There are some who seem to thrive off of the panic and fear mongering here. They can’t seem to stomach the thought of others seeking to leave the company but truly seem to enjoy letting you know that you are 100% at Citi’s mercy with absolutely no hope whatsoever.
They love to tell you that its 100% useless to ever even look for a job absolutely no one is hiring. You stuck at Citi and all you can ever do is just hope that you aren’t let go. Stick to the Citi default of “wait and hope”.
When the job market does start churning, like now, well its just a smattering of jobs here and there its completely useless to try. You might as well stay at Citi and try to weather the storm and just hope you don’t get let go. Just hunker down and put up with all the things you don’t like, its as good as its going to get.
When the job market is smoking hot, well there may be a ton of jobs but there’s also a ton of applicants so its useless after all if you had any true marketable skills you’d have left by now.
The bottom line is they will look for creative ways to mentally beat you down and squash all thoughts of hope of leaving but thrive on nurturing any feelings of anxiety that you may have by staying.
Advice: Turn a deaf ear. Stay off of this site. Do some soul searching. Revamp your resume. Search and apply for what appeals to you. LinkedIn job search has some awesome filters for “work from home” and salary ranges.
Its at this point that those naysayers mentioned earlier will chime in with “thanks LinkedIn employee for using this site to sell your service”. Again naysayers and haters trying to beat you down and no I’m not a LinkedIn employee. Even if I was though, it would not make the statement any less true as that site has those two job search filters that Citi.
I’m sure some of the other haters will be combing over this post looking the any punctuation or misspelled words so that they can harp on that in an effort to sway the post in a different direction. Again, haters instigating like little imps. Don’t be distracted, focus your mindset and know that you have options other than “just wait and hope”.