Goldman Sachs reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(19,453 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 19,453 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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4.0
Jan 15, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The Money...The experience of working in a dog eat dog work environment to sharpen one's competitive skills....the networking capabilites available.

Cons

No work life balance....you spend every day chained to your email putting out fires. Family becomes a non entity in your personal life as you are required to put GS first in order for your efforts to be recognized and acknowledged.

5.0
Jan 13, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

You'd better love your work, because it's all you'll do. The firm doesn't bother much with teambuilding, recreation, or enjoying life outside work in general. That can be wearing but if you're an up-before-dawn dynamo who lives to work, it's the best place in the world. More of a meritocracy than most places, more ethical than most financial firms. They were very good to me in terms of benefits when I was rehired there, crediting me all my back seniority time when considering vacation time. Professionalism is at a high standard, and you'll be working with the finest people anywhere. They are open to flextime schedules and have great maternity benefits and pretty good severance packages.

Cons

For an executive assistant, you're at a disadvantage if you want to grow within the firm. It's not encouraged, and for those few who did, they were always the first cut in layoff times because they didn't have the illustrious backgrounds of their peers and were always perceived as being of lesser worth. I saw that happen 3 times.

3.0
Jan 11, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Name. The drive and energy of people who are extremely devoted to their work.

Cons

Extremely competitive. You really need to love what you do in order to succeed because so many people are extremely qualified and love what they do that they will go above and beyond.

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