Goldman Sachs reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(19,466 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 19,466 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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19K reviews
5.0
Feb 16, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

- Excellent work - Intelligent and competent people to work with - Good work culture - Open to new ideas - Not afraid to experiment (biggest thing for a programmer) - Good compensation

Cons

- Long work hours - Sometimes you may feel that you job is insecure

5.0
Feb 11, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- globally reputational - good/smart/highly motivated people - global reach with many great colleagues - clear evaluation process - often feedback if you ask - very diversified people

Cons

- life work balance is always hard although the firm is trying to support in many ways - some may be a bit arrogant

4.0
Jan 30, 2011

Great benefits, great employer reputation

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, GS has great reputation (despite the recent news) so it's a definite strength to have Goldman on your resume, great learning and resources, lots of good people to work with

Cons

work/life balance; pay is top heavy

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