Dear all,


Looking at all these comments, i understand how you guys feel, the frustrations and the dilemma because I have went through all these.

Let me introduce myself, I am 1 of the ex-aml staff, during its initial stage. I do not deny that there is a great change of mgmt, especially the top management since the last subprime crisis which greatly affects the working environment, culture and the employee benefits. Understand all of these issues and foresee that company will need to take a long long time to recover its financial strength to be able to give its employee a good benefits and career prospect, adding to this "cost cutting" is not just for CTSM staffs but also affected those at Menara too ( I will say " Global Scale Cost Cutting"), i decided to leave. Today, I can said I have no regrets and glad that I choose to leave and made a right decision.

These are my opinions and advise to a few categories of you there:-

1) For those that feels that your life purpose/mission is to work for Citi ( Citi never sleeps), to serve Citi's shareholders interest, then by all means stay there & work the rest of your life there. Do not force your thoughts on other people.

2)For those feels that there is potential, hoping a miracle to come and is waiting, at the same time despair over the management and leadership of the dept . My advise is learn to understand how the whole AML works for your career advancement, how the whole CTSM works for your career advancement, how the whole Citi works for your career advancement and most importantly how the skills and experience you gain in AML can be " transferable/bridge" to your dream. Ask yourself this question, " How can I use the skills and experience gain in AML at other area/job?" By then, you will have the answer and know what to do.

3) For those planning to leave and looking for opportunity elsewhere, my advise is do not give up. Keep trying and I am sure there is a place for you as long as you are "WILING". Once you decide to leave, do not look back and turn back. There is a chinese saying " A good horse does not turn back". So , are you the good horse? Here, I wish you all the BEST

4) For those wonder if you should take up the job offer and work for this dept, my advise to you is learn to understand your personality if its match with this job. If its yes, then take it ( hint: this job is a "high class" factory job, oops sorry no more high class but "medium class" factory job). If its not, find opportunity elsewhere. Please do not take a job because you are desperate for job, being unemployed for long, financial problem, etc. If its so, you will be disappointed.

5) For those that disagree with my opinion, well this is my opinion which I would like to share to others like -minded people. Like what I mentioned above " Do not force your thoughts on other people" and my opinions is always in "advise" basis, ultimate decision will be themselves.

Hope this helps some of you and all the BEST.

Pls find below replies to ur Qs:-

1) Lots of smiley in your post, you yourself are actually quite scared to raise your voice, am i right?

Der The company is not mine; moreover Citi is just buying our time to help them in their never ending volume.Basic trade principle, u do not need me to teach u this basic, right? Decision maker to change the policy is not me & u too, so what is there to voice. If can change the situation, all these negative feedback about AML wont appear in this forum and there wont be such high turnover at AML. Situation will speaks it all.


Well, Gen Y folks do not adapt themselves to the lame office politics, they learn as much as they could and blah when the time is right/things got very ugly.

You yourself called that "lame office politic", if you have edifying mindset, is there a need to adapt to it, to dwell in it? Pls use ur time & effort somewhere else better if you are proactive person... Talking to a cow..

they learn as much as they could and blah when the time is right/things got very ugly.

I am definitely not the culprit to cause this bad time, so why am i oblige to stay & persevere for faults that is not mine... Der... Stupid... Gen Y is good at seizing opportunity when time is right; no more old story i work in this company for 20, 30 yrs, etc... Outdated & Old Fashion... Hello, now is the information age era... Wake up from your outdated world...


Only Baby boomers and gen x do stick to whatever fate brings to them.
Like what i have mentioned in my previous post, is your choice:-
1) For those that feels that your life purpose/mission is to work for Citi ( Citi never sleeps), to serve Citi's shareholders interest, then by all means stay there & work the rest of your life there. Do not force your thoughts on other people.

So, there is no such things as you have to get your personality right in order to work in compliance department a.k.a the most rigid and boring dept in the entire world.
If personality assessment has nothing to do with career choice, then why do certified counselor use personality to determine one's career options. You yourself claimed that compliance dept is most rigid and boring dept; if you get a person that loves to meet people and travel around, will that person stay long? No acute mind to analysis situation, how to work in AML.

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Added on April 8, 2012, 4:00 pm* This is my last time to comment in this forum, whatever it is those that really need some input will know who is being neutral and who is being bias*


This post has been edited by vvtrush: Apr 8 2012, 04:00 PM