A "riveting and powerful" (Gretchen Carlson, cofounder of Lift Our
Voices) insider's account on Wall Street where greed coupled with
misogyny and discrimination enforces a culture of exclusion in the upper
echelons of Goldman Sachs.
Jamie Fiore Higgins became one of the few women at the highest ranks of
Goldman Sachs. Spurred on by the obligation she felt to her
working-class immigrant family, she rose through the ranks and saw it
all: out-of-control, lavish parties flowing with never-ending drinks;
affairs flouted in the office; rampant drug use; and most pervasively, a
discriminatory culture that seemed designed to hold back the few women
and people of color employed at the company.
Despite Goldman Sachs having the right talking points and statistics,
Fiore Higgins soon realized that these provided a veneer to cover up
what she found to be an abusive culture. Her "engrossing" (Julie
Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro, authors of Power, for All) account is
one filled with shocking stories of harassment and jaw-dropping tales of
exclusionary behavior: when she was told she only got promoted because
she is a woman; when her coworkers mooed at her after she pumped for her
fourth child, defying the superior who had advised her not to
breastfeed; or when a male boss used a racial epithet in front of her,
other colleagues, and clients without any repercussions.
Bully Market "exposes the #MeToo movement's unfinished work on Wall
Street" (Meighan Stone, author of Awakening: #MeToo and the Global
Fight for Women's Rights) sounds the alarm on the culture of finance
and corporate America, while offering clear, actionable ideas for
creating a fairer workplace. Both a revealing, extraordinary look at the
industry and a top Wall Streeter's explosive personal story, Bully
Market is an essential account of one woman's experience in a flawed
system that speaks to the challenge and urgency for change.
