Goldman Sachs is a fantastic financial services employer. - Summer Analyst Goldman Sachs Employee Review

5.0
25 Nov 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Goldman Sachs, wherever you are, has a strong culture of simultaneously being excellent yet humble. People want you to succeed and will give you every ounce of support that you need to move to the next level of performance and/or responsibility. If you do a great job in any area of the firm, Goldman supports the ability for top analysts to be mobile across divisions and responsibility levels. After doing a summer there, it really taught me how to carry myself professionally, work as part of a team, and become extraordinarily more self-aware about my strengths and weaknesses. Overall, it's a great place to work.

Cons

As with any top-tier financial services firm, the hours are long, and it is easy to lose work-life balance. This is especially true for a summer intern, who is seeking to prove himself or herself. You must be aware of office needs and fit your own needs into the schedule--management does care about this. Also, this is a high performance culture where any lapse into mediocrity or making minor errors is not tolerated. Goldman, therefore, can be a rough place at times when you slip, which you are bound to do at some point. The key is to stay cool and take feedback in strides.

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Pros

You’ll get to work with the latest technologies depending on the team you’re in and also have a decent work-life balance. They give you a good amount of vacation days and let you use them whenever you want. You get to work with people who are good and smart and barely hear of any bad people who make your life hard. Taking internal mobility to other teams would also be super easy out here and they encourage it.

Cons

The pay increases are very bad. As you get promoted and grow, your pay will only increase about 3-5% no matter how good your performance is and you’ll feel like you’re barely beating inflation if you’re lucky. Your pay will be massively under the market for your role. Not to mention, there’s a huge risk of layoffs and it happens twice a year. You’ll end up being a part of it if you’re working from home a lot or express your dissatisfaction with your pay (although they mostly brush it off as a performance or a budget/role issue). The risk you take from the layoffs is not worth the reward you get. If you’re taking this job and reading this review, just consider this job as a stone you can step on while looking for another job to switch to

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