• 16 Aug 2011 at 4:53 PM

Everyone At Citi Is Okay! Out Of Breath And Doubled Over But Okay!

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If you walked by 388 Greenwich Street earlier, saw scores of Citigroup employees standing around and panicked that everyone had gotten laid off and/or they decided to just shut down the whole operation, do not worry.

The Big C simply chose today to run a building-wide fire drill. Thirty-nine floors, no elevators. Everyone is said to have made it out alive, though “just barely.” You can breathe easy.

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Comments (25)

  1. 1
    Posted by pazzo83 | August 16, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    Real banks don't have offices in Tribeca.

    - J Dimon

  2. 2
    Posted by Jamie Dimon | August 16, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    "Real" banks have elevators

  3. 3
    Posted by Guest | August 16, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    What a dumbass

  4. 4
    Posted by Anal_yst | August 16, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    Who actually pays attention to fire drills? Last I checked the only people who went out were the back, back, back, office staff and those with nothing to, oh, wait…

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | August 16, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    Everyone in the building was ordered to evacuate but great to hear from you.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | August 16, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    I'd rather die in a fire than go on working at Citi

  7. 7
    Posted by Guest | August 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Seriously. Just the most retarded comment that could have possibly been written in response to this post.

  8. 8
    Posted by Guest | August 16, 2011 at 5:44 PM

    People like you deserve to take the elevator in the event of a fire alarm.

  9. 9
    Posted by Guest | August 16, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    Fixed: I'd rather die in a fire working at Citi in Tribeca then work at UBS in Stamford

  10. 10
    Posted by Guest | August 16, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    I read that as, "scores of Citigroup employees standing around and panicked that everyone had gotten laid."

  11. 11
    Posted by Guest | August 16, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    Dude, be nice. He probably just got his CFA results.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | August 16, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    In typical Citi fashion, this all happened after HR was ordered by the higher-ups to "cut some of the fat" from the bank's staff . . .

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | August 16, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    You must work for citi

  14. 14
    Posted by Guest | August 16, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    UBS may not have the highest standards, but I don't think even they would hire employees who died in a fire at Citi.

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | August 16, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    Everyone always gets "ordered to evacuate."

    I know the fire drill was a nice break from your game of solitare this afternoon but some of us have more important things to do during market hours.

  16. 16
    Posted by garedunord92 | August 16, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    Kim Kardashian ought to think about banking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RqQcWbD3N4

  17. 17
    Posted by Guest | August 16, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    What's a Kardashian?

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | August 16, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    "Smokey the Pandit", touche, touche.

  19. 19
    Posted by Anonymouse | August 17, 2011 at 5:03 AM

    This is happening at Citi london as I write, except no one besides assistants are getting up and leaving…are we lazy?

  20. 20
    Posted by minus 1 | August 17, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    UBS doesn't have fire drills…the insurance alone would exceed the NAV of the Company

  21. 21
    Posted by A bit o' history | August 17, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Unless you mean the offices Jamie occupied on the 16th and 39th floors of this building. You know the ones. His original offices after he and Sandy moved Primerica to NYC and bought the building for $1 from Shearson. Just sayin'….

  22. 22
    Posted by wahoo | August 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    People end up out of breath and doubled over all the time here. And they like it.

    - L. Tilton

  23. 23
    Posted by guest | August 17, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    i bet WichCraft made a fortune this morning from that firedrill

  24. 24
    Posted by PPPPP | August 17, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    No. Not lazy. Just passive/aggressive as you will be the fucking idiot, along with other fucking idiots, who were too fucking special to go to the fire dril and therefore has no fucking idea what to do the next time your building needs to be evacuated in a real event. You know, such as London bombings, riots, terrorist attacks, etc. Good thing you can just push the pregnant ladies out of the way as you make your uninformed and screaming like a little wuss exit from the building. No need to go to the firedrill you special person, you.

  25. 25
    Posted by Non-finance-intern | August 17, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    Sit this one out

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