Appalling, Toxic and Hostile Environment - Analyst Goldman Sachs Employee Review

1.0
Aug 9, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The only pros I can think of is good pay and reputation of the company.

Cons

The biggest downside is the negative and toxic environment. I tried my best to make it work and ignore the fact that the people in the HR division (HCM) are extremely rude and miserable but at one point it just becomes unbearable and starts to affect one psychologically. It's not a healthy atmosphere to be in on a daily basis. The people especially in the HR division are in-genuine and hostile. They will make you feel unwelcome. The hostile environment does not make you motivated to work better, it makes you feel drained and down. I hope this is not the experience everyone gets here, but sadly GS is not what it used to be anymore. There is no buzz or excitement in people working here. On the opposite, the people are very negative, toxic, hostile and rude and not many want/can stand to be part of such a miserable office environment.

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Cons

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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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