I left a smaller bank to join Citi for better pay and what I believed would be a stronger path to career growth. Calling this decision a regret would be a colossal understatement. For the past month, I’ve been trying to figure out how to get my old job back - and I’ve only been here for less than two years.
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call yer old manager and lick the boote to get back in. tell em you will make your famous pound cake
BTW- don’t let management tell you HR makes all comp decisions. Your EMT-1 or -2 has lots of discernment over the pot.
Post ID: @aw+1jj94h3qr I agree with you. To further help the OP, you need to positively spin your story and experience working at Citi to both your former employer and new employers.
People can call it positively spinning or lying, but be aware that ALL employers LIE and/or omit unfavorable details to potential job candidates and current employees. There's a taboo or urban myth that when the employees or potential job candidates LIE (to employers, on their Resumes/CV, etc.) it's a terrible, mortal sin. Yet, employers are permitted to do it everyday! What's good for the goose is good for the gander. It works both ways.
Do NOT feel guilt or sorry for Lying to employers because they definitely do NOT and Never will feel guilt about lying to their employees. To them, it's business. Well, then employees must also look out for themselves and their own business.
Employers are cold, callous, Not merciful, Not remorseful, do Not feel guilt, do Not feel pity, etc. just like the Terminator in Arnold Schwarzenegger's the movie, Terminator.
I too left a stable job at another company for Citi thinking it would help grow my career and boy was I wrong. After being at Citi a few years I was targeted as part of the lay off and it took me 13 months to land a new job even with all my experience and degrees. Fun fact the job I left for Citi still employs the same folks I left behind. I literally had a taste of the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. My advice is get as much experience as you can at Citi and leave on your own because if you don’t they will lay you off at some point. During my time at Citi there wasn’t one person that wasn’t re-org’ed at some point in their career. It’s a constant cycle of BS by the top executives they unfortunately don’t know what they are doing.
Man, I hear you.
First off, you can forget any help or clarity from Citi HR. You might as well wad that thought up and throw it away.
Second, give it a shot to schmooze your way back to your old bank. Just tell them “Citi is ok. I’ve got the experience at working at a large global bank now and how they do things. A better understanding as to the pro’s and con’s, what works well and what does not. I think I can leverage this experience here.” of course be able to give them a list of pro’s and con’s. Don’t tell them “citi is in a dire situation” they don’t want to hear you want to come back because its dire but rather you want to because of “x”. YOU however need to figure out what the “x” is they’d like to hear.
Sorry to hear. It's not great here, but I have worked at some toxic af places and where I am here now isn't the greatest, but I have been in worse. Hope you find better.
I moved from another bulge bracket bank to Citi around the same time. It was a mistake - team is OK, but situation in the bank is dire - especially when it comes to compensation. I have never seen other company where HR has such a big say in comp-related questions.