Citi Fan

There is a lot of Citi bashing on this site unfortunately. Some perspective may be in order.
Citi was, at one time, one of the premier banking organizations. It still is. During the 90s it grew rapidly through acquisitions and is now the largest organization in the world. I have had the distinct pleasure of working for Citi as a consultant and full-time employee. As a consultant I conducted process analysis and training to affect operational efficiencies related to capacity planning. As a full-time employee I was a Senior Learning and Performance Solutions Manager. My prorated salary as a consultant was $156K and $84K per year as a permanent employee. As a consultant I worked with country presidents, SBU managers and training regional managers as an employee.
Citi recruits heavily from the premier business schools in America. They have a close circle of insiders in every business. The former requires that you graduate from a first class business school and the latter a keen political acumen. In either case, and this is a gross generalization, you will find interesting and complex people at almost every level.
Nimble, entrepreneurial, run-it-like-you-own-it, candor, organization development, community commitment, people as a competitive advantage, personal accountability, and operational excellence are not words you should expect at Citi. Things may be changing, however.
While you shouldn’t expect a company managed by Warren Buffet soon; you may find that Citi is ready to “loosen the reigns” or is it “reins” of central planning.
Culture is a tough thing to manage; particularly when you’re going south and want to go north. Human resources and training, with executive ownership (of course), could turn this ship around. I would work there again if I heard the right things from the recruiter as they are the front line as to a new direction.
Listen carefully.

Worked there 20 years, gave my heart and soul to my career... was let go in April

Yup, seems more is coming up soon...

Kevin, not sure I really read your comments the 1st time, as you use a lot of words and dont say much. It almost appears you are writing a resume with no substance.

It is difficult to comment on one of the great franchises in the history of financial services. Except to say that it is not managed.

The organization is bereft of people on the front line who understand their responsibilities, middle managers who can add value, and executives who can articulate mission and strategy. C-Level managers expatriate themselves like Richard Kavocevich, Jammie Diamon, and Bob Willumstad. Sorry for the spellings.

You should be disgruntled, but I have no appology for a lot of words. You will have to figure out the substance and that is part and parcel to the problem.