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    Goldman Sachs Reviews

    Updated 17 February 2019
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    Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd C. Blankfein
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    • "Work Life Balance can still be improved" (in 905 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      Helpful (89)

      "Great corporate environment"

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      Former Employee - Executive Assistant in New York, NY (US)
      Former Employee - Executive Assistant in New York, NY (US)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Goldman Sachs full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      They take care of their people in every way. Very impressive facility at the NYC headquarters, with all the comforts. Strong corporate structure to make sure no one is misused. Good, transparent leadership.

      Cons

      Not really a con, but not a lot of handholding if you are a slow learner. They expect top-tier, smart work from every employee. If you want to move up from an administrative position, you will have to lobby for it - nothing will just fall in your lap here.

    2. "Sysadmin"

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      Former Employee - Systems Administrator
      Former Employee - Systems Administrator
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Goldman Sachs full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      teamwork, benefite, office, tools, boss

      Cons

      stress, complicated clients, production systems.

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    3. "Analyst"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time

      Pros

      Good culture and good reputation across industry

      Cons

      Hours are random and people are hit or miss

    4. "GS"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Goldman Sachs full-time

      Pros

      dynamic, forward thinking, challenging, teamwork

      Cons

      work life balance, work life balance

    5. "Not without its benefits; not without its faults"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      high salary/prestige, good for resume

      Cons

      Hard work, long hours, bad work/life balance

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Average company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Goldman Sachs full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      1. Good salary package
      2. Market leaders in Investment banking
      3. You get to learn a lot from the senior leadership

      Cons

      1. If you are a hard core techie then this is not the place to be. They use oldest of the old technologies and you cannot even suggest a new technology to be used as the company is not biased towards it.
      2. You will not grow as a technologist in this company.
      3. The company thrives on politics. A lot of good talent was allowed to go away as they did not suck up to their bosses

    7. "Vice President"

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      Current Employee - Vice President - Technology in Dallas, TX (US)
      Current Employee - Vice President - Technology in Dallas, TX (US)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great reputation, 150 years strong

      Cons

      Can be a challenge for lateral hires

      Advice to Management

      Keep focusing on the culture, its working

    8. "Good place"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      You get to work with smart and efficient people
      Great gym and child care

      Cons

      Long working hours , high pressure environment if you are working in front office teams

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Not as great as it’s hyped up to be, but still decent"

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      Current Employee - Associate in Salt Lake City, UT (US)
      Current Employee - Associate in Salt Lake City, UT (US)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Looks great on your resume, decent benefits/perks, love the sense of belonging to the global goldman network

      Lots of very smart people to work with and interesting projects to work on

      Good flexibility options

      Cons

      Very long working days (10 hour minimum), salary not as good as it could be given the higher time commitment.

      Every team is understaffed. Work day is super intense, no time for a breather (no lunch break!!)

      Need to play the politics in order to get promoted. Hard work alone is insufficient.

      Advice to Management

      More visibility into promotions.
      Shorten the work week to the normal 8 hours per day. Hire more people.

    10. "Analyst"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time

      Pros

      Good environment, Great people, Big name

      Cons

      Nothing
      People there are so nice.