Thread regarding Citigroup Inc. / Citibank / Citi layoffs

Failure by design.

You are given 4 or more different inventory, reporting and tracking systems, most of which are antiquated and wrong or partially wrong. Half of them you can’t update or correct and if you can, its done via yet another antiquated outdated means. If asked for data and you reference one of these systems and it just happens to be wrong for that piece of information. You are ear marked as failed. Then challenged with fixing that inventory, reporting, tracking system that you have no control over.

Its ok though because this aids into a different plan, one of learned failure. It fits into the narrative of conditioning you to believe you are a failure and the only way you can exist is under the guidance of “x” manager. You can’t exist in employment anywhere else, so you better stay here. Even if you get no bonus or raise, at least you have a paycheck only under the generosity of your manager who allows you to work at Citi, after all you are quite lame.

This is just one tactic used to brow beat your self worth down and control you out of fear.
To be fair, not all managers are like this but unfortunately quite a few at Citi are.
YOU are far more valuable than they would have you believe. Try to find a place that’s more positive and nurturing than the current regime that has the heel of their boot on your throat.

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Post ID: @OP+1uCQhUHR

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Our systems are a technological frankenstein. I am still baffled that we enter data repeatedly into multiple systems that are not integrated. There is always "no funding available" or a higher priority project, so we will be this way for the near future.

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Post ID: @3kdv+1uCQhUHR

This is why AI will never be able to be implemented in a meaningful way, due to data disparity, and the proliferation of manual processes and reliance on MS Excel speadsheets. The bottom line is that raw data needs to be reflected in a standardized / structured format for ML with low latency. Citi does not even understand the concept of data lakes and will continue to be out of compliance and fail over and over again. It is a foundationally incoherent organization, at best.

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Post ID: @1uuw+1uCQhUHR

Well said.

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Post ID: @zsn+1uCQhUHR

Seems org DNA going wrong day by day.

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Post ID: @coz+1uCQhUHR

Very astute. Very tuned in. Also used to AVOID doing things right- by design.

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Post ID: @rqo+1uCQhUHR

It’s an ongoing problem that spans for many years. Every MD decides what technology is best for their business. MDs have no technical background so they patch things up. This produces a system of failed processes to get somewhat accurate reporting. Even if issues are reported, they can/will only be resolved if it’s important enough to fix, and only during scheduled releases. Good luck trying to push that upstream when the same management is pushing back. Citi is not interested is trying to make things right, they only want to patch things up until the next time it breaks. This is very common for companies ready to break things up to sell. Let other people fix and spend money on it. Lame Jane is at work on it and waiting on her millions in compensation. Why aren’t people not standing up to this.

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Post ID: @fdv+1uCQhUHR

I100% agree. There are a lot of unrealistic expectations around broken our company's systems. If you point out issues with data and systems as an end user it's turns into being your fault. Then you are tasked to talk to 50 people who don't know what's going on, ghost you, or who won't help at all. You wind up nowhere with same issue you started with because of course no one documents things properly these days or can fix what broken.

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