Modern Slave Ship - Analyst Goldman Sachs Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The Goldman name on your resume! Nice coffee and tea services. Free dinner if you work 12 hours in one day.

Cons

It’s a slave ship. A meat grinder atmosphere that will destroy you. Many people come for the name and future job potential. Many leave after a few years after they realize it’s hell on earth. 60 hrs a week is the minimum and don’t expect market wages as senior management believe they don’t need to pay market since the privilege of working for Goldman is a form of compensation. Also, they stack rank people on a yearly basis and the lowest ranked person from your team will be fired. If you are a team of 5 geniuses but you happen to be the least genius one, you will be fired!

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Pros

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Cons

The promotion has become very opaque lately. They hardly give out promotions, but make you slog and overwork the whole year in the name of it. Basically, you have worked 200% and made to look like a fool by the end of the year.

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