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Citi Finds Top Women Are Leaving for Different Reasons Than Men

The bank is using employee surveys to predict attrition and pursue diversity.

Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
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Citigroup Inc., which has been focused on adding women to its top ranks as it seeks to improve its company-wide pay gap, found that senior men and women leaving the bank cite very different reasons.

When surveyed, departing women tend to say they are leaving because of something about the company itself or leadership. For men, it’s apparently more personal: They often cite their relationship with their manager.