Goldman Sachs reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(19,464 total reviews)
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David M. Solomon

64% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Goldman Sachs has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 19,464 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Goldman Sachs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Apr 16, 2009
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Pros

Fair working environment - not leading edge.

Cons

Goldman is a very strange mixture of people. Some people are very smart, people who make very big contribution both inside and outside the company. However, at least in technology where most of my experience is, there are a number of people who are either completely un-motivated or just not smart at all. I'd like to refrain from saying they are dumb because that would probably be off the mark, but I have seen a much higher number of people who don't know what they are doing.The corporate culture, as I see it, is very arrogant. I've found about a 50/50 split between people who are very full of themselves and people who are normal, decent people.

3.0
Apr 13, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

- base and bonus are above average - good place to work at, if you are itnerested in getting into grad school for further studies - adds weightage to ones resume - get to learn great deal about finance, even if you you are working in operations, finance or technology groups

Cons

- in back office teams, there is a lot bureaucracy - managers are all about putting the risk on another employees, incase projects backfire or fail

3.0
Apr 10, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

You have a great management team which will help you at every stage of your career. The feedback given by the your immediate manager and your peers will be immediate and honest. They also have a great year-end review system. They take great care of ensuring career progression.

Cons

Goldman Sachs is known for long working hours. There is also too much pressure if you don't "fit" in their culture. The pay is abysmal for people starting out with most of it being shared by the upper management. Though they try to evaluate your performance objectively, lot of things depend on perception.

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