Nearly one month ago, Citi CEO Vikram Pandit announced his genius plan for making things work at the big C. And the plan was: a new motto. And the new motto was: Citi Never Sleeps. Obviously there were some naysayers out there, who scoffed at the idea that changing the company's slogan from the Blue Collar Comedy-inspired "Let's Get It Done" to one touting the fact that its employees are hopped up on amphetamines was going to do jack (except for maybe piss off Larry the Cable Guy). But we were not among them. We whole-heartedly supported the initiative, and any others that would serve to make Vikram Pandit smile. So, the sight of the following, really chafes:
That's right, a frame from a Citi computer's screensaver, flashing-- nay, mocking us with-- the dated motto. It's current as of yesterday, which makes us thing it's probably still up there today and will be tomorrow and the day after that. We don't want to know who's behind this (though odds are it's some jerk in IT with an axe to grind, or Chuck Prince), we just want it fixed. Until then, we won't be expecting much from Citi.
Posted by guest , Jun 04, 2008 10:47AM
There motto should be Citi: We Never Make Money
Posted by guest , Jun 04, 2008 11:14AM
if it had said, "git 'er dun," perhaps it might have gained traction.
You're very busy between cold calls aren't you, Mr. Dealbreaker?
Posted by guest , Jun 04, 2008 11:16AM
because dealbreaker is in charge of citi's motto, 11:14?
Posted by guest , Jun 04, 2008 11:41AM
nah, because he produces so much stuff to read...has his pulse on so many stories... fearlessly tracking down the issues and rendering them with panache.
Posted by guest , Jun 04, 2008 2:45PM
We all know they have been asleep a long time. Could it be .... ,,,,,,,
Posted by a dead horse , Jun 04, 2008 3:12PM
Citi: Always The Wingman So We Can Get Some From Fat Chicks
Posted by guest , Jun 10, 2008 3:24PM
Citi: ...No, fuck YOU!
Posted by guest , Jun 10, 2008 4:22PM
Citi: Let's get it poppin' bitches!!!
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:14AM
Let's write down some more liquidity-put-CDOs.
And let's fire some more people.
And Vik, let's go and cook some curry.
Posted by guest , Jun 24, 2008 11:29AM
As a Citi TI employee it is COMPLETELY ludicrous to imply that the deployment of a screensaver is an indication that there is dissention in the ranks at Citi. It is obvious to me that this guy has no clue of the effort involved to communicate and implement a change like this in a GLOBAL company. We are talking almost half a million devices.
It is idiots like this that writes stupid things like this that keep us from doing important things like saving the company money. Instead of dealbreaker I will refer to this site as ball-breaker.