"Wilma Ramony de Souza spent 14 years at JPMorgan and switched from the São Paulo branch to a New York City office in 2019 as a vice president. Though de Souza,37, would often travel to New York during her years working in Brazil, she said the differences in office culture at 383 Madison Avenue stillhit her hard when she arrived."
""How do you behave? How do you take calls? How do you talk to people? How do you go to meetings?" de Souza said, remembering how she would observe New York City employees. She rose through the ranks of the bank during her time there, becoming an executive director by her 30s and eventually relocating to the London office, before deciding to quit last August."
Wilma Ramony de Souza worked at JPMorgan for 14 years and moved from the São Paulo branch to the 383 Madison Avenue New York office in 2019 as a vice president. Her daily schedule shifted from arriving around 9 am and leaving near 6 pm to New York routines with traders starting by 7 am and many staff arriving between 8 and 8:30. Dress norms favored neutral, formal attire such as trench coats, slicked-back hair, and polished shoes. Lunch and coffee habits changed. She advanced to executive director by her 30s, later relocated to London, and left the firm in August.
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