Goldman Sachs Reviews

Pros

Big name. Looks good on resume.

Cons

Low pay.
If you are junior, expect to be paid 30%+ less than other places, especially technology firms.
The management takes pride in keeping people for the least pay possible, which is disgusting.
VP+ people seems generally satisfied with their pay though.

So advise: get to senior level in tech firms then jump to GS.

Advice to Senior Management

Change the pay structure. Give proper pay to junior developers.

Pros

Professional development. Knowledge gained from broad range of functions. Good company name to have on your resume. Good contacts and friendships to gain. Globalized business model great for experience.

Cons

Long Hours. Competitive Environment. Innovation is limited to managers discretion or interest. Compensation is adjusted/reviewed annually. Privileged to work for a brand clouds personal touch among some managers. Career advancement difficult when leaving operations department.

Advice to Senior Management

Open forum for innovation would help collaboration, aiding time/money saving changes. Greater flexibility in work/life balance. Help with career advancement in/out of operations. Merit based promotions over relationship based promotions (Practice what you preach).

Pros

Decent pay, decent co-workers, decent facilities, a "big name" to put on your resume. Good locations for the most part.

Cons

The internal political system is horrible. Almost no job security inside the US, any jobs can and will be outsourced to India and SE Asia. Be prepared to work long hours just to keep up with your colleagues.

Advice to Senior Management

There's nothing that one person or one group of management could do to fix the problems internally, it's too ingrained in everyone who works there.

Pros

great money when it comes to bonus.

Cons

hellish hours all throughout the year

Advice to Senior Management

fairness for hard working employees , need to pay more.

Pros

it's stable regardless of what happens to the economy

Cons

long hours, demanding schedule; you have to stretch and be flexible

Advice to Senior Management

give more grace in the consideration for vacancies to non-Ivy-League graduates

Pros

Fantastic brand, instantly recognizable everywhere and highly respected
Outstanding training opportunities with industry leaders.
Wonderful, interesting people who will open your eyes to the world.

Cons

Some politics, very competitive
Long hours

Pros

it is a great place to be. it is a lot of fun. it stimulates me intellgectually in several ways

Cons

it is a lot of work and long hours. very demanding and high stress. hard to take lunch breaks etc

Advice to Senior Management

management at goldman is doing fine. everyone id pretty reasonable and easy to get a long with and understanding

Pros

to be able to gain deep knowledge from the one of the prestige financial institution.

Cons

very stressful and long hours to work.

Pros

High Salary, Company transport to pick you up from and drop back to your house, Great work culture, Steep learning curve

Cons

Long work hours but you get used to it within a month

Advice to Senior Management

No specific advice

Pros

Good pay and benefits, lot's of smart and experienced people to learn from. You will learn a lot of good things here.

Cons

Stupid mob mentality. Two many chains of command. Standard long working hours. If you know how to talk you will bsyour way to VP, but if you are quiet and just productive, noone will ever promote you.

Advice to Senior Management

Do some work.