She's opened with a mention of Uma Thurman's character in Ki-l Bill wielding a sword and there was a mention of a "ki-l list". Heads are going to roll. Soon.
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I think she writes her emails with copilot
I saw JR try to eat a salad at a dinner a few weeks ago and I don’t think she knows how to use a fork.
@ah huh. I didn't realize people in India went to US law schools or had a good understanding of US law. Seems fine. Jfc.
Be quiet and get back to work, boss lady wants a second Ferrari
@j2 I couldn’t agree more with you. ‘Fighters’ and ‘Ki-l list’ as a subject line in a country as ravaged by g-n violence as ours is just plain irresponsible and makes a mockery of any crocodile tears she’ll claim to shed at the next tragedy. Someone needs to have a word with her. Language matters, tone matters and emails like that one are so unnecessary and unhelpful. The absence of judgement to write an email so tone deaf is concerning - what is said in private if this is her public voice….?
Let us never forget her first call, she told people the reason why you are a miserable person is because you have no friends. That shows you the type of person of person she is when employees express concern about low morale in work place.
Instead of empathy, she insults us by saying we have no friends
We just lost two colleagues in April of this year who were ki-led while working at one of our bank branches. Her email subject title and allusion to Ki-l Bill was tactless. Irrespective of October being the biggest layoff month, did she forget that there were people actually mu---red while on job at this company?!
Aside from GK lacking basic media training, she seems to have no sense of empathy either. The people around her are just as incompetent for allowing the email to get sent out.
The bigger issue isn't the email itself, it's the fact that it made it through what should be multiple layers of review. As CEO, Gunjan Kedia owns the message, but her leadership team, communications team, and anyone else involved in reviewing executive communications share responsibility as well.
In a period marked by layoffs, restructuring, and employee anxiety, it should have been obvious that using "Ki-l Bill" or "ki-l list" language would be poorly received by many employees. The fact that no one stopped it, questioned it, or suggested a different approach reflects a broader failure of judgment at the leadership level.
Leadership teams are supposed to provide perspective, challenge bad ideas, and help executives avoid avoidable mistakes. This email suggests that either nobody spoke up or nobody listened. Neither explanation inspires much confidence.
@gr The CEO doesn't take the time to send emails to specific departments. Check your inbox again.
@ah LITIGATION is going to INDIA? What the actual he-l does the Star Wars mothership know about American law or juris prudence? What a disaster. Railroads were destroyed slower by stock certificate printing scams. They're going to do illegal sh-t, signed-off by these people, & we're going to get sued into oblivion.
I did not receive this email, was it an all bank email or only sent to certain departments?
@fm She’s not funny. She’s morbid. There is a demon under that mask. Who the he-l talks about a ki-l list in mass email to all of the employees?
@fc I hate the woman as much as anyone, but I do honestly believe she was trying to be funny in her own way.
She's not funny, and she continually misses the mark. Talking about a ki-l list during one of the biggest layoffs periods of the year is pretty gross.
It’s sickening. Sick sick sick person
She’s using the word ki-l like there aren’t enough terrible CEO’s getting hunted. Just look at the news lady. She keeps digging herself a hole. Unbelievable.
Gunjan proving once again that she is completely out of touch with the employee base at this company. Her cringe-worthy attempts at being edgy and cool are lame and she flops every time.
Wildly inappropriate to receive an email from a CEO with "** list" in the title or anywhere, point blank, period. I had a visceral reaction when that came across and I couldn't bring myself to read it. I didn't use to feel like I worked in the evil, unethical finance industry.....
That was one weird-a$$ email. She keeps getting weirder by the day.
Yellow suit in Ki-l Bill? Sigh … I believe she thinks of her CEO position as role-playing of sorts.
I don't know much about popular culture. I had to look up the reference. Does she think she is a girl boss Uma Thurman? Is our CEO a head case?
I'd like a little normality.
Look, I support the 2A, but it was tone deaf for her to use the word ki!!.
Doesn't someone from corp coms review her emails?
After that email came through, our departments were told we are next! Bankruptcy, Litigation, and Debt Management all going to India!! Good luck with that!!
Is this a joke?
Eh I don't think many care what she has to say anymore. I know for my colleagues and I, that email went to the waste bin.
It's a good message; other than the MC's obsession with form over function shows she doesn't drink her own medicine and is a raging hypocrite.
If I saw the MC actually caring about how to do things more efficiently and how to get better results for less it'd be praiseworthy, but instead every hill they've chosen to die on is the exact opposite.
Her email was weird AF, but like... It's late October. Of course there will be layoffs. It's not a secret or a shock.