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      3.7

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (19,433 total reviews)
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      David M. Solomon

      64% approve of CEO

      66% positive business outlook

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      Goldman Sachs has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 19,433 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Goldman Sachs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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      19K reviews
      1.0
      Jan 3, 2018

      Toxic Culture

      Sales associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good professional training, trial by fire

      Cons

      terrible toxic culture, no meritocracy or best idea wins mentality. managers are in place because they are either good at the role or have been there a while, NOT because they are any good at managing others. comp is far below market. those who do best are people who come from lower tier schools and feel like this is their big shot and are willing to put their head down, take a beating, and be grateful for getting nothing.

      5.0
      Nov 14, 2017

      Investment Banking Analyst

      Investment banking analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -People. Incredibly smart and hard-working people. Bankers in the SF group were generally pretty humble (for finance) -Good deal flow. Being in the SF IBD office, you get to work on some of the world's most high-profile transactions -Culture. The GS culture is about working smart, working hard, being positive and professional. I never saw anyone really get yelled at.

      Cons

      -Hours. I heard it's gotten better now, but if you sign-up to be an i-banking analyst, you will be working extremely long hours (unpredictable hours, work during weekends and holidays, hard to plan dinners and trips with friends). E.g. I was happy if I got home at midnight and could do my laundry.

      4.0
      Oct 23, 2017

      Tech could be better

      Vice president senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Surrounded by very bright people. Great place to work for driven individuals who require only the minimum managerial oversight. The culture can wildly vary depending on which team you join. Firm in general has a desire of building their own solutions over vendor products which means you’ll always have some new interesting initiative to build (even if it’s just rebuilding what an open-source would already provide).

      Cons

      Preference to build rather than buy technology solutions means a profuseness of buggy libraries and services with little or no documentation and support. Often integrating with such systems hinges on the success of who you know that can point you in the right direction (“talk to so-so who may be able to refer you to someone who may know somebody that has a foggy memory of how you use that convoluted API”). Team cultures vary. I’ve worked on close-knit groups where everyone worked hard for the common goal, while other teams I’m just a headcount regardless of my contributions.

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