Goldman Sachs reviews

I was unfortunate enough to be stuck with a misogynist, racist, and anti-Semitic manager. Example: When setting the support rota for April, he waited until I went to lunch, sat down with everyone else on my team, and pulled out a calendar and deliberately scheduled me to be on call during Passover. (He himself never took call.) Another example: I was held at fault for "arriving late" every time there was a delay on the Metro-North commuter rail or the subway. Yet another example: There was a subway strike while I was at GS. All employees who had to take the subway were allowed to telecommute for the duration of the strike. My manager was not affected by the strike. He wrote me up for telecommuting because it was "unnecessary" -- for HIM. I did my best to deal with the situation, but it was untenable. I approached upper management, who told me to deal with it. I ultimately dealt with it by quitting for my own mental health and finding a job in Midtown Manhattan where they understood that delays on Metro-North were Metro-North's fault, not mine. And their idea of work/life balance is "if you have time for a life, you obviously don't have enough work to do, so here's some more!" People don't leave companies, they leave managers. I left mine.

Even the recruiters are starting to realized that there are not that many smart ones left in this company and all false illusion. I honestly have no idea what people are talking about when they mention lots of smart people. 1. Finance is a dying industry so everyone is looking else where at all times. 2. Oversized tech talent in the firms are all real tech company rejects. Never gets anything done and nothing really to be proud of. 3. Goldman is no longer the best in the industry and lost its innovative touch for years. They are trying copy what others do and they are doing poor job at it. 4. My daily internal interaction involves dealing with at least one egotistic pretentious narcissist per day. 5. All of Ops roles are dependent on playing politics and pushes for no quantitative measurement on performance and advancement in career. 6. Operation has lowest compensation across all division and fake small bonuses you get does not depend on the business line you support. Basically could be pulling 12- 14 hour days regularly but it hold no weights comparing bonuses to people doing 9-5 function. Most managers will justify it as career opportunity but really - its just for them to suck every little life out of people.