Bad management and poor culture - Investment Banking Associate Goldman Sachs Employee Review

2.0
Jun 11, 2021
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Pros

Brand name You can make friends among your analysts / Associate class given the size of the teams

Cons

Poor culture with toxic people Managers are not trained to ''manage'' properly No work life balance Bonuses not as good as other banks

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

The caliber of people is the real reason you stay. Even after years here, I regularly sit in rooms with colleagues who are genuinely brilliant and, more importantly, generous with their time.

Cons

Bureaucracy and layers of process have grown as the firm has scaled, which can slow decisions.

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