Noticing a pattern lately where a lot of the heavy lifting gets done by individual contributors, and then the narrative shifts upward when it’s time to present outcomes.
Genuinely curious—why does this keep happening, especially at the D and SVP levels? Is it visibility, communication gaps, or something more structural?
Would be great to hear how others have seen this handled (or fixed) in their orgs.
I had a boss (c15) who insisted people who do the work do the demos and presentations. Or when there were lots of people responsible, would have atleast one of those people give the demos. The boss was actually a good talker. Never fit into the culture or with his peers. Of course he left Citi for better pastures
I got laid off after delivering multiple successful release, AI adoption ideas..and my boss told it was under her leadership..which world were you?
Definitely not unique to Citi but I have experienced this more than in any other place.
Management taking credit for those under them is somewhat expected. I'm used to that.
Project managers and others tracking work outside their own reporting line so as to feed it to their own management: first time I see that in my career. I have been on calls where someone outside my area is providing "updates" (effectively my team's own work) to my own management.
Stealing credit is not unique to Citi or anything new. Maybe an uptick with everyone trying to justify their existence, but welcome to corporate America.