They are there for Citi. The mediation hoop is more of a vetting to see what proof you have to better their argument in court. If you are a Citi employee, you’ve already signed papers stating that you’ll give mediation a chance before going to court. By all means do so, but know ahead of time it serves a two fold purpose.

) Try and quell the anger and stop it from going to court.
) What is your proof, what sort of evidence do you have so that we can be prepared.

If you opt to NOT provide the proof, that’s up to you. If you do, present COPIES of the proof and not your only copy.

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Here you go:

https://www.reuters.com/business/citigroup-probes-senior-ipo-banker-over-bullying-claims-2024-03-14/

You do have rights beyond what Citi would have you believe. Don’t let them fool you.

While I have no proof, I believe such investigations are to not only see how strong a case you have but also to mitigate risk IF you do have a strong case. Again, I have no proof, but I’m sure after you present your case, emails somehow “disappear” , witnesses harassed or coerced. In other words, what proof does this guy have and can we tarnish or get rid of it.

Seek litigation outside of Citi.

I reported my manager to Citi ethics hotline and they opened investigation. Guess what, the investigation is a trap to see strong of a case you have just in case you sue them. During the investigation, i faced harassment, retaliation, psychological warfare etc, basically you name it every kind of harassment happened to me and no one would help me. Citi HR, ethics hotline and employee relation is there to protect Citi not employee. Citi is horrible place to report issues!

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