Great opportunities, but be prepared to sacrifice your life. - Global Investment Research Analyst Goldman Sachs Employee Review

3.0
May 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The company has a great reputation and gave me opportunities to meet people that I probably would not have otherwise. The training programs are pretty good as well.

Cons

I worked 80-90 hrs/week almost every week, which was okay because I loved what I did. But people at the top tended to not handle stress well and that trickled down. It seemed like respect only went one way, which I couldn't deal with. Additionally, a lot of people that work there think they are really smart or entitled, which is a joke. Lastly, there are tons of meetings that are really redundant but mandatory, which seemed like a waste of time given the amount of work that was usually yet to be done.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Feb 23, 2026
Recommend
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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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