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      Goldman Sachs reviews

      3.7

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (19,428 total reviews)
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      David M. Solomon

      63% approve of CEO

      66% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Senior management

      2.9

      Work/Life balance

      Goldman Sachs has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 19,428 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
      4.0
      Sep 12, 2008

      It's all in the culture!

      Senior analyst developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People - Smart, Talented and Motivated. As they say its all in the culture :) This is my first job and I have been here for 4 years, so I don't really know whats out there to make a fair assessment. But working here with such talented people is challenging and a great learning experience. The firm stresses on it unique culture and the phrase "long term greed" is often used. I have bought into it and I do believe that if you are committed and you stick it out here, the rewards will be worth it. As a disclaimer I must say a lot depends on your group, manager and the business you support.

      Cons

      Always need to be ahead of the game. Can get stressful, but if you can handle it, this is the place to be.

      2.0
      Sep 11, 2008

      Oppressive work environment

      Analyst developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Its name is great, the quality of the people is extremely high: as good as it gets.

      Cons

      Oppressive environment, over-confident employees, too much stress. It is also annoying to constantly hear the constant self praise that goldman gives.

      2.0
      Sep 8, 2008

      GS: Looks Great on a Resume but the life/culture is not for everyone.

      Tax associate - hfs
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The reputation and the money. Looks very good on a resume. I felt the compensation was higher than other firms were offering to their back office support staff at the time that I worked there. The benefits package was extremely sufficient and you were also given access to GS's PWM platform and had access to all GS Research for HNW's and Institutional Clients.

      Cons

      If you are in a back office position (i.e. OTFS) it is very difficult to transition to a front office capacity (i.e. IB, IM, S&T). I am sure it is obvious that I wanted to transfer and was not able, but I am not posting a negative review because I am bitter, I am simply doing this so that other who have the idea that they can get into GS through a "back door" and transfer to a front office job are not diluted. I had many friends who attempted us GS's internal job posting to get a position and all were rebuffed.

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