Goldman Sachs reviews

Expect to work hard, to then work harder, then to work hard at politics, and then to work hard at working hard. High burnout rate. Easily loose sight of bigger picture, no work life balance. Good for ppl who want to hide from life by working all the time. For your overall experience here, you are at the mercy of your manager & ppl you work with - if great you will have good to decent experience. If bad - god be with you, it can get really ugly. Do your research on who you will be working with, if at all possible. If you are spending 60-70+ hrs at work (and this is at job outside of investment banking) being around bad ppl, you will hate life. Also remember, do cost benefit analysis. You do get paid decently, but do your hourly rate math. At the end of the day, it probably isnt as much as you think.

For working in Salt Lake City, it pays well. However, a same-level operations analyst in NYC/Jersey City makes much more. Further, much of your pay is based on performance bonus, which reviews are heavily biased and leaves room for wage discrimination. Immediate management is out-of-touch. Merit rewards no one... if you'd like to succeed, be sure to network well and create the perception of value. Emphasis on "perception". Overtime pay is half-time... but if you work any less than 50 hours/week, you'll yourself in a serious "conversation" with your manager--regardless as to whether you have work left to do. Again, the perception of being a valuable employee, and this includes just working late for the sake of working late, is what matters. But if you still want the job, make sure you play to Goldman's egos, as they like to hear how "big-deal" they are, because they work for a "big-deal" company. There are very few finance roles at GS Salt Lake City... it is a major operations hub for GS.