I should see a therapist for PTSD caused by my time here - Vice President Goldman Sachs Employee Review

1.0
Nov 10, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you can hack it and have a thick skin, this is a great resume builder.

Cons

Toxic environment. Extra long hours (12 hour days is the standard in many teams). Most of the people suck. Sales treats back office as less than human. They dangle raises, promotions, and incentives over your head in order to keep you around. Then come comp season there's always some excuse. I actually had people on my team get a promotion and end up making less money because they moved off overtime pay. Way to reward good employees with less money. Makes so much sense. Senior leadership doesn't care because back office is replaceable and they don't care about anyone who isn't sales or trading.

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

The firm encourages and supports to change teams, which is helpful in expanding experience or moving away if you aren't happy with your team

Cons

The promotion has become very opaque lately. They hardly give out promotions, but make you slog and overwork the whole year in the name of it. Basically, you have worked 200% and made to look like a fool by the end of the year.

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